Activism
Meghan Markle Revealed She Had A Miscarriage In July In A Personal Essay To Try And Break The Taboo
The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has revealed that she had a miscarriage in July this year.
Kassy Cho
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Scotland Has Become The First Country In The World To Make Period Products Free For Everyone
Scotland has become the first country in the world to make period products free and available for anyone who needs them.
Activism
Guatemala Has Suspended A Bill To Cut Funding For Healthcare And Education After Mass Protests
Guatemala’s congress has shelved a proposed budget that would have cut spending on healthcare and education after it sparked massive, violent anti-government protests in the country.
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Archaeologists Have Discovered The Remains Of A Man And His Slave In The Ashes Of Pompeii
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of what appears to be a rich man and his slave who were killed in the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii almost 2,000 years ago.
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Argentina’s Government Will Finally Revote On Legalizing Abortion After Narrowly Rejecting A Bill In 2018
Argentina’s president Alberto Fernández has finally presented a draft bill to legalize abortion to Congress after saying he would do so in March.
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New Zealand Police Have Added A Hijab To Its Official Uniform For The First Time
New Zealand police have added a hijab to its official uniform for the first time.
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The UK’s Prime Minister Has Had To Self-Isolate Again After He Met With A MP Who Later Got COVID-19
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has started self-isolating again after he came in contact with a MP who later tested positive for COVID-19.
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Moldova Has Elected Its First Woman President, A World Bank Economist Who Studied At Harvard
Maia Sandu, a 48-year-old economist who went to Harvard, was elected as Moldova’s first woman president on Monday Nov. 16. Sandu, who supports closer ties with the European Union, won 57.7 percent of the votes, beating her male opponent, Igor Dodon, the incumbent president who had the open backing o
Politics
Peru’s New President Who Helped Impeach The Popular President Has Resigned After Mass Protests
Peru’s interim president, Manuel Merino, has resigned after five days in office. He made the announcement on Sunday Nov. 15, after days of nationwide protests against the impeachment of the popular president Martín Vizcarra on Monday Nov. 9.
Politics
Ethnic Armenians Are Burning Their Homes Before Azerbaijan Takes Over Their Villages As Part Of A Ceasefire
Ethnic Armenian villagers in Kalbajar district in Azerbaijan burnt down their homes this week before fleeing to Armenia on Sunday Nov. 15, when Azerbaijan was scheduled to take control of the region as part of a ceasefire agreement.
world
More Than 100 Coffins And Statues Dating Back 2,500 Years Have Been Discovered In Egypt
Egyptian officials have unveiled more than 100 coffins, some with mummies inside, and about 40 gilded statues that they estimate are 2,500 years old.
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Bangladesh Has Opened Its First Transgender School Which Is Free To Help Trans People Find Work
Bangladesh has opened its first school for trans people in the capital, Dhaka.