Citizens rejoiced as Switzerland overwhelmingly voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a referendum on September 26. Switzerland was one of the last Western European countries to legalize same-sex marriage. As polls closed, official results showed that the referendum passed with a resounding majority – 64.1% of the vote. Switzerland, which has a population of 8.5 million, tends to lean more…
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Photo credit: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-separatist-areas-coronavirus-threat-considerable/30561756.html In Ukraine’s second month of its immunization campaign against COVID-19, it’s attempting to reach an ambitious feat — to vaccinate most of the adult population, 70 percent of the country, by year’s end. In terms of vaccination rates, Ukraine ranks dead last in Europe: averaging about 15,000 to 20,000 vaccinations a day. Taking into account that adults…
People around the world are protesting the French Senate’s decision to pass two amendments curbing Muslim women’s ability to wear a hijab. The hijab, a headscarf some Muslim women wear, has been a subject of controversy in France for decades. In 2004, students were banned from wearing the hijab in French public schools. Later, in 2010, France banned people from…
Nonessential Travel to Return this Summer as Vaccine Certificates Created
As COVID-19 cases plummet in some parts of the world, 2021 is shaping up to be a hot vaccinated girl summer. The European Union announced last week that it will reopen its borders to nonessential travel this summer, welcoming in eager tourists who have received the necessary jabs. The summer travel season traditionally begins Memorial Day weekend and, after a…