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Here’s What Happened Around The World In April 2024
Take a look back at some of the biggest stories that happened around the world in April 2024.
switzerland
Impact
These Elderly Swiss Women Sued The Government For Not Doing Enough To Fight Climate Change And Won
The women argued that the government's inaction violated the rights of elderly women, who are particularly impacted by heatwaves caused by climate change due to their age and gender.
Climate
2023: A Year In Climate
From Earth’s hottest day ever recorded to devastating floods, the effects of climate change were felt around the world in 2023.
Climate
A Huge Rockfall In Switzerland Has Stopped Just Centimeters Away From A Tiny Village
Some of the rocks stopped within centimeters of buildings in Brienz.
Activism
People In Switzerland Have Voted To Back Up Law To Cut Carbon Emissions
The country held a referendum after scientists and activists campaigned to save its iconic glaciers, which are melting at an alarming rate.
LGBTQ
11 Of The Best LGBTQ Stories Of 2022
From landmark rulings to the first same-sex marriages in several countries, it has been a year of celebration and of diversity.
Activism
European Soccer Captains Won’t Wear Rainbow Armbands After FIFA Threatened Them With Yellow Cards
Team captains from seven European soccer team will no longer wear an armband with a rainbow heart during their World Cup matches after FIFA threatened to give them yellow cards.
Featured
FIFA’s Swiss-Italian President Said He Has Been Discriminated Against Like Migrant Workers and LGBTQ People
In an extraordinary one hour speech, FIFA’s president has slammed the West for “moral double standards” over the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, defending the host country’s human rights record and comparing himself to marginalized people.
Climate
Swiss People Kept Digging Ponds For 20 Years And Now Endangered Frog Populations Have “Exploded”
For more than 20 years, state authorities, non-profits, and volunteers in Switzerland have dug ponds as part of a conservation effort to improve the population of endangered frogs and it has finally yielded positive results.
Featured
Same-Sex Couples In Switzerland Are Getting Married After Same-Sex Marriage Was Finally Legalized
Same-sex couples are getting married in Switzerland after the country officially legalized same-sex marriage on Friday July 1.
Featured
People In Switzerland Have Voted To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage In A Referendum
Voters in Switzerland have overwhelmingly voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a referendum on Sunday Sep. 26.
Activism
People In Switzerland Held A Huge Protest In Support Of Same-Sex Marriage Ahead Of A Referendum
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Switzerland on Saturday Sep. 4 to rally in support of same-sex marriage ahead of a referendum on September 26.