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November 10, 2022 at 10:11 pm

Dubbed torture, ID policies leave transgender people sterile VIEW

Across the world, scores of countries still require transgender people to submit to sterilizing surgeries before their genders are legally recognized.

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June 22, 2022 at 9:10 pm

Fin-tastic! Growing ‘mermaiding’ subculture makes a splash VIEW

Across the world, people are increasingly embracing the subculture of “mermaiding.”.

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April 6, 2022 at 9:07 pm

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back VIEW

Thailand has sent thousands of people fleeing escalating violence by Myanmar’s military back home despite the risk to their lives, and despite international refugee laws...

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April 6, 2022 at 9:05 pm

Despite risk of death, Thailand sends Myanmar refugees back VIEW

Thailand has sent thousands of people fleeing escalating violence by Myanmar’s military back home despite the risk to their lives, and despite international refugee laws...

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FILE – This photo provided by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority shows the Hardy Reef near the Whitsunday Islands, Australia on June 22, 2014. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on the planet _ so large, in fact, that it is the only living thing on earth visible from space. (Jumbo Aerial Photography/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority via AP) NY572 NY572

February 28, 2022 at 9:47 am

‘Crisis’: Climate panel flags Great Barrier Reef devastation

A U.N. report is painting a dire picture of the future of the Great Barrier Reef, with climate change blamed for frequent and severe coral...

February 11, 2022 at 3:05 am

Having survived abuse, ‘Garlic Girls’ curlers now seek joy VIEW

South Korea's famed women's curling team has arrived at the Olympics in Beijing ready to do what they couldn't four years ago at the Pyeongchang...

February 5, 2022 at 7:52 pm

COVID-19 robs Olympic curlers of beloved social culture VIEW

Curling is a sport built around closeness.

January 31, 2022 at 7:06 pm

Australia’s first Olympic curlers swap sunshine for sweeping

An Australian curling team has made history as the first curlers from Down Under to qualify for the Olympics.

January 11, 2022 at 11:41 pm

Amid Djokovic backlash, Australia grapples with omicron wave VIEW

The omicron variant of the coronavirus has swept across Australia despite its high vaccination rate and strict border policies that kept the country largely sealed...

December 14, 2021 at 9:14 pm

Amid military atrocities, Myanmar public urges gas sanctions VIEW

In February, Myanmar’s military took over the country’s government and its bank accounts, including those that receive hundreds of millions of dollars each year from...

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