July 25, 2022

Raising the Alarm

The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern Saturday, as cases of the virus increase worldwide and countries scramble to secure enough vaccines, Politico reported. WHO has recorded more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox in dozens of countries since May. Monkeypox is...

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July 25, 2022

Breaking a Ceiling

Indian lawmakers elected an Indigenous tribal woman to become the country’s president this week, a move seen as a significant breakthrough for one of India’s marginalized minority groups, the Washington Post reported. Draupadi Murmu, a former governor of Jharkhand state, was sworn in Monday, making her...

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July 25, 2022

The Big Family

The Cuban parliament approved changes to its family law that would allow gay marriage, an amendment that has met resistance from the country’s religious community, Reuters reported. The Families Code would legalize same-sex marriage and civil unions, as well as allow gay couples to adopt children...

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July 25, 2022

A Signal Far, Far Away

For more than a decade, astronomers have been detecting strange and quick radio waves coming from space billions of light-years away. Known as “fast radio bursts,” these intense, rapid signals emerge from unknown regions of the universe and last about a millisecond. Since 2007, scientists have discovered...

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