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Germany passes law to ease legal gender change

Under the new law, Germans will be able to change their legal gender by making a simple application to their local registry office

New study was the first to evaluate how landmark court decision impacted “permanent contraception” procedures among young adults

Analysts say Israel would benefit from a truce, even if it was just a tactical move, after losing 260 soldiers in Gaza

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Some 3,000 young people fell victim to sexploitation scams in 2022 in the United States, according to the authorities there

The only fly in the ointment comes from outside Canada, with hotter-than-anticipated US inflation a concern that pressure could spill over

‘Boys who are now in middle school will fight in the future in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank and in the Lebanon front:’ Gantz

Eight firefighters were killed, 230,000 people were displaced and more than 15 million hectares of forest went up in smoke in 2023

PM testified for hour before an independent commission probing allegations China and others meddled in Canada’s democratic process

Oshawa mayor says Canada has the “most serious health crisis” ever and calls for a national state of emergency over housing and addiction

The report urges the NHS to review its policy on giving children masculinizing or feminizing hormones from age 16, urging “extreme caution”