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A few miscellaneous stories to start us off:
Peru
The president of Peru has signed a decree classifying gender identity disorders as a mental illness and offering coverage for them under the national health insurance plan.
Thailand
The Thai government is considering building a planned city to relocate the business districts of Bangkok due to rising sea levels, perhaps inspired by the similar Indonesian project to relocate their capital.
Ireland
Ireland is moving to recognize Palestinian statehood, making them the first nation in western Europe to do so, as far as I know. The historical relationship between the Irish and Palestinian nationalist movements means this was perhaps to be expected.
Looks like the plan is to do it in concert with Spain, Slovenia and Malta.
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Sweden, Iceland, Malta, Vatican already do
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In what borders?
I assume they're going to be intentionally vague on this, but would fall back to 1967 borders if pressed.
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Sweden and Iceland have already done this.
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