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This 23-Year-Old Has Been Elected As Wales’ Youngest And First Openly Non-Binary Mayor
Owen Hurcum, a 23-year-old in Wales, has become the first non-binary and youngest mayor in Wales.
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Miss Universe Myanmar Held Up A “Pray For Myanmar” Sign At The Beauty Pageant’s Costume Contest
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.
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This Māori MP Performed The Haka In New Zealand’s Parliament To Protest Racism And Got Ejected
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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A Car Bomb Detonated Outside A Girls’ School In Afghanistan, Killing At Least 85 People, Mostly Girls
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 First, Taiwan Recognized The Marriage Of This Same-Sex Couple From Different Countries
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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The First Woman President Of The EU Was Left Without A Chair At A Meeting With Two Male Leaders
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.