Mapuche Woman to Lead Creation of Chile’s New Constitution
July 06, 2021
Constitutional assembly president Elisa Loncon speaks as assembly members gather for the first session to draft a new constitution, in Santiago, Chile July 4, 2021. (REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado)
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Members of Chile’s constitutional delegation have chosen a woman from the indigenous Mapuche people to lead efforts to create the new constitution. The choice marks a big turning point for a people that were ignored during the making of the country’s present constitution.
The Mapuche are the largest group of
Pelican Population Grows in Albania During Pandemic
July 04, 2021
A donation box for pelicans is placed in Divjaka-Karavasta Lagoon, western Albania, Tuesday, June 22, 2021.The pandemic has brought one good thing to the Divjaka-Karavasta Lagoon in western Albania - calmness for the pelicans and increase of their numbers
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The pandemic has brought one good thing to western Albania’s Divjaka-Karavasta
Lagoon: peace and quiet for rare pelicans. It is this calm that the birds need to mate – which has led to their population growth.
Area environmental officials say
nesting pairs have increased from 68 in 2019 to 85 this year. At the same time, the number of human visitors has dropped by 50 percent.
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Horse or Mule?
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This week on Ask a Teacher, we answer a question from Vincent in Kenya. He asks about the difference between two similar animals.
Here is the question:
Regards, Vincent.
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Hi, Vincent! That is a great question. I did not know the answer until I did some research on the internet. I learned that these two animals are, in fact, family: A mule is the
offspring of a female horse and a male
donkey.
Physically, mules are smaller than most horses but larger than donkeys. They have bodies shaped like horses but have the long ears of donkeys.
Somalia s First Female Taekwondo Athlete to Compete in Tokyo
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Munirah Warsame, left, is seen in an undated photo at a teakwondo competition. (Courtesy - Somalia Teakwondo Team)
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With the Olympics in Tokyo now just a month away, Somalia is set to send its first female
taekwondo
athlete to the games.
No athlete representing Somalia has ever a won an award at the Olympics. But 20-year-old Munirah Warsame is working hard to be the first when she competes at the summer games.
The taekwondo athlete was born in Britain after her parents fled violence in Somalia. She began learning taekwondo at the age of six.