As women around the world post videos of themselves dancing in solidarity with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, experts say the furore around her partying stinks of gender and age discrimination.
They also say the scandalisation of the incident is another example of the world's failure to see women as natural leaders. In fact, it should be refreshing to see professional women also having fun in 2022, they add.
Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has hit back at critics who have condemned her for acting unprofessionally after a video of her partying and dancing was leaked.
The video has been shared widely on social media and among local media, but was "filmed in private premises", she told reporters on Thursday.
Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has apologised for a controversial photo taken at her residence, less than a week after the 36-year-old sparked criticism with a video of her partying.
The picture circulated by Finnish media shows two women kissing, lifting their tops to bare their torsos and covering their breasts with a sign that says "Finland".
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected opposition calls to resign for attending lockdown parties but accepted that a rule that ministers should lose their jobs if they had knowingly misled parliament applied to him.
Mr Johnson, who won the biggest Conservative majority in more than 30 years, is braced for the publication of an official investigation into claims that there were multiple boozy Downing Street parties during lockdowns. He told parliament no rules were broken.
NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal has added his support to the campaign for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
In Australia on a speaking tour, O'Neal appeared briefly at a press conference with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney in Sydney on Saturday.
O'Neal did not take questions from reporters at the press conference, but shook hands with the prime minister and greeted Ms Burney by pressing her hand to his forehead at the start.
Drone technology has proved to be a Force Multiplier in military operations as evident from its application in various recent conflicts across the world. Even in our context, the recent incidents along the borders have seen a noticeable increase in drone-related incidents along the Northern and Western Borders.
Elena Chepel, a Ukrainian refugee from Kharkiv, poses for a picture at a refugee shelter in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. As Russia’s war against Ukraine reaches the sixth-month mark, many refugees are coming to the bitter realization that they will not be returning home soon. With shelling around a nuclear power plant and missiles threatening even western regions of Ukraine, many refugees don’t feel safe at home, even if those areas are under Ukrainian control.
The Delhi Police Licensing Unit has categorically denied stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui permission to perform in Delhi on Sunday, TV9 Bharatvarsh reported. Moreover, the Central District Police had written to the unit, saying "Munawar Faruqui's show will affect the communal harmony in the area".
