Politics
Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have agreed to a ceasefire on Thursday May 20 after 11 days of fighting, which left more than 230 people dead, most of them in Gaza.
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Owen Hurcum, a 23-year-old in Wales, has become the first non-binary and youngest mayor in Wales.
Activism
Miss Universe Myanmar, Thuzar Wint Lwin, won the national costume contest at Miss Universe 2020, using the pageant to call on the world to speak out against the coup in her country.
Activism
New Zealand Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi was ejected from the parliament after he performed a haka to protest what he said was racism from the opposition party.
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At least 85 people, mostly young girls, have been killed and another 147 wounded in a bomb attack outside a girl’s school in Afghanistan on Saturday May 8.
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In a landmark ruling, Taiwan has recognized a same-sex marriage between a Taiwanese man and his partner from Macau, where same-sex marriage is illegal.
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Ursula von der Leyen, the first woman president of the European Commission, was forced to sit on the sofa during a meeting with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and European Council president Charles Michel in Ankara, Turkey on Tuesday Apr. 7.