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The Heroic Rat That Was Awarded A Gold Medal For Sniffing Out 71 Mines In Cambodia Is Retiring
Magawa, a rat that was awarded a gold medal for his job detecting mines in Cambodia, is retiring after a five year career.
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This Artist Built A “Portal” Between Two Cities In Poland And Lithuania And It Looks Awesome
Benediktas Gylys, an artist based in Vilnius, Lithuania, has created a “portal” connecting Vilinus to Lubin, a city in Poland that allows people to see the other city in real time.
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Naomi Osaka Quits The French Open, 215 Indigenous Children's Remains Found In Canada And More
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Climate
A Giant Tortoise Thought To Be Extinct Tortoise For Over A Century Has BeenDiscovered In The Galápagos Islands
A giant tortoise found in the Galápagos Islands during a 2019 expedition has been confirmed to be a species thought to be extinct over a century ago.
Women
This Tanzanian Woman MP Was Kicked Out Of The Parliament For Wearing “Tight” Trousers
Women MPs in Tanzania are demanding the parliament apologize to a woman MP, after she was ordered to leave the parliament due to her “tight” trousers.
Activism
Malala Appeared On The Cover of British Vogue With A Powerful Message To Inspire Girls
Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai has been featured on British Vogue’s July cover, saying “I hope that every girl who sees this cover will know that she can change the world.”
Women
This Deaf Brazilian Teen Who Had Her Limbs Amputated Is Training To Swim At The Paralympics
Meet Jessica Oliveira, a Brazilian para-athlete swimmer, who also known as “Jessyborg, The Robot Girl”.
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This Belarus Activist Stabbed Himself In Court, Saying He Was Tortured And Pressured To Plead Guilty
A Belarusian opposition activist stabbed himself in the throat with a pen in the middle of a court hearing, saying investigators had pressured him to plead guilty by threatening to prosecute his family and friends.
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Naomi Osaka Quit The French Open After Being Fined For Not Speaking To Press For Her Mental Health
World No. 2 tennis champion Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open, a day after she was fined $15,000 by the grand slam for opting to skip the mandatory post-match press conference.
Climate
A Cargo Ship Has Been Burning For Days Off Sri Lanka’s Coast, Causing A Massive Environmental Disaster
A container ship carrying chemicals has been burning off Sri Lanka’s coast for more than 10 days, spilling tons of microplastics across the beaches and killing marine life, becoming the country’s worst ever environmental disaster.
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215 Indigenous Children’s Remains Have Been Found At A Former School To Assimilate Them In Canada
A mass grave containing the remains of 215 indigenous First Nation children, some as young as three years old, has been discovered at a former school to assimilate indigenous children in Canada.
Women
Naomi Osaka Didn’t Speak To Media At The French Open For Her Mental Health And Was Fined $15,000
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has been fined $15,000 by the French Open after she did not attend a mandatory press conference after her first match on Sunday.