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Berkeley, Calif. has adopted an ordinance to replace some terms with gender-neutral words in the city code. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Wednesday that “she” and “he” will be replaced by “they.” WATCH: Nov. 17, 2017 — Wilfrid Laurier TA says University censored her for showing clip on gender pronouns …

Twelve people are presumed dead, fire officials have said, and more could be missing after becoming trapped by a suspected arson attack at a renowned animation production company in Japan. Thirty-five others have been injured, some of them critically, said Kyoto fire department official Satoshi Fujiwara. The 41-year-old suspect was …

TOKYO — A man burst into an animation production studio in Kyoto and set it on fire early Thursday, killing one person, leaving 12 others presumed dead and a dozen possibly trapped inside. The blaze injured another 36 people, some of them critically, Japanese authorities said. The fire broke out …

Image copyright Instagram Instagram is hiding the number of likes on posts in several countries, including Australia and Japan, in order to “remove pressure” on users. The trial which begins Thursday, means users will see a user name “and others” below posts, instead of the number, on their feed. Instagrammers …

More than 10 people are feared dead in a suspected case of arson at an animation studio in the Japanese city of Kyoto on Thursday, domestic media reported. About 10 people were found lying on the second floor of the building but they were not transported immediately to medical facilities …

With a plastic case full of cheap medical supplies and only a few days’ training, Say Mu Phaw is on the verge of eliminating malaria from her village in south-eastern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi region. Back in 2015, her first full year as a village health worker, 16 people came down with …

The House voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt of Congress for obstructing a probe into the administration’s failed bid to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The criminal contempt resolution passed by a vote of 230-198. It passed …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The fire broke out at the three-storey building mid-morning At least 10 people have died in a suspected arson attack at an animation studio in Kyoto, Japan, local emergency officials have said. Local media quoted police as saying a man broke into the Kyoto Animation …

Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has joined protests in New York demanding the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello. Miranda led about 200 people, many from Puerto Rico, at a rally in Manhattan’s Union Square on Wednesday. WATCH: July 15 — Protesters demand resignation of Puerto Rico governor They waved …

Goaded on by the president, a crowd at a Donald Trump rally on Wednesday night chanted “send her back! send her back!” in reference to Ilhan Omar, a US congresswoman who arrived almost 30 years ago as a child refugee in the United States. Trump used the 2020 campaign rally …