Steph Lu is a reporter for Almost and is based in London.
Climate
Three consecutive years of drought have devastated Iraq’s Hawizeh marshlands, drying up the marshes reportedly home to the biblical Garden of Eden.
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Satoko Kishimoto, a Japanese woman living in Belgium, has been elected the first woman mayor of a district in Tokyo.
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On Saturday July 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared monkeypox a global health emergency.
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A sharp-eyed customer dining at a restaurant in Leshan in China’s Sichuan province has helped to discover 100 million-year-old dinosaur footprints at the location.
Cute
As countries around the world feel the effects of rising inflation, the Hakone-en Aquarium in Hakone, Japan, has been looking for ways to mitigate increased prices where possible.
Activism
Sri Lanka’s president has finally agreed to resign, officials said on Monday July 11, two days after thousands of protesters stormed his residence and set the prime minister’s home on fire.
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Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak said he did not regret wearing the “Z” symbol on his chest and would do it again.
Activism
The “Garlic Girls”, the South Korean women’s curling team, have made their Olympic comeback in Beijing after they came forward and spoke out about being abused by their coaches and sparked a movement against the mistreatment of athletes in the country.
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In a heartwarming moment at the Beijing 2022 Olympics, Italian skier Sofia Goggia lent her skis to Team USA’s Mikaela Shiffrin, with a note reading, “Fly Mika, You Can.”
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Free skier and breakout star of the Beijing 2022 Games Eileen Gu wrapped up her inaugural Olympics with a hat trick of medals, two golds and one silver, as well as the adoration and love of the host nation.
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Russian teen figure skater Kamila Valieva will be allowed to continue to compete at the Beijing Winter Olympics after testing positive for a banned substance weeks ago but will not receive any medals until her case is resolved.
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Chinese American athlete Nathan Chen has cemented his status as the world’s best male figure skater after he took home gold for Team USA in men’s figure-skating in Beijing.