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5 Good News Stories From Around The World
Take a break with some of the good news from around the world.
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Gay Sex Is No Longer A Crime In Mauritius
A 185-year-old British colonial-era law had made anal intercourse between gay men a crime.
Climate
Brazil’s Top Court Has Ruled To Protect This Indigenous Group’s Right To Their Ancestral Land
The state government had argued that Indigenous people could only claim their land if they proved that they were occupying the land when Brazil passed its constitution in 1988.
Activism
This 60-Year-Old Chinese Farmer Taught Himself The Law So He Could Sue A Chemical Company And Won
60-year-old farmer Wang Enlin taught himself the law for 16 years to sue a chemical company that was polluting his village.
Activism
In A Historic Referendum, People In Ecuador Have Voted To Protect The Amazon By Stopping Oil Drilling
In a single hectare of land in the Yasuní national park, there are more insect species than in all of North America and more species of trees and plants than in any other hectare on Earth.
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Spain Has Named This Soccer Player As The First Woman Coach Of The Country’s Women’s Team
41-year-old Montse Tomé previously played as a midfielder for Barcelona, Levante and Spain’s women’s national soccer team.
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Mexico Has Decriminalized Abortion, Becoming The Latest Country To Do So In Latin America
12 out of 32 states in Mexico have decriminalized abortion, but the Supreme Court decriminalized it across the whole country Wednesday Sep. 6.
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A Court In Hong Kong Has Ruled That The Government Must Legally Recognize Same-Sex Partnerships
The move comes after Jimmy Sham, a pro-democracy activist, sued the government for not recognizing same-sex marriage.
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In A Historic Moment, Brazil’s Constitution Has Been Officially Translated Into An Indigenous Language
The 1988 constitution was translated into Nheengatu, the general language used to communicate between different Indigenous groups in the Amazon.
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This Aboriginal Lawyer Has Become Australia’s First Indigenous Woman Supreme Court Judge
Louise Taylor, an Indigenous Kamilaroi woman, was appointed to the supreme court of the Australian Capital Territory.
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Ghana Is Abolishing The Death Penalty, Becoming The 29th African Country To Do So
Ghana is now the 29th African country to abolish the death penalty.
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The Netherlands Has Passed A “Only Yes Means Yes” Law Clearly Defining Rape As Sex Without Consent
Previously, the law required proof that there was violence, threats or coercion in order for it to count as rape.