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Amid China’s intensifying youth unemployment crisis, one particularly stark and troubling dimension stands out: the discrimination faced by female graduates entering the workforce.  Yun highlighted that discrimination against young women is deeply rooted in societal and employer attitudes. “Employers view young women as quote-unquote, less ideal workers in that they believe these women are distracted by family responsibilities,” Yun said.  Chinese women today face contradictory pressures, creating what Yun described as “impossible choices.”  On one hand, society and family pressure them toward marriage and motherhood, defining these roles as integral to their identities. On the other hand, the expectation persists…

The air inside the community hall in Greenland’s capital was thick with warmth, a welcome contrast to the icy streets outside. As voters brushed snow from their coats, candidates from most of Greenland’s major parties sat down in the front of the room, ready for questions.Every seat was filled, two dozen international journalists lined the walls and a man in a black and gray sweater stepped forward to the mic.“Why is running a small business still so difficult?” he asked, his voice steady but impatient.Cameras clicked and so did the strap-on spikes that several journalists wore on their boots to…

We asked 19 photographers to revisit their most enduring images of the coronavirus pandemic, five years after the virus became a global threat. Their photographs transport us to that bewildering period in an uncanny sort of time travel.The journalists who captured these scenes were not just covering the Covid-19 story but living through it. To bear witness at a time of lockdowns and isolation, they had to be in the world, navigating fear and uncertainty.The images evoke how we felt and what we lost, as well as human resilience and connection at a time of crisis.— Meaghan LooramOne night in…

The mutual Trump-Musk respect appears to extend beyond that of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.President Trump’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, has been open about her friendly admiration of Elon Musk’s mother, model and dietitian Maye Musk, on social media.In an Instagram Story on Friday, Ivanka Trump posted a photo of the cover of Maye Musk’s recent book, “A Woman Makes a Plan.”EVERYTHING TO KNOW ABOUT MAHAIn the caption, Trump wrote, “Thank you for sharing your wisdom @mayemusk – it truly resonated with me! xx.”Both Maye Musk and Ivanka Trump have been upfront about their active, health-focused lifestyles and their dedication…

Last year, the hit West End musical “Operation Mincemeat” embarked on a mischievous publicity campaign. “Are we too British for Broadway?” it asked, inviting Americans on its email list and via social media to fill out an online questionnaire about whether, for instance, they had trouble understanding British accents. (“No,” 90.2 percent of the respondents said.)After making its way across the ocean armed with high expectations and an Olivier Award for best new musical, the show, a screwball comedy about an unlikely World War II spy operation, will open March 20 at the Golden Theater on Broadway. Its lengthy preview…

Seven years ago, Erica Green learned through a Facebook post that her brother had been shot.She rushed to check on him at a hospital run by Denver Health, the city’s safety-net system, but she was unable to get information from emergency room workers, who complained that she was creating a disturbance.”I was distraught and outside, crying, and Jerry came out of the front doors,” she said.Jerry Morgan is a familiar face from Green’s Denver neighborhood. He had rushed to the hospital after his pager alerted him to the shooting. As a violence prevention professional with the At-Risk Intervention and Mentoring…

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — It may have taken 31 games, but we finally found something that can slow down Cooper Flagg: A healthy whistle.And a deserved one, at that. Because for the first time this season, against rival North Carolina on Saturday, Flagg was called for three first-half personal fouls — the latter two being offensive, including a blatant charge against standstill UNC forward Jae’Lyn Withers for his third. That sent Flagg to the pine for the final 3:18 of the first half … at which point UNC promptly rattled off a 10-2 run, which dropped a double-digit margin down…

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBitcoin fell on Monday as volatility in the price of the world’s largest cryptocurrency continues following an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to create a strategic bitcoin reserve for the United States.Earlier Monday, bitcoin prices slipped up to 6.5% to trade around $80,650 before paring most losses. By 4:12 a.m., the coin was down 0.74% at $82,050, according to Coin Metrics.The reserve will be funded by coins that have been seized in criminal and civil forfeiture cases and there are no plans for the U.S. government to buy more bitcoin. After the…

A century after the original golden era of railroads, trains are once again the talk of travel. In Europe, especially, train travel is surging as an environmental alternative to short-haul flights, with more night trains, high-speed routes and transnational collaboration between rail companies. Political ties between European countries may be jittery, but the cities are more linked than ever.Trains also return us to the romance of travel. The pacifying hours invite reading and contemplation as the landscapes reveal the geography between destinations — the Zen opposite of air travel’s frittered tedium.I travel to Sweden annually from my home in Florence,…

The first case cited as precedent in the first Supreme Court brief filed by lawyers for President Trump since he took office this year was Trump v. United States, the July decision that gave him substantial immunity from prosecution. That citation was the first of nine. A second brief, filed days later, cited the decision eight more times.It was at first blush a poor fit. The issue in the new case, the first arising from a challenge to the administration’s blitz of executive actions, was whether Mr. Trump could fire the leader of an independent agency without cause. It had…