Selina Wu is a reporter and social media editor for Almost. She is based in Taipei, Taiwan.
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The case of an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant after she was raped by her step-grandfather has sparked outrage in Bolivia over the church’s intervention in stopping her from getting an abortion.
Activism
Hundreds of thousands of people around the world held mass protests demanding more action to combat climate change on Saturday Nov. 6, the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice.
Activism
Seven of New Zealand’s most notorious gang leaders have teamed up in a video to encourage their communities to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Cute
A parrot made a surprise appearance on a CCTV camera that monitors traffic in Brazil on Oct. 29.
Featured
Protests have broken out across Poland after a 30-year-old woman died after she was denied an abortion due to the country’s strict abortion laws.
Cute
A little girl has beaten Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to cutting the ribbon during an opening ceremony for a public park in Ankara.
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The International Handball Federation has changed its uniform rules to allow women to wear tank tops and shorts instead of bikini bottoms and crop tops, following accusations of sexism.
Climate
More than 200 people have died in landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across India and Nepal over the past few days.
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Japan’s Princess Mako, niece of the current Japanese emperor, has renounced her royal status and married her college sweetheart Kei Komuro at a registry office in Tokyo in a ceremony conducted by royal representatives on Tuesday Oct. 26.
Climate
Researchers in Germany have successfully managed to potty-train cows to help reduce greenhouse gas emission.
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On early Thursday morning, a 13-story building in Kaoshiung, southern Taiwan, caught fire, killing 46 people and injuring dozens, making it one of the country’s deadliest fire in decades.
Climate
The world’s oldest tropical rainforest, Daintree Rainforest, in Australia has been returned to Aboriginal people in an official acknowledgment ceremony on Wednesday Sep. 29.