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Environment Germany30 Years After the German Wall Has Gone: From Death Strip to Green Oasis
Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the former 1,400 km-long border between East and West Germany has been transformed into a green oasis called the Green Belt, and the German government has vowed to designate the zone a nature reserve.
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Society New ZealandWhy Kids Can Now Decide if They Want to Be Treated as Girls or Boys in School
In efforts to promote inclusion and diversity, the education ministry of New Zealand has updated its guidelines. As of now, schools are encouraged to use the students’ preferred names, gender and pronouns in class and on their records.
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Society IndiaThis Cricket Team Helps to Break a Taboo for Indian Women – With Their Jerseys
For the first time, cricketers of the Rajasthan Royals, an Indian League team, will sport the logo of a sanitary pad brand on their jersey. Through this gesture, they hope to fight the stigma around periods.
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Society USAFamous New York Museum Now Has a Manager for Native American Art. And She is Native American.
Patricia Marroquin Norby, of Purépecha heritage, becomes the inaugural associate curator of Native American art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, a first in the 150-year history of the institution.
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Society GermanyLess Crime and Happy School Children Five Years After Germany’s Huge Wave of Immigrants
In 2015, the German chancellor Angela Merkel stood firm on her decision to open the doors to massive migration. Today, more than 80% of the refugee children and teenagers have a strong attachment to their German schools.