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New Zealand has passed a law banning conversion therapy, a widely discredited practice that seeks to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.
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A month after being elected as Chile’s youngest president, Gabriel Boric, the 35-year-old leftist former student protest leader, has selected a women-majority cabinet.
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Papua New Guinea has abolished the death penalty after it was reintroduced 30 years ago.
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The European Parliament has elected its youngest president, who is also the first woman to take the role in 30 years.
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Following the massive underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga that triggered a tsunami and blanketed the country in ash on Saturday Jan. 15, Tonga’s Olympic flag-bearer has raised more than $400,000 in relief through a fundraising campaign.
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Canada has banned conversion therapy, a widely discredited practice that claims to be able to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Korean Actor O Yeong-su has brought home the country’s first-ever Golden Globe with his portrayal of Player 001 in the Netflix hit series “Squid Game”.
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Oksana Lyniv, a veteran Ukrainian conductor, will become the first woman to hold the baton at an Italian opera house.
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Māori journalist and translator Oriini Kaipara has made history by becoming the first person with a traditional facial tattoo to host primetime news on New Zealand’s national television.
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Karen, Kathy and Evelyn, three women in El Salvador, have been freed after they were sentenced to 30 years in prison for having abortions after suffering medical emergencies.
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Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old leftist former student protest leader in Chile, has defeated the far-right candidate to be elected as the country’s youngest ever president.
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The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay more than €370,000 ($416,000) to Margarita Gracheva, whose husband kidnapped her and cut off her hands with an axe in 2017.