/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9996/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-war-ukraine-361288 <p>After receiving U.S. permission to do so, Ukraine is firing long-range missiles supplied by the United States into Russia for the first time, senior U.S. and Ukrainian officials have said.</p> <p><a href="/politicalscience/maria-popova"><b>Maria Popova</b></a><b>, Associate Professor, Jean Monnet Chair, Department of Political Science</b> at ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University is available to share her insights.</p> <p><span class="spamspan"><span class="u">Maria.popova</span> [at] <span class="d">mcgill.ca</span></span> (English, Russian, Spanish)</p> Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:06:49 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 314837 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/child-marriages-violating-statutory-rape-laws-many-us-states-337728 <p>In many U.S. states, children can legally marry at an earlier age than they can consent to sex, leading to situations where sex between spouses may be a criminal act. Some states exempt sex between married spouses from their definition of statutory rape, which may create perverse incentives for child marriage, according to researchers from ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University.</p> <p>Their findings, published in the <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054139X21005528"><i>Journal of Adolescent Health</i></a>, show that child marriages violated statutory rape laws in 14 states.</p> Wed, 16 Feb 2022 14:23:20 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 286046 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-joe-bidens-presidential-inauguration-327833 <p>Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday under a pledge to "heal" the country as it grapples with an ongoing pandemic, economic uncertainty and deep political divisions. Extra security measures will be in place following the violence that erupted at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 as rioters sought to stop Congress from certifying the president-elect's win over Donald Trump. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-inauguration-joe-biden-how-to-watch-1.5879119">CBC News</a>)</p> Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:37:45 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 256326 at /newsroom