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Kurdistan Workers’ Party agrees to peace deal with Turkey, ending deadly 40-year conflict
The decision promises to put an end to one of the longest insurgencies in the Middle East and could have significant impact in Turkey, Syria, and Iraq. In February, party leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned since 1999, urged his group to convene a congress and formally decide to disband. The call by Ocalan…
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The U.S. FDA approves first at-home tool as a Pap-smear alternative
Traditionally, gynecologists have inserted a cold metal speculum deep into a woman’s vagina to scrape cells from the cervix. The Teal Wand — “built with empathy” by California-based Teal Health — uses a swab to collect a vaginal sample. Women will then mail the sample to a lab that will screen for HPV (human papillomavirus),…
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Brazil court grants gender-neutral ID in historic victory
A nonbinary person in Brazil has been granted official documents with a neutral gender marker for the first time in a unanimous court decision. The case involves a person who originally requested to be recognized as male on their official documents after starting hormone replacement therapy, but later regretted this decision and appealed to the…
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Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein bans fur and wild-animal skins across its online marketplace
Shein’s updated ban covers any items made from the skins or feathers of all animals considered to be “exotic”, including ostrich feathers, alligators, and snakes. The decision comes after PETA noticed several third-party vendors offering real fur products and accessories made from exotic animal skins on Shein’s marketplace platform in 2024. Shein previously maintained a…
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Sri Lanka’s Kumana National Park emerges as a stronghold for vulnerable leopards
A new study reports a notably high density of Sri Lankan leopards in the country’s Kumana National Park. Using camera traps, the study recorded more than 90 leopard encounters, including 34 identified individual leopards, captured on film across a 16-month survey period. Since 2017, a citizen science program has also recorded 80 individual leopards in…
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Marine litter on the E.U. coastline down by almost one-third since 2015
The new E.U. Coastline Macro Litter Trend report has found that the amount of marine macro litter in the E.U. coastline has dropped by 29% between 2015-2016 and 2020-2021. While the largest reduction in terms of percentages is seen at the Baltic Sea (45%), major efforts at the Mediterranean and the Black Sea have led…
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New Caledonia bans ‘dangerous’ seabed mining for half a century
The South Pacific French territory has imposed a 50-year ban on deep-sea mining across its entire maritime zone – a rare and sweeping move that places it among the most restrictive in the world on seabed extraction. The law blocks all commercial exploration, prospecting, and mining of mineral resources within New Caledonia’s exclusive economic zone…
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Baltimore reports historic drop in homicide rates
Thousands of Arizonans now have a financial burden lifted off their shoulders, Gov. Katie Hobbs has announced. According to the Democratic governor, $429 million in medical debt has been erased for more than 352,000 Arizonans as part of a partnership between her administration and national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt. In 2024, Hobbs announced an initiative…
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Solar panels to be fitted on all new-build homes in England by 2027
Almost all new homes in England will be fitted with solar panels during construction within two years. Under the plans, housebuilders will be legally required to install solar panels on the roofs of new properties by 2027. The policy is estimated to add between £3,000 and £4,000 to building a home, but homeowners would save…
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Fecal transplants reduce alcohol cravings as human trials progress
Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University have found that fecal transplants may help those suffering from severe alcohol use disorder. The work points to a compelling relationship between the gut microbiome and addiction disorders, with large-scale Phase 2 human trials currently underway. Nine of 10 patients who received a transplant had a reduction in their cravings…