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Bhutan Has Voted To Make Gay Sex No Longer Illegal
Bhutan’s government has approved a bill to decriminalize gay sex, making it the latest country in Asia to reform restrictive laws against LGBT people.
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Climate
New Zealand Declared A Climate Emergency And Said Its Government Will Be Carbon-Neutral By 2025
New Zealand has declared a climate emergency and pledged to make its government carbon-neutral by 2025.
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South Korea Has Changed Its Law So BTS Can Perform For Another Two Years Before Serving In The Military
South Korea’s parliament has passed a bill that will allow globally recognized K-pop stars such as BTS to postpone mandatory military service until they turn 30.
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Scotland Has Become The First Country In The World To Make Period Products Free For Everyone
Scotland has become the first country in the world to make period products free and available for anyone who needs them.
Activism
Guatemala Has Suspended A Bill To Cut Funding For Healthcare And Education After Mass Protests
Guatemala’s congress has shelved a proposed budget that would have cut spending on healthcare and education after it sparked massive, violent anti-government protests in the country.
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Argentina’s Government Will Finally Revote On Legalizing Abortion After Narrowly Rejecting A Bill In 2018
Argentina’s president Alberto Fernández has finally presented a draft bill to legalize abortion to Congress after saying he would do so in March.
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New Zealand Police Have Added A Hijab To Its Official Uniform For The First Time
New Zealand police have added a hijab to its official uniform for the first time.
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Moldova Has Elected Its First Woman President, A World Bank Economist Who Studied At Harvard
Maia Sandu, a 48-year-old economist who went to Harvard, was elected as Moldova’s first woman president on Monday Nov. 16. Sandu, who supports closer ties with the European Union, won 57.7 percent of the votes, beating her male opponent, Igor Dodon, the incumbent president who had the open backing o
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Bangladesh Has Opened Its First Transgender School Which Is Free To Help Trans People Find Work
Bangladesh has opened its first school for trans people in the capital, Dhaka.
Activism
These Kenyan Climate Activists Saved A 100-Year-Old Fig Tree From Being Uprooted For A New Highway
Kenyan officials have announced that a beloved 100-year-old fig tree in Nairobi that was to be uprooted and moved for a new expressway will be saved and preserved as a national symbol of environmental conservation in the country.
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New Zealand Has Appointed This Māori Woman Politician As Its First Indigenous Woman Foreign Minister
New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has appointed a Māori woman as the country’s foreign minster for the first time in history.
Climate
Lego Will Start Using Paper Bags To Replace Its Plastic Packaging After Children Asked Them To
Lego will start trialling the paper bags in 2021.