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Tuvalu’s foreign minister has delivered a powerful speech about the effects of climate change and rising sea levels on the Pacific Islands, standing knee-deep in the sea.
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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.
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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.
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People in Sudan are continuing to take to the streets in mass protests after the military seized power in a coup on Monday Oct. 25 and opened fire on protesters.
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The world’s largest carbon dioxide-extracting plant has opened in Iceland, beginning operations on Sep. 8.
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On International Safe Abortion Day on Sep. 28, thousands of women across Latin America took to the streets in mass protests to demand the right to safe and legal abortions.
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Greta Thunberg mocked global leaders for their empty words and promises on tackling climate change at the Youth4Climate summit in Milan, Italy.
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Thousands of young people took to the streets on Friday in more than 1,500 locations around the world to demand action to end climate change.
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K-pop group BTS returned to the United Nations on Monday Sep. 20 to give an inspirational speech for young people along with a video of them performing their hit song “Permission to Dance” through the empty UN Assembly Hall to empower them to take action.
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Alyona Popova, a lawyer and women’s rights activist in Russia, has been campaigning for years for members Russia’s lower house of Parliament, the Duma, to adopt a law to protect women against domestic violence.
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Nine Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have been jailed for up to 10 months for participating in a banned vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
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Tens of thousands of people gathered in Switzerland on Saturday Sep. 4 to rally in support of same-sex marriage ahead of a referendum on September 26.