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AJ+’s Managing Editor Dima Khatib Says Journalists In Gaza Are Being Targeted For Reporting The Truth And It Needs To End
“Everything I’ve done in my life, over 30 years of journalism, is nothing like what we’re living in Gaza today.”
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Israeli Forces Tied An Injured Palestinian Man On A Military Vehicle And Used Him As A Human Shield
Video verified by multiple news outlets showed an injured Palestinian man strapped to the hood of a military jeep during an Israeli raid in Jenin city in the occupied West Bank on June 22.
LGBTQ
This Gay Philippine Student Called Out Pope Francis For Using An Anti-LGBTQ Word On A Livestream
Jack Lorenz Acebedo Rivero, a psychology student, told the Pope to "stop using offensive language against the LGBTQIA+ community.”
Activism
Iran's Top Court Has Overturned The Death Sentence Of This Popular Activist Rapper For Singing About The Mahsa Amini Protests
33-year-old Toomaj Salehi had been sentenced to death in April.
Impact
Sierra Leone Has Passed A Law To Ban Child Marriage
Sierra Leone has one of the world’s highest rates for child marriage, early pregnancy and maternal deaths, with one third of girls married before they are 18.
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Gay Sex Is No Longer A Crime In Namibia
Sex between men had been a crime in Namibia due to two colonial era laws from 1927.
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Namibia’s Youngest Woman Minister Says There Should Be More Young Women In Politics
28-year-old Emma Theofelus says that everything we do is related to politics so young women and young people must get involved in politics to help make decisions about our future.
Politics
Vladimir Putin Went To North Korea To Meet Kim Jong Un And Now They Look Like Dictator Best Friends
In a scene straight out of James Corden's Carpool Karaoke, Putin drove Kim, who was sitting in the passenger seat, through the streets of North Korea’s capital, in a Russian-made Aurus limousine that Putin had gifted to Kim.
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Philippine Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Journalist Maria Ressa Says Young People Must Make Social Media Work For Them
“This technology is meant to keep you scrolling so you need to make sure you get what you want out of it.”
Cute
Albanian Football Fans Snapped Spaghetti In Front Of Italian Fans To Taunt Them Before Their Euros Match
Both teams’ fans are seen taunting each other before one Albanian fan takes out a packet of uncooked spaghetti and proceeds to snap it in half.
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This Japanese Band Dressed Up As Explorers Conquering Ape Natives And Caused A Huge Controversy
In the video, the band members, dressed up as historical characters such Christopher Columbus, travel to an island and teach what appears to be native people dressed like apes how to play the piano and ride a horse.
Activism
Denmark’s Men’s Football Team Has Refused A Pay Raise So The Women’s Team Can Get Equal Pay
The men’s team and the player’s union decided to refuse a wage increase so both teams can get the same pay.