Two days before her new album was launched, musical icon Vivir Quintana was behind barbed wire at a women’s prison in Mexico.

Black women have long been at the forefront of history, breaking barriers, pioneering movements and shaping the world.

Francis' death set off the process of allowing the faithful to pay their final respects, first for Vatican officials in the Santa Marta chapel and then in St. Peter’s for the general public.

Minority coalition partner New Zealand First introduced a bill to parliament on Tuesday that if enacted would define women ...