Social Responsibility Archives | Page 130 of 795

19 Sep

Iran Releases 5 Americans in Prisoner Swap as U.S. Unfreezes Oil Funds

Anna Edwards

Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran were allowed to leave the country on Monday, President Biden said, after two years of high-stakes negotiations in which the United States agreed to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue and dismiss federal charges against five Iranians accused of violating U.S. sanctions.The announcement that the Americans took off in a plane from Tehran just before 9 a.m. Eastern came as Mr. Biden and Ebrahim Raisi, Iran’s president, were to attend the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting of world leaders in New York on Tuesday.The five Americans — some of whom…

19 Sep

What is reproductive age and how much does it influence when seeking pregnancy?

Anna EdwardsBabynova, Colombia, reproductive age

The desire to become a mother or father is a common desire among many individuals and couples. However, conceiving is not always an easy path to follow, and there are those who face complex challenges and dilemmas. In that sense, reproductive age plays a fundamental role, as it has a significant influence when seeking a pregnancy. Although the female gender has always been more associated with concerns about the end of their fertile stage, men are not exempt either; that is why in this article we will find out a little more about infertility, doubts and solutions. What do we call…

19 Sep

How to pass through fertility treatment?

Anna EdwardsBabynova, Colombia, fertility treatment

Although for many people the road to having a family is a process full of joy and gratification, for others it is an experience of resistance, frustration and uncertainty. When conception does not occur, and desires and aspirations are at stake, many difficulties are encountered, especially when fertility treatment has started. Although they are a hopeful option and the best alternative to cultivate the dream of having a child, assisted reproduction techniques can be frightening. That is why we contacted José Pablo Saffon, CEO of Babynova by Novafem, a fertility clinic based in Colombia. Thanks to his extensive experience with patients from all over…

19 Sep

Trudeau Accuses India in Killing of Canadian Sikh Leader

Anna Edwards

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada said on Monday that “agents of the government of India” had carried out the assassination of a Sikh community leader in British Columbia in June, an explosive allegation that is likely to further sour relations between the two nations.Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr. Trudeau said that he had raised India’s involvement in the shooting of the Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, directly with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Group of 20 summit meeting earlier this month “in no uncertain terms.” He said the allegation was based on intelligence gathered by the…

18 Sep

Inside the New Yowie Hotel in Philadelphia

Anna Edwards

When she was growing up, Shannon Maldonado wanted to be a fashion designer.After graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology, Ms. Maldonado spent a decade on the design teams for several brands in New York, including Tommy Hilfiger, Ralph Lauren and American Eagle. But by her early 30s, Ms. Maldonado said, she had become uninspired by her career.While traveling around the world for work, she liked hunting for unconventional souvenirs in hotel gift shops (her first purchase was a speckled ceramic pen holder in Japan). She started to wonder what it would be like to choose such items for shops…

18 Sep

Millions Saw His Paintings on TV. In the Art World, His Work Still Went Unnoticed.

Anna Edwards

IN THE 1970S, buying a print of Ernie Barnes’s “The Sugar Shack,” the iconic 1976 dance club painting that adorns the cover of Marvin Gaye’s album released that spring, “I Want You,” and appears in the credits for the classic sitcom “Good Times” (1974-79), required nothing more than mailing a $20 check to the artist’s West Hollywood studio. In 2022, the second of two originals — inspired by a childhood adventure of sneaking into a famed dance hall to watch couples drag and sway to the live performances of Clyde McPhatter or Duke Ellington — came up for auction at…

18 Sep

How a Yale Student’s Rape Accusation Exposed Her to a Defamation Lawsuit

Anna Edwards

Naomi Shatz, a lawyer who has represented accusers and accused in other hearings, has noticed an uptick in such suits, but they are uncommon, she said. The accused usually wants to move on, especially if the case is not public. (Mr. Khan’s case had received significant news media coverage, including in The Times, before he filed his lawsuit.)“It’s a huge emotional and financial burden to be dragged into a defamation lawsuit,” she said, citing the successful lawsuit by the actor Johnny Depp against his former wife, Amber Heard. “Nobody wants to be in Amber Heard’s position, especially as a young…

17 Sep

On a Road Trip for Danish Modern Furniture

Anna Edwards

The credenza in the back of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van groaned as Lars Balderskilde drove through the woodlands near Vejle, a city on a fjord about two and a half hours from Copenhagen.It was late January, and after passing a lake filled with swans, Mr. Balderskilde stopped at a house where he picked up an old bar cabinet that he paid for in cash. Then came stops at other homes to collect nesting tables and a mirror. The sun had set by the time he met Nina Toft and Grethe Kock, two sisters, at the home of their mother, whose…

17 Sep

Mahsa Amini Profile: Her Family Remembers Her a Year After Her Death in Iran

Anna Edwards

Her face has lit up a billboard in Times Square, and been painted on murals in Paris and Berlin. It has been splashed on the Barcelona soccer team’s private jet and commemorated on T-shirts with the red, white and green colors of Iran’s flag. Vienna and Los Angeles have even named streets after her.At rallies across Iran and the world last year, tens of thousand of men and women waved placards with her face shouting, “Say her name: Mahsa Amini. Mahsa Amini.”Saturday will mark one year since the 22-year-old woman from Saghez, a small city in a Kurdish province in…