Women
This Taiwanese Woman Activist Started The World’s First Period Museum To End Period Stigma
Lin, who suffers from endometriosis, told Almost she hopes to help people understand that periods are natural and that period equality is a human right.
Kassy Cho
Kassy Cho is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Almost. She is based in Taipei, Taiwan. Email her at kassy@almostmag.co.
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A Robot In China Suddenly Lost Control And Attacked Engineers Who Eventually Managed To Shut It Down
Some people online joked, “The AI uprising has begun!”
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A South Korean Man Set Fire To A Packed Metro Carriage In Seoul, Injuring Six Passengers
The man, identified with the surname Won, allegedly poured gasoline on train while it was traveling through a tunnel between stations and set fire to a piece of clothing.
Activism
This Canadian Doctor Slammed The BBC For Trying To "Both-Sides" Israel’s Genocide
"You don't ask the perpetrator of a genocide their opinion."
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This Colombian Model And Influencer Was Murdered And People Are Demanding Justice
22-year-old María José Estupiñán, who was a university student, was shot and killed in the northeastern city of Cúcuta by a person pretending to be a delivery man on May 15.
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Spain Called Israel "A Genocidal State," For It To Be Banned From Eurovision And Began Reviewing An Arms Embargo
Pedro Sánchez said that Spain would not trade with "a genocidal state," and calling for Israel to be banned from international cultural events such as Eurovision.
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Italy’s Far-Right Prime Minister Interrupted Her Interpreter To Translate Herself Into English
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, I will do that."
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14,000 Babies Could Die In Gaza In The Next 48 Hours Due To Israel Blocking All Aid
More than 93% of Gaza’s children, about 930,000, are currently at risk of famine as Israel has been blocking all humanitarian aid from entering Gaza since March 2.
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Malta Is Making Period Products Free For All Students In Middle And High Schools To Help Reduce Period Poverty
This is another step in the global effort to reduce “period poverty,” when people cannot access basic sanitary products when they need them.
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"I’m Here," Zelenskyy Said As He Arrived In Turkey For Ceasefire Talks To Find Out Putin Is Not Coming
“I feel disrespect from Russia. No meeting time, no agenda, no high-level delegation - this is personal disrespect. To Erdoğan, to Trump,” Zelenskiy said.
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Myanmar Has Arrested This TikTok Astrologer For Falsely Predicting An Earthquake
The Myanmar government said John Moe The had made "false statements with the intention of causing public panic", and his account has since been taken down.
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India And Pakistan, Two Nuclear-Armed Neighboring Countries, Have Agreed To A Ceasefire After Four Days Of Fighting
Trump announced that India and Pakistan had used "Common Sense and Great Intelligence" and agreed to a full and immediate ceasefire following talks mediated by the US.