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2023 C.E. November 2France pledges to embed abortion rights in constitution by 2024
President Macron revealed his government’s plan to present a draft text to France’s highest administrative court by the end of the year, paving the way for constitutional protection of abortion rights by the end of the year.
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2023 C.E. November 2U.S. Department of Energy to invest more than $400 million on rooftop solar in Puerto Rico’s most vulnerable communities
This funding will also support thousands of local clean energy jobs, help achieve President Biden’s goal of lowering energy costs for all Americans, as well as help Puerto Rico achieve its goal of 100% renewable energy by 2050. The first installations are slated to begin in Spring 2024.
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2023 C.E. November 1Namibia hosts Africa’s first community-led conservation congress
Hundreds of Indigenous and local community groups, conservation organizations, governments and policymakers gathered to strategize how communities can play a bigger role in African conservation efforts, which are typically dominated by big international NGOs.
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2023 C.E. November 1Taiwan holds Asia’s largest-ever Pride event
Over 176,000 people attended Taiwan’s 21st annual Pride march in the capital city of Taipei, making it the world’s largest Asian LGBTQ+ Pride event in history. The event celebrated two recent LGBTQ+ rights victories in the country: the legalization of gay adoption and the recognition of Taiwanese same-sex spouses who were married in foreign countries.
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2023 C.E. October 31Biden-Harris administration approves largest offshore wind project in U.S. history
Located approximately 23.5 nautical miles offshore Virginia Beach, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project will provide about 2,600 megawatts of clean, reliable offshore wind energy, capable of powering over 900,000 homes, and provide about 900 jobs each year during the construction phase and an estimated 1,100 annual jobs during the operations phase.
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2023 C.E. October 31Chinese scientists develop novel gene therapy that allows deaf children to hear for the first time
The scientists from Shanghai's Fudan University implanted new genetic code into a harmless virus and then injected the viruses into the children's cochlea. They say the experiment has sparked hearing in four out of five children who received the treatment.
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2023 C.E. October 31Bangladesh eliminates visceral leishmaniasis
Bangladesh has become the first country globally to be validated for elimination of visceral leishmaniasis, a life-threatening neglected tropical disease. The country achieved the elimination target of less than one case per 10,000 population at the sub-district level in 2017 and has sustained it to date.
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2023 C.E. October 31North Korea eliminates rubella
North Korea introduced a mass measles-rubella immunization program in November 2019. Through this mass immunization activity, achieving more than 99.8% coverage in almost 6 million target population, the country has rapidly built substantial population immunity for rubella.
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2023 C.E. October 29Biden administration has forgiven $127 billion in student debt
Biden’s plans to cancel up to $400 billion in student debt for tens of millions of Americans were foiled by the Supreme Court. Still, Biden has managed to erase $127 billion in student debt so far for more than 3.5 million borrowers — more than any other president in history.
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2023 C.E. October 27Final U.S. Army base stripped of Confederate name as Fort Gordon becomes Fort Eisenhower
The renaming ceremony was the ninth — and final — among Army installations this year, capping a controversial three-year effort initiated by top Pentagon officials in 2020 amid a nationwide racial reckoning following the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.
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2023 C.E. November 2France pledges to embed abortion rights in constitution by 2024
President Macron revealed his government’s plan to present a draft text to France’s highest administrative court by the end of the year, paving the way for constitutional protection of abortion rights by the end of the year.
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2023 C.E. November 2U.S. Department of Energy to invest more than $400 million on rooftop solar in Puerto Rico’s most vulnerable communities
This funding will also support thousands of local clean energy jobs, help achieve President Biden’s goal of lowering energy costs for all Americans, as well as help Puerto Rico achieve its goal of 100% renewable energy by 2050. The first installations are slated to begin in Spring 2024.
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2023 C.E. November 1Namibia hosts Africa’s first community-led conservation congress
Hundreds of Indigenous and local community groups, conservation organizations, governments and policymakers gathered to strategize how communities can play a bigger role in African conservation efforts, which are typically dominated by big international NGOs.
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2023 C.E. November 1Taiwan holds Asia’s largest-ever Pride event
Over 176,000 people attended Taiwan’s 21st annual Pride march in the capital city of Taipei, making it the world’s largest Asian LGBTQ+ Pride event in history. The event celebrated two recent LGBTQ+ rights victories in the country: the legalization of gay adoption and the recognition of Taiwanese same-sex spouses who were married in foreign countries.
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2023 C.E. October 31Biden-Harris administration approves largest offshore wind project in U.S. history
Located approximately 23.5 nautical miles offshore Virginia Beach, the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project will provide about 2,600 megawatts of clean, reliable offshore wind energy, capable of powering over 900,000 homes, and provide about 900 jobs each year during the construction phase and an estimated 1,100 annual jobs during the operations phase.
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2023 C.E. October 31Chinese scientists develop novel gene therapy that allows deaf children to hear for the first time
The scientists from Shanghai's Fudan University implanted new genetic code into a harmless virus and then injected the viruses into the children's cochlea. They say the experiment has sparked hearing in four out of five children who received the treatment.
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2023 C.E. October 31Bangladesh eliminates visceral leishmaniasis
Bangladesh has become the first country globally to be validated for elimination of visceral leishmaniasis, a life-threatening neglected tropical disease. The country achieved the elimination target of less than one case per 10,000 population at the sub-district level in 2017 and has sustained it to date.
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2023 C.E. October 31North Korea eliminates rubella
North Korea introduced a mass measles-rubella immunization program in November 2019. Through this mass immunization activity, achieving more than 99.8% coverage in almost 6 million target population, the country has rapidly built substantial population immunity for rubella.
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2023 C.E. October 29Biden administration has forgiven $127 billion in student debt
Biden’s plans to cancel up to $400 billion in student debt for tens of millions of Americans were foiled by the Supreme Court. Still, Biden has managed to erase $127 billion in student debt so far for more than 3.5 million borrowers — more than any other president in history.
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2023 C.E. October 27Final U.S. Army base stripped of Confederate name as Fort Gordon becomes Fort Eisenhower
The renaming ceremony was the ninth — and final — among Army installations this year, capping a controversial three-year effort initiated by top Pentagon officials in 2020 amid a nationwide racial reckoning following the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police.