world
The government said it would push for a stricter vetting process for people applying for gun licenses and limit access to some weapons, particularly the AR-15.
world
Pia Hollenstein, one of the co-founders of the KlimaSeniorinnen group, told Almost why young people gives her hope for the planet.
LGBTQ
Chinese trans woman Ling’er said she passed out every time during seven forced electroshock sessions, but the hospital refused her request to terminate the treatment.
Impact
On Dec. 31, President Emmerson Mnangagwa approved a new law banning the death penalty for all offenses and changing existing death sentences to prison terms.
Impact
Dominique Pelicot has been sentence to 20 years in prison, but Gisèle's children have said they were "disappointed" with the low sentences.
Impact
77-year-old Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is the current Vice President and a prominent figure in Namibian politics since the country gained independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990.
LGBTQ
The move comes after Nick Infinger, a man from Hong Kong who married his same-sex partner in Canada, sued the government in 2018.
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The alleged crimes occurred between Aug. 25, 2017 and Dec. 31,2017 when Min Aung Hlaing led a military campaign that forcibly displaced more than 740,000 Rohingya to Bangladesh.
Impact
Doctors had to surgically remove a tampon wedged at the top of her vagina after the rape.
LGBTQ
Meet Lisbeth Wu, a Taiwanese trans woman who sued the government for not letting her change her legal gender without undergoing surgery and won.
Impact
A loophole in the law had allowed children aged 14 and older to marry as long as they had their parent’s consent.
Women
Hawra Al Jufairi initially worked in accounting soon realised her love for the sea and decided to change her career path despite sailing being a male-dominated industry in Bahrain.