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North Korea Has Pulled Out of the Olympics Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic
North Korea has dropped out of the upcoming Tokyo Summer Olympics due to concerns regarding the coronavirus pandemic.
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Egypt Held A Huge Parade To Move 22 Mummies To A New Museum And Honestly It Was Epic
Egypt held a spectacular parade through the capital city of Cairo on Saturday Apr. 3 as it moved 22 mummies to a new museum dedicated to Egyptian civilization.
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An Angry Octopus Attacked This Man Going For A Swim In Australia And His Reaction Was Perfect
Lance Karlson, a 34-year-old geologist and author, was going for a swim in southwestern Australia when the octopus lurched at him.
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A Train Derailed After Colliding With A Construction Truck In Taiwan And At Least 50 People Are Dead
A passenger train in Taiwan derailed on Friday Apr. 2, leaving at least 50 people dead and about 150 injured in the country’s deadliest railway accident in decades.
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New Zealand’s Catholic Church Has Formally Apologized To People Who Were Abused Within The Church
New Zealand’s Catholic Church has formally apologized to the survivors of abuse within the church.
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A Stray Cat Showed Up To This Turkish Vet’s Clinic With Her Kittens And It Was Because They Were Sick
A stray cat in Turkey took her sick kittens to a veterinary clinic in the western province of Izmir to seek help.
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Soccer Players Are Protesting After 6,500 Migrant Workers Died In Qatar, Host Of The 2022 World Cup
Soccer players from a number of European countries are showing their support for the rights of migrant workers in Qatar during their 2022 World Cup qualifier matches.
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A Man In Japan Who Cyberbullied This 22-Year-Old Reality TV Star Who Killed Herself Was Fined $80
A man in Japan has been fined 9,000 yen (US$80) for online abuse directed at Hana Kimura, a former cast member of the Netflix reality show “Terrace House” who killed herself last year.
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BTS Has Shared A Powerful Letter Condemning Anti-Asian Violence In Support Of #StopAsianHate
Global superstar K-pop group BTS have condemned the recent waves of anti-Asian racism and violence occurring in the United States and shared their own experiences of racism as Asians with a letter on Twitter using #StopAsianHate and #StopAAPIHate.
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The Swiss Army Will Provide Women Soldiers With Women’s Underwear Instead Of Men’s For The First Time
The Swiss army will start issuing women’s underwear to its women recruits in an effort to increase women recruits.
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Women In Turkey Are Protesting After The President Withdrew From A Treaty Against Gender Violence
Women in Turkey held a mass protest on Saturday Mar. 27 against the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s decision to withdraw the country from an international treaty preventing violence against women.
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20 French Firefighters Accused Of Raping A Girl Will Only Be Tried For Sexual Assault And People Want Justice
France’s highest court has ruled a group of firefighters accused of raping a girl from when she was 13 to 15 years old will not be charged with rape but with sexual assault, which carries a lighter sentence than rape.