Day: September 27, 2011

Australian women will soon be able to serve alongside their male counterparts in front-line combat roles — a notable shift in the push for gender equality in professions historically dominated by men.

Saudi King Abdullah announced greater political participation for women in the conservative kingdom this week, but Tuesday, a human rights group decried the promised reforms in light of a flogging sentence for a woman who dared to drive a car.

It will be Shakespeare as nobody has seen it before. Over six weeks next spring, London's Globe Theatre will present all 37 of the Bard's plays in 37 languages, performed by companies from as many countries.