With lore as rich as Middle-earth's, it's no wonder there are many unsolved mysteries in The Lord of the Rings.

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From 3 to 4 January, 700 athletes gathered for the sixth annual Wonder Women of Wrestling Varsity Tournament in Missouri. More than 3,000 spectators gathered to watch some of the nation’s most ...

The Middle-earth saga's first attempt at anime, The War of the Rohirrim also put a female protagonist in the lead role, an ...

The United Nations has organized four world conferences on women. These took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of ...

Often called "female Viagra," Addyi (flibanserin) and Vyleesi (bremelanotide) are medications designed to boost sexual desire in females though they do not affect physical performance. They treat a ...

After years of languishing in the bottom ten, Saudi Arabia has been inching up the ranks of the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Index, now coming 126th out of 146 countries in the 2024 report.

Feb. 5, 2025 — New research shows that women who hit menopause later in life have healthier blood vessels and mitochondria and a different composition of metabolites in their blood than those ...

Traumatic. Painful. Irreversible. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a human rights violation that inflicts lifelong suffering on millions of women and girls. It is a harmful practice that persists ...

On 8 March 2025, join us to celebrate International Women’s Day under the theme, “For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.” This year’s theme calls for action that can ...