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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.
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In an effort to reduce their carbon footprints and curb climate change, Berlin’s universities will be offering mainly vegan and vegetarian meals from this October.
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Women, who took to the streets of Kabul to protest for their rights after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, were met with violence from Taliban security forces on Sunday Sep 5.