Schadenfreude of the Week - A protest against Primark's Pride campaign turned out to be two people and one flag. The counter protest outnumbered them a hundred to one. “Thanks transphobes, you created a more cohesive community, made money for local charities who support trans kids, made everyone aware of the amazing safe spaces in local businesses and started a party! You achieved all that.”
The new legislation redefines rape as nonconsensual sex, removing a requirement showing the victim fought back. The change comes after four years of protests decrying sexual violence in Japan.
The Biden administration has proposed new rules for protecting imperiled plants and animals as officials move to reverse changes under former President Donald Trump that weakened application of the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday said it will reinstate a decades-old regulation that...
A federal judge has struck down Florida rules championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis restricting Medicaid coverage for transgender treatments. Judge Robert Hinkle wrote Wednesday that a health code rule and a new state law violate federal law. Hinkle said "gender identity is real" and treatments are backed by major medical...
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth, dealing the strongest blow yet to a state prohibition on such care.
Iceland's government said Tuesday it was suspending this year's whale hunt until the end of August due to animal welfare concerns, likely bringing the controversial practice to a historic end."I have taken the decision to suspend whaling" until August 31, Food Minister Svandis Svavarsdottir said in a statement, after a...
Tuesday, the Estonian government has survived a vote of no confidence in the Riigikogu tied to amendments to the Family Law Act and related legislation, which is granting same-sex couples the legal right to wed.
Ontario has joined seven other provinces in announcing it will no longer incarcerate migrants detained for administrative reasons in its provincial jails.
After a 12 year project trying to breed the ultimate bean for the UK climate, it's hoped that finally we'll be able to grow haricot's in the UK to fuel our baked bean obsession.
Climate change is, clearly, an awful thing and we must do all we can to help reverse the damage already done. However, this article about Oxburgh Hall in Norfolk is good because we must also do all we can to embrace the changes we're now dealing with.
