Impact
Spain Has Named This Soccer Player As The First Woman Coach Of The Country’s Women’s Team
41-year-old Montse Tomé previously played as a midfielder for Barcelona, Levante and Spain’s women’s national soccer team.
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Featured
Mexico Has Decriminalized Abortion, Becoming The Latest Country To Do So In Latin America
12 out of 32 states in Mexico have decriminalized abortion, but the Supreme Court decriminalized it across the whole country Wednesday Sep. 6.
Activism
This 11-Year-Old Girl In Peru Who Became Pregnant With Her Rapist’s Baby Has Finally Been Granted An Abortion
The girl – publicly known as Mila – had allegedly been abused and repeatedly raped by her stepfather since she was seven years old.
Featured
Gabon’s Military Has Seized Power In A Coup After The President Was Re-Elected For A Third Term
The coup happened minutes after it was announced that president Ali Bongo had been re-elected for a third term.
Featured
Here’s What Happened Around The World In August 2023
Take a look back at some of the biggest stories that happened around the world in August 2023.
Newsletter
🌏 FIFA Suspends Spain Football Head Over Inappropriate Kiss, Women Pole Vaulters Share Gold And More
All the world news you need to know this week.
Featured
This Philippines Drag Queen Dressed Up As Jesus In A Performance And Caused A Controversy
33-year-old Pura Luka Vega lip-synced and dance to a remix of “The Lord’s Prayer”, while dressed in a Jesus-inspired costume.
Newsletter
🌏 Hawaii's Worst Wildfire Kills More Than 100, Nepalese Girl Dies After Being Banished To Period Shed And More
All the world news you need to know this week.
Politics
The Wagner Group Leader Who Led The Mutiny Against Russia Has Been Killed In A Plane Crash, Russian Officials Say
US officials have said both publicly and privately that they are increasingly certain that Putin had ordered Prigozhin’s death.
Featured
Thailand Has Named A New Prime Minister But It’s Not The Young, Progressive Leader People Elected
Pita Limjaroenrat, the leader of the young, progressive Move Forward party, had actually won the most votes in the election.
LGBTQ
The Swimming World Cup Has Introduced An “Open” Category For Trans Swimmers
World Aquatics said the open category will protect the “competitive fairness” of its events while allowing everybody to compete at an elite level.
Video
The Men Who Raped, Murdered And Hung Two Indian Sisters From A Tree Have Been Jailed For Life
The sisters, aged 15 and 17, were found hanging from a tree in Lakhimpur district in Uttar Pradesh in September 2022.