Women win parliamentary seats for first time in Kuwait

Kuwait elected its first female lawmakers in the conservative Gulf state where men have dominated parliament for nearly five decades. Four women won parliamentary seats in the general elections Saturday, the official Kuwait News Agency said

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Puerto Rico’s governor says ‘government is bankrupt’

Puerto Rico’s Gov. Luis Fortuno on Tuesday outlined a plan that would cut spending by $2 billion per year and slash government payrolls by what could be more than 30,000 workers, or 10 percent of the government’s work force. “It’s up to us to confront the bitter reality that the government is bankrupt,” he said in a televised address

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