Selina Wu is a reporter and social media editor for Almost. She is based in Taipei, Taiwan.
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A month after being elected as Chile’s youngest president, Gabriel Boric, the 35-year-old leftist former student protest leader, has selected a women-majority cabinet.
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Papua New Guinea has abolished the death penalty after it was reintroduced 30 years ago.
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The European Parliament has elected its youngest president, who is also the first woman to take the role in 30 years.
Activism
Following the massive underwater volcanic eruption near Tonga that triggered a tsunami and blanketed the country in ash on Saturday Jan. 15, Tonga’s Olympic flag-bearer has raised more than $400,000 in relief through a fundraising campaign.
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Somalis enjoy first public screening in three decades at Somalia’s National Theatre on Sept. 22, symbolizing hopes for a cultural revival in the war-torn country.
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Thousands of migrants are trapped at the border between Belarus and Poland in freezing temperatures after Belarus reportedly lured them to the border on the promise that they would be able to cross into the European Union.
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A rare Antarctic penguin was found on the south-eastern coastline of New Zealand, at least 3,000 kilometers away from its natural habitat.
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Meet Jaha Dukureh, a 31-year-old women’s rights activist and anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) campaigner, who is hoping to run for president of the Gambia.
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The case of an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant after she was raped by her step-grandfather has sparked outrage in Bolivia over the church’s intervention in stopping her from getting an abortion.
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Hundreds of thousands of people around the world held mass protests demanding more action to combat climate change on Saturday Nov. 6, the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice.
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Seven of New Zealand’s most notorious gang leaders have teamed up in a video to encourage their communities to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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A parrot made a surprise appearance on a CCTV camera that monitors traffic in Brazil on Oct. 29.
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Protests have broken out across Poland after a 30-year-old woman died after she was denied an abortion due to the country’s strict abortion laws.
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A little girl has beaten Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to cutting the ribbon during an opening ceremony for a public park in Ankara.
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The International Handball Federation has changed its uniform rules to allow women to wear tank tops and shorts instead of bikini bottoms and crop tops, following accusations of sexism.
Climate
More than 200 people have died in landslides and flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across India and Nepal over the past few days.