If you catcall in France, you’re going to pay for it

French lawmakers passed a bill this week that implements fines for street harassment.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/08/02/if-you-catcall-in-france-youre-going-to-pay-for-it/

A medical school in Japan didn’t want too many women. So it lowered their grades.

Female students applying to Tokyo Medical University had their grades systematically deflated, local news agencies reported.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/08/02/a-medical-school-in-japan-didnt-want-too-many-women-so-it-lowered-their-grades/

Winner of top mathematics prize has medal stolen from him minutes later

A Kurdish refugee from Iran who now teaches at Cambridge had the prestigious award stolen from him minutes after he received it.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/08/02/winner-of-top-mathematics-prize-has-medal-stolen-from-him-minutes-later/

Sharp increase in positive views of U.S. among Russians after Trump-Putin summit, poll finds

The data appears to show a reversal of four years of negative views.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/08/02/sharp-increase-in-positive-views-of-u-s-among-russians-after-trump-putin-summit-poll-finds/

The Putin-loving bikers that helped annex Crimea just set up shop in Slovakia

Slovak officials have called the base "disturbing" and part of an effort to "rewrite history."

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/08/02/the-putin-loving-bikers-that-helped-annex-crimea-just-set-up-shop-in-slovakia/