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Pope Francis has appointed three women to the committee that helps oversee the selection of bishops around the world for the first time in the church’s history.
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The Australian Aboriginal flag will permanently replace the New South Wales state flag in flying next to the Australian flag on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australian authorities have announced.
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Sri Lanka’s president has finally agreed to resign, officials said on Monday July 11, two days after thousands of protesters stormed his residence and set the prime minister’s home on fire.
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Meet Danielle Rezek. The Syrian woman has dreamed of becoming a pilot, just like her father, ever since she was young.
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Antigua and Barbuda’s high court has ruled that criminalizing consensual same-sex acts is unconstitutional.
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Sierra Leone’s president says his government has unanimously approved a bill that would decriminalize abortion and overturn the country’s colonial-era abortion law.
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India has imposed a national ban on single-use plastics to reduce pollution on Friday July 1.
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Same-sex couples are getting married in Switzerland after the country officially legalized same-sex marriage on Friday July 1.
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Israel has loosened its abortion laws to allow people to get abortion pills through the country’s universal health system and not have to appear in front of a special committee to get approval to terminate a pregnancy.
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On Friday June 24, the US Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 ruling that guaranteed access to abortion as a constitutional right.
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The Canadian government is banning companies from producing or importing single-use plastics, including most plastic bags, takeout containers, cutlery and straws by the end of this year.
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Germany has abolished a Nazi-era law forbidding doctors from offering information about abortions.