Activism
Kenya Has Created A Public Holiday For People To Plant 100 Million Trees To Fight Climate Change
The holiday is the first step towards Kenya’s goal of planting 15 billion trees by 2032.
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Japan’s Top Court Has Ruled That Forcing People To Be Sterilized To Change Gender Is Unconstitutional
Currently, Japan requires people to have their reproductive organs removed before they can legally change their gender.
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This Indigenous Journalist And Rapper Has Become Canada’s First First Nations Province Leader
41-year-old Wab Kinew, said his election is “a testament to our province and country moving forward”.
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Canada’s Lawmakers Have Elected The Country’s First Black Parliament Speaker
Greg Fergus is known for chairing the Black Caucus in parliament and holding senior advisory roles in various ministries.
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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.