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Authorities in the Philippines have ordered journalist and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa’s independent news organization, Rappler, to shut down, in another blow to press freedom in the country.
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From BTS’ temporary break to Colombia’s historic elections, here’s what happened around the world around June.
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Israel has loosened its abortion laws to allow people to get abortion pills through the country’s universal health system and not have to appear in front of a special committee to get approval to terminate a pregnancy.
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On Friday June 24, the US Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, a landmark 1973 ruling that guaranteed access to abortion as a constitutional right.
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Germany has abolished a Nazi-era law forbidding doctors from offering information about abortions.
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Brazilian authorities are investigating a judge who stopped an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant with her rapist’s baby from getting an abortion.
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Naira Ashraf Abdel Qader, a student in Egypt, has been murdered by a male classmate in broad daylight in front of her university in an incident that has sent shockwaves throughout the country.
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A group of nuns in Burkina Faso have founded a shelter for girls who have escaped from forced marriages to continue their education and learn skills to pursue a career.
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Francia Márquez, a former housekeeper and an environmental activist lawyer, has been elected as Colombia’s first Black woman vice president.
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The world governing body for swimming has banned transgender women who have experienced any part of male puberty from competing in elite women’s competitions, effectively banning most trans women from top swimming events.
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Theary Seng, a Cambodian-American lawyer, has been sentenced to six years in prison for conspiring against the government.
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Four women were slapped, attacked and pushed to the ground after one of them resisted sexual harassment from a man in a barbecue restaurant in Tangshan, China.