House Democrats on Wednesday elected the New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries as their new leader, making him the first Black American to lead a major political party in Congress after Nancy Pelosi, the current speaker, announced that she was stepping aside to pave the way for a new generation.The New York congressman will assume the role of minority leader early next year.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/30/hakeem-jeffries-elected-house-minority-leader
There has long been a woman trying - and failing - to become Peru's first female president.But in a surprising turn of events, the woman to be sworn in as Peru's new leader on Wednesday was the relatively unknown Dina Boluarte, and not Keiko Fujimori, who had run for the office three times and lost.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63895507
A British former Paralympian is set to become the world’s first disabled astronaut after being selected for the European Space Agency (ESA)'s training programme.John McFall, who was selected from among 200 candidates, is joining the space training corps as a “para-astronaut”, and hopes to become the first disabled person to go to space as part of a feasibility study.https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/british-ex-paralympian-john-mcfall-has-been-selected-to-become-first-disabled-as/
