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Colombia passes first Latin America law banning female genital mutilation
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Colombia’s Senate approved Bill 440 on June 10, 2026, making the country the first in Latin America to prohibit female genital mutilation.
Manhattan Book Group gives Gold to 'Antheia in the Thorns'
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Manhattan Book Group awarded Gold in the 2026 Manhattan Book Awards to Marilynne Eichinger’s environmental thriller “Antheia in the Thorns: A Rightfully Mine Novel.” The win spotlights a second-in-series book built around corporate corruption,…
Regulating AI, Club de Madrid push democratic AI governance ahead of Geneva summit
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Regulating AI Inc. and Club de Madrid co-hosted a global webinar on Democratic AI Governance on May 12, 2026, bringing together policymakers, former heads of state, multilateral officials and AI practitioners.
The Simonetta Lein Show launches Legacy Interviews after topping 1 billion views
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The Simonetta Lein Show is rolling out a new interview format focused on the setbacks and defining moments behind celebrity success, after surpassing 1 billion views and building a global audience of more than 26.5 million followers.
ALLATRA joins Bolivia water conference focused on plastic pollution
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ALLATRA Global Research Center took part in Water in Bolivia, a May 4-7 conference in Santa Cruz that brought scientists, universities, government bodies and communities together to address water security, climate risks and emerging pollution.
PuLSE Institute to host national civil rights leadership dinner in Detroit
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The PuLSE Institute will hold its 2026 National Civil Rights Leadership Dinner on July 29 at the Detroit Athletic Club, bringing together leaders from across sectors to honor civil rights, civic leadership and economic justice.
Malaysia pushes AI governance to reach top-10 status by 2030
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Malaysia’s National AI Office is using governance, regional cooperation and inclusion to support a bid to become a top-10 global AI nation by 2030. The plan, outlined by NAIO head Sam Majid on the RegulatingAI Podcast, ties AI growth to safety,…
Premios Verdes reveals 2026 ranking of top 500 socio-environmental projects
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Premios Verdes unveiled its 2026 ranking of 500 socio-environmental projects from 21 countries and 243 cities, highlighting where sustainability solutions are emerging across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Tabuga and CENIA launch AI education series on Dominican TV
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Tabuga is bringing a Chilean AI-in-education webinar series to Dominican broadcast television this June through T al Cubo®, airing on CDN Channel 37 and online.
African Diaspora International Film Festival returns to Washington for 19th edition
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The African Diaspora International Film Festival will hold its 19th Washington, D.C. edition Aug. 14-16 at George Washington University, with films from Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and North America focused on human rights, democracy, identity…
Queen Maria statue inaugurated in Jucu, Transylvania
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A new public square centered on a statue of Queen Maria of Romania has opened in Jucu, Cluj county, drawing royal, church, academic and civic figures to the Transylvanian village on June 5, 2026. The project blends monument, historical panels and…
Advocates to press Congress for release of detained Gaza doctor
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Healthcare workers and disability rights advocates will gather Wednesday at Upper Senate Park in Washington, D.C., to demand the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya and call for an end to the mass disabling of civilians.
Walsch and Farrell reissue call to action on unity and global crises
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Neale Donald Walsch and Steve Farrell are re-releasing a letter arguing that political division, ecological damage and rising loneliness all stem from one root cause: the belief that people are separate from one another and the planet.
Rachel Branaman centers nonprofit leadership on shared power
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Influential Women spotlighted Rachel Branaman, a Virginia-based nonprofit executive and consultant who is promoting a leadership model built on sustainability, collaboration and systems change.
Diversity News Magazine names 2026 honorees, including Virgelia Productions queens
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Diversity News Magazine has named its first annual awards honorees for Aug. 22 in Los Angeles, with four titleholders from Virgelia Productions among the recipients.
CEO turnover is creating a bigger business for search firms
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Boards are replacing CEOs faster than at any point in two decades, and the scramble is triggering broader C-suite turnover that executive search firms can capture before a formal search even starts.
Brand g Vacations tops $1.3 million in charitable donations with HRC sweepstakes
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Brand g Vacations has partnered with Propeller on a summer sweepstakes to raise support for the Human Rights Campaign while offering a $20,000 luxury cruise prize.
Mike ter Maat launches bid for Republican vice presidential nomination
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Mike ter Maat announced at FreedomFest in Las Vegas that he is seeking the Republican Party’s vice presidential nomination, a move that would put delegates more directly in control of the selection.
Study finds land grabbing and conservation conflict in Romania’s Hârtibaciu Plateau
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A new study says the Hârtibaciu Plateau in central Romania is seeing both conventional and incremental land grabbing, with smallholder farmers squeezed out and biodiversity under pressure.
Dr. Anna Voltura joins Santa Fe Cancer Center at Christus St. Vincent
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Anna Voltura, MD, chair of the HER2 Foundation board, has moved her breast surgical oncology practice to Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe. The move adds a fellowship-trained specialist to the cancer center as Voltura also…
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