7 FACTS ON SAME-SEX UNIONS
MORRISTOWN, Arizona: Grumpy Cat, whose sourpuss demeanour became an internet sensation, has died at the age of 7.
Her owner Tabatha Bundesen said “Grumpy Cat has helped millions of people smile all around the world – even when times were tough.”
The cat’s real name was Tardar Sauce, and she rose to fame after photographs of her were posted online in 2012. She had more than 2 million followers on Instagram and more than 1 million on Twitter. Her website says her face appeared grumpy because she had a form of dwarfism.
Bundesen founded Grumpy Cat MELBOURNE: A billionaire who built his own Jurassic Park and promises a replica Titanic may hold the balance of power in Australia’s parliament if his populist campaign wins enough votes in today’s general election.
Clive Palmer, whose slogan “Make Australia Great” echoes US President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, has spent tens of millions
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Same-sex marriage is legal in 26 UN member states: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, the UK, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay and the US.
In some of these countries, such as Mexico and the UK, marriage is open only to same-sex couples in some regions.
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK in which same-sex marriage is not allowed.
The first country to legalise same-sex marriage was the Netherlands, in 2001.
Same-sex second parents can legally adopt in 30 countries, while 28 allow joint adoption.
Thailand has drafted a civil partnership bill that would legally recognise same-sex couples as civil partners, but LGBT+ activists protest that the bill does not grant marriage equality.
South Africa granted the same access to gay couples in 2006.
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International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, Pew Research Centre
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Limited, through which Grumpy Cat products were sold, and the cat made numerous appearances on television and in adverts. |
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of dollars on a campaign aimed at disaffected voters in a country where casting a ballot is compulsory.
The unprecedented spending in an Australian election could help the businessman capture a powerful bloc in the upper house senate, analysts say, and force a new government to seek his help to pass legislation.
Palmer’s United Australia Party PARIS: Paris’s Louvre museum paid tribute to the architect of its giant glass pyramid, I M Pei, who has died in New York at age 102.
The Louvre’s employees gathered yesterday afternoon under the pyramid to commemorate Pei.
France’s former culture minister, Jack Lang, who was in office when the pyramid plan was unveiled in 1984, remembered an “extraordinary gentle man” who “inspired respect because he himself was very respectful of the history of the country”. | promises fast trains for the east coast cities of Sydney and Brisbane and a 20% increase in pension payments for the elderly.
He first entered parliament in 2013 when his Palmer United Party captured a crucial handful of seats in the senate. Palmer has also made it back on to Forbes’ rich list after a five-year hiatus. |