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2021 C.E. May 21
Alabama governor signs medical marijuana legalization bill
Late last month, the governor signed another bill that expands expungement eligibility for certain convictions, including misdemeanor marijuana possession.
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2021 C.E. May 21
New blood test detects tuberculosis bacteria in infants a year before disease
Each year, nearly a million children develop TB and 205,000 die of TB-related causes. More than 80% of childhood TB deaths occur in those under the age of 5.
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2021 C.E. May 21
Oakland to launch alternative response program for nonviolent 911 calls
Following successful alternative policing programs in Denver and Newark, Oakland, California is the latest city to adopt such a program with an initiative to redirect nonviolent, noncriminal calls to mobile teams of civilians.
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2021 C.E. May 20
Landmark asthma vaccine looks to human trials
In a recently study published in Nature Communications, researchers from France's Institut Pasteur describe several successful preclinical tests of this asthma vaccine in mice.
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2021 C.E. May 20
‘Holy grail’ battery breakthrough sees scientists solve 40-year problem
The development, made by a team at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, increases the lifetime of electric vehicles while simultaneously increasing their range and reducing their charge time.
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2021 C.E. May 20
Major firms sign ambitious deal to cut plastic waste in the Pacific
Called the ANZPAC Plastics Pact, the agreement aims to drastically reduce plastic waste from Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific by 2025. Among the signatories are big brands like Coca-Cola, Nestle, and Woolworths.
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2021 C.E. May 19
Instagram adds a new field for your gender identity pronoun preferences
If your preference isn’t an option yet, Instagram has a pronouns request page where you can suggest the pronouns you’d like them to add.
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2021 C.E. May 19
Massive blood sampling study identifies predictors of Alzheimer’s risk
The new study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University analyzed historical blood samples of more than 4,800 middle-aged and elderly subjects collected around a decade ago.
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2021 C.E. May 19
Chile becomes first country in the world to have a constitution drafted by an equal number of women and men
“This is a global milestone, and it’s the result of a struggle that shows that the feminist coalition is a successful example of political mobilisation,” comments Constanza Núñez Donald, a human rights lawyer based in capital city Santiago.
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2021 C.E. May 18
Leonardo DiCaprio and conservationists launch $43M plan to restore Galápagos Islands
The initiative involves more than 40 partners, ranging from local NGOs to governments to international organizations, leveraging decades of collective experience working across the archipelago.
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2021 C.E. July 2
Lululemon founder spends $3.2 million preserving islands in the Salish Sea
The founder of athletic apparel company Lululemon, Chip Wilson, spent $3.2 million to purchase the small Canadian island Saturnina, and to help preserve two others in an effort to protect the Douglas fir ecosystem.
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2021 C.E. July 2
Indonesia sees lowest rates of deforestation in 30 years
In 2020, Indonesia, home to one third of the world’s tropical rainforests, achieved its lowest forest-loss rates since monitoring began, totaling a 75% drop year-over-year.
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2021 C.E. July 1
Biden administration will create non-binary X gender marker for U.S. passports
The State Department just announced that non-binary people will have an option for the gender marker on their U.S. passports and that transgender people will be able to correct the gender marker on their passports without “medical certification” that they are transitioning.
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2021 C.E. July 1
Biggest China bank abandons $3 billion Zimbabwe coal plan
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. told Go Clean ICBC that it won’t fund the 2,800-megawatt Sengwa coal project in northern Zimbabwe.
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2021 C.E. July 1
130 countries agree to global minimum corporate tax rate
130 countries around the world — including, crucially, China and India — agreed on a 15% minimum corporate tax rate to combat tax dodging. Any profitable firm with revenues over $24 billion will be included from the start, with that number expected to decline to $12 billion in time.
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2021 C.E. June 30
Iran provides free education to thousands of illegal migrant kids
Based on figures provided by the Eduction Ministry, last school year, Iran offered free education to about 560,000 foreign students, the majority of them Afghans.
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2021 C.E. June 30
WHO declares China malaria-free after 70 years of efforts
China has become the 40th country to be declared malaria-free. It has not had an indigenous case for four years.
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2021 C.E. June 30
British Methodist Church allows same-sex marriage in ‘momentous’ vote
A vote to change the definition of marriage at the Methodist Conference on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed by 254 in favor with 46 against.
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2021 C.E. June 29
Mexico’s supreme court decriminalizes recreational use of cannabis
The decisive 8-3 ruling comes after advocates pushed for decriminalization as a means to reduce drug-fueled cartel violence in the country.
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2021 C.E. June 29
Walmart launching its own low-cost insulin to ‘revolutionize’ affordability for diabetics
The retailer claims its insulin options will save customers between 58% to 75% compared to branded products.