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Katherine Berjikian

USA

Sports Bra: This bar in the US is only showing women's sports

The bar's specific selling point came as a result of its owner Jenny Nguyen realising bars in North America tend to show men playing sports exclusively.

Culture news

Abuses against Lebanon’s LGBTQ+ rise after blast and financial crisis

Two years after the explosion at Beirut’s port, abuses against Lebanon’s LGBTQ+ community have skyrocketed.

Food and Drink

Restaurateurs in Mexico City break local record for giant ‘torta'

Watch as a team of restaurateurs in Mexico City break local record for a giant ‘torta’.

Culture news

These are just some of the queer books you should read

Here is a list of some books that centre on the LGBTQ+ community that you should take to the beach with you this summer.

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Culture news

Critics call out Beyoncé for her use of an ableist slur

Beyoncé has released her seventh album, which features an ableist slur, within weeks of the artist Lizzo using the same word.

Armenia

Housing prices in Yerevan surge as Russians flee to Armenia due to war

Rental prices in the Armenian capital have doubled since the Kremlin invaded Ukraine in late February, reaching parity with those in major Russian centres like St Petersburg.

Germany

Food bank demand rising in Germany amid record-high inflation

"Sometimes when I get home after going to the supermarket, I almost start crying, because I can't buy anything anymore."

World News

Total lunar eclipse: Moon to turn red for many lucky earthlings

Sunday will mark this year’s first total lunar eclipse, causing the Moon to temporarily turn red. Although not everyone will get the same view.

Ukraine

Ukraine's LGBTQ+ community fights homophobia on the frontlines

Some members of Ukraine’s LGBTQ+ community are hoping their participation on the frontlines will erode prejudice.

France

Protesters interrupt €4.2 million auction of "stolen" 19th-century Gabonese mask

Protesters demanded the return of a ‘stolen’ 19th-century Gabonese mask sold at auction for €4.2 million.

Afghanistan

Dozens protest in Kabul, demanding the Taliban reopens girls’ secondary schools.

"Why is it happening to them just because they're girls? Why can't they be studying? Why can’t they be learning?”

Ukraine

‘Lawful transphobia’ stopping Ukraine’s trans community from fleeing

“Many people say that when they attempted to cross the border, the border police and the border guards are making their decision based on the gender marker in the passport…and we consider this as another example of lawful transphobia.”

Ukraine

Concerns for refugees' safety grow as more Ukrainians flee the country

As the number of people fleeing Ukraine surpasses 2.5 million, some advocates are starting to worry about their safety abroad. 👇

Lithuania

'I'm very scared': Gun sales soar in Lithuania amid war in Ukraine

Gun buyers have been flocking to Lithuania's stores since the start of the war in Ukraine, with sales increasing up to eight times and applications for gun licences doubling.

World News

Nigerian student says he faced discrimination while fleeing Ukraine

Alexander Somto Orah, a 25-year-old Nigerian student, says he faced discrimination when trying to flee the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine

'Strength of Ukrainian resistance' surprises Moscow, says UK

Volunteers in Lviv, Ukraine, are taking crash classes on guerrilla warfare to learn how to fight Russian forces.

Europe Decoded

Online hate speech probe over 'celebrating police killings' in Germany

“We will not accept people downright celebrating the cold-blooded killing of our two police colleagues and mocking the victims."

Switzerland

Geneva to turn off its lights tonight so locals can gaze at the stars

Greater Geneva will turn off its public lights for a night to bring awareness to the effects of light pollution.

Hungary

Hungarians raise €2m for sick toddler to access world's priciest drug

People in Hungary have raised €2m for the family of a toddler with a rare genetic disorder to access the world’s most expensive drug

Greece

Lebanese man mistakenly identified as 1985 plane hijacking suspect

A Lebanese man who was detained for five days in Greece for his involvement in a 1985 plane hijacking has been released after authorities concluded they had the wrong person, AFP cited police as saying.

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