In France, more than one million people protested against pension reform

In France, more than one million people protested against pension reform

A reform of France’s pension system raising the retirement age from 62 to 64, has led to a second round of coordinated strikes. On Tuesday, a record number of people, 1,27 million, took it to the streets across France to...
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Pakistan to launch women-only taxi and bus services in Karachi

Pakistan to launch women-only taxi and bus services in Karachi

Pakistan is a highly patriarchal society, with cultural attitudes and social norms that are perpetuating a hostile environment for women. Some surveys are placing Pakistan among the most countries in the world for women. The government has taken steps to...
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New Zealand’s PM announced her resignation

New Zealand’s PM announced her resignation

Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, the youngest female head of government in the world, announced she will resign no later than 7 February. Ardern, the leader of the Labour Party, took office in October 2017 and has gained...
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Russian and Belarusian flags banned at Australian Open

Russian and Belarusian flags banned at Australian Open

The first major of the year, Australian Open is taking place at Melbourne Park, from 16–29 January 2023. Yesterday, Tennis Australia confirmed a policy change whereby Russian and Belarusian flags have been banned until the end of the Grand Slam...
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison sentence extended to 33 years

Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison sentence extended to 33 years

Today, a court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s ousted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption. She has been detained since 2021 and has since faced a series of charges, ending with a...
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Israeli ministers suggest doctors and hotels could refuse gay people

Israeli ministers suggest doctors and hotels could refuse gay people

Even though lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Israel are considered the most developed in the Middle East, on Sunday a member of the far-right Religious Zionism party, one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s incoming ministers suggested that docto...
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Germany returns looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

Germany returns looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

This week more than 20 artefacts have been returned to Nigeria by Germany and more than 1000 will follow in the next years. At the “historic” repatriation ceremony in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock s...
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