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A Glacier In Switzerland Collapsed And Wiped Out An Entire Town Underneath The Mountain
On May 28, the glacier collapsed, unleashing a massive ice and debris avalanche that buried most of Blatten.
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Here’s What Happened Around The World In May 2025
Here’s what happened around the world in May 2025.
Women
What To Do When You Are Targeted With Intimate Deepfakes With Ivette Yáñez Soria At RightsCon 2025
“What you see on the internet is not always real.”
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.
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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.