LGBTQ,
In A First In Europe, Latvia’s Government Has Elected Its First Openly Gay President
“I proudly announce I am gay… Good luck all of you…”, Edgars Rinkēvičs wrote in his coming out tweet in 2014.
LGBTQ,
“I proudly announce I am gay… Good luck all of you…”, Edgars Rinkēvičs wrote in his coming out tweet in 2014.
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Take a look back at some of the biggest stories that happened around the world in May 2023.
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Individual cigarettes will soon start carrying warnings such as “cigarettes cause cancer” and “poison in every puff”.
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Investigators said the girl had set fire to the building because she was angry that her mobile phone had been confiscated.
Politics
Fumio Kishida said his son’s actions were “inappropriate and I decided to replace him to have him take responsibility.”
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Japan is the only G7 nation that does not recognize same-sex marriages.
Women
From fighting for justice to reaching for the stars, here are the incredible women who are leaving a lasting impact on the world this week.
Activism
The wrestlers were forcibly dragged and detained by police after they tried to march to the inauguration of the new parliament building in Delhi.
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The law is one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ laws.
Cute
Haruka Nigo told Almost that she came up with the idea when she noticed that “there are two holes above my mouth and thought my nostrils might exist for the purpose of playing duets.”
Climate
Residents near the famous Rialto Bridge began reporting on the morning of May 28 that the water in the Grand Canal had turned green.
Video
No one was hurt, but nine people were taken to the hospital for difficulties breathing.
Activism
Top women wrestlers have been camping out in New Delhi since April 22 to call on the president of the Wrestling Federation of India to resign.
Video
The man, known as Brother Three Thousand, shared a livestream where he drank at least seven bottles of baijiu, a Chinese liquor that can contain between 35% and 60% alcohol.
Activism
Bui Tuan Lam was jailed for “anti-state propaganda” for parodying a senior government official being hand-fed gold-encrusted steak by Salt Bae.
Impact
34-year-old Rayyanah Barnawi, a biomedical scientist will focus on studying stem cells and breast cancer during the mission.