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Critics say pandemic treaty text is 'step backwards'

As negotiations towards a new pandemic treaty pick up pace, observers warn of watered-down efforts to ensure equitable access to the medical products needed to battle future Covid-like threats.. But critics warn that revisions being made to the preliminary negotiating text are weakening the language -- notably in a key area aimed at preventing the rampant inequity seen in access to vaccines and other medical products during the Covid pandemic.

Mon, May 29, 2023 2 mins read

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'Save your lives:' Free Thai boxing lessons for LGBTQ people in Chile

Shield, duck, punch: At a municipal sports hall in Chile's capital Santiago, dozens of members of the LGBTQ community gathered to learn Thai boxing self defense moves in a climate of rising homophobic violence.. According to Movilh, hate crimes against members of the LGBTQ community doubled from 2021 to 2022, with six recorded killings -- a tie with 2020 for the deadliest year.

Mon, May 29, 2023 1 mins read

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Turkey's LGBTQ community dread future under Erdogan

Turkey's LGBTQ community fear being exposed to more homophobic hate after conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made them into his favourite target for his bitterly divisive re-election campaign.. After extending his two-decade rule until 2028 in Sunday's historic run-off election, Erdogan used the opportunity to target them again when he greeted supporters in Istanbul.

Mon, May 29, 2023 2 mins read

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Uganda's president signs anti-gay bill into law

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed into law a controversial anti-gay bill, his office and the country's parliament said, introducing draconian measures against homosexuality that have been described as among the world's harshest.. Museveni "has assented to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023.

Mon, May 29, 2023 2 mins read

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Slovenia celebrates UNESCO recognition for renowned Lipizzan horses

People watched in awe as the world-renowned Lipizzan horses put on a dazzling show this month in the village of Lipica in the small Alpine state of Slovenia. . "With horses it's like with people.

Mon, May 29, 2023 2 mins read

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Kanchha Sherpa: The last of the first on Everest

Nonagenarian Kanchha Sherpa is the last surviving member of the 1953 expedition that saw Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa become the first humans to summit the world's highest mountain.. Now 90, he was tired and not available to speak to AFP ahead of Monday's anniversary, but his grandson quoted him as saying: "The happiest part was when Tenzing and Hillary summited."

Mon, May 29, 2023 2 mins read

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No glory for bullies: South Korea's school violence epidemic

Pins hidden in her shoes, head forced down a toilet, kicked in the stomach: Korean hairdresser Pyo Ye-rim suffered a litany of abuse from school bullies, but now she's speaking out.. Teachers told her "to be friendlier" to her bullies and the abuse went unchecked for years, eventually forcing her to give up her dreams of higher education and quit school for vocational training.

Sun, May 28, 2023 3 mins read

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The Power of Google Reviews for Small Home Services Businesses

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Sun, May 28, 2023 2 mins read

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Design Rush Recognizes Top Marketing Agencies for Exceptional Creativity and Results

Design Rush, a leading B2B marketplace for finding top agencies, has recently announced its recognition of outstanding marketing agencies for their exceptional creativity and results.

Sun, May 28, 2023 2 mins read

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War, and words -- Ukraine, Russia writers' dilemma

When bombs are falling, can writers from across the warring sides still talk?. "I have this damned passport, and with my language, with the fact that I lived there my whole life I am part of this, I cannot escape it," Nemzer, who left Russia after the war started, told AFP. "It's a trap, it's unfair, but how can I even say the word unfair when we know what unfairness is: bombs flying."

Sat, May 27, 2023 3 mins read