Activism
Hong Kong Has Jailed This Guy For 14 Months For Wearing A Protest T-Shirt
27-year-old Chu Kai-pong was arrested on June 12 at a train station while he was wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times”.
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2,750 People Have Been Injured And Eight Killed In Lebanon After Hundreds Pagers Exploded At The Same Time
Lebanon’s health minister said at least eight people were killed while another 2,750 people were injured, including 200 who are in critical condition.
Cute
A Zoo In Thailand Has Welcomed A Baby Hippo Named “Bouncy Pork” Who Looks Distressed All The Time
The baby pygmy hippopotamus has become an viral sensation, spawning memes all over the Internet.
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This Taiwanese Woman Started A Project To Help Syrian Children In A Besieged Refugee Camp Go To School
Meet Lara Tseng, a Taiwanese woman who started a project in a near inaccessible refugee camp in Syria to help children go to school.
Women
Women In Afghanistan Are Singing To Protest The Taliban Banning Them From Speaking Aloud In Public
Afghan women are sharing videos of them singing to protest against new Taliban laws that bans women’s voices in public.
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Here’s What Happened Around The World In August 2024
Here’s what happened around the world in August 2024.
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Faced With Huge Protests, Netanyahu Asked For "Forgiveness" But Still Refused To End The War On Gaza
"Israel will not accept this massacre. Hamas will pay a very high price for that," Netanyahu said, adding that Hamas should be the ones to "make the concessions".
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Here's What Happened During Israel's Genocide In Gaza In August 2024
Here's what happened during Israel's genocide in Gaza in August 2024.
Video
Israelis Are Holding Unprecedented Protests Against Netanyahu After Six More Hostages Were Killed
More than 700,000 people, including 550,000 in Tel Aviv, poured onto the street as part of a general strike to against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to call for an immediate ceasefire.
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Hong Kong Has Found These Two Pro-Democracy Journalists From Stand News Guilty Of “Sedition”
The two journalists, Patrick Lam and Chung Pui-kuen, were former editors-in-chief at the now-defunct Stand News, one of Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy media outlets.
Climate
18 Places Around The World That Flooded In August 2024
Here are some of the places around the world that were experiencing wildfire this month.
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Macklemore Has Canceled His Concert In Dubai Because Of The UAE's Involvement In Sudan’s Civil War
Macklemore said that he could not perform in the UAE while knowing that it is funding the RSF and contributing to the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Sudan.