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California to require large retailers to have gender-neutral toy sections from 2024

On Saturday, Governor Gavin Newsom of the U.S. state of California signed into law a bill that would require retailers with 500 or more employees throughout the state to keep a gender-neutral area for childcare products and toys. The law is set to take effect in 2024.

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Inter-Korean communication lines restored

After almost two months of radio silence over the telephone and fax lines that serve as a hotline between North Korea and South Korea, communication was restored between the two countries on Monday.

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Australia: Wikinews interviews David Liebelt, South Gippsland local election candidate

Since June 2019, the people of South Gippsland Shire, located at the southernmost tip of Australia, have been without a local council, after a state government inquiry found "high levels of tension" within the council.

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'The Administrators were a disaster for the Shire': Wikinews interviews Lindsay Love, Tarwin Valley ward candidate in South Gippsland, Australia

Nominations were declared on Tuesday for South Gippsland Shire's upcoming council elections, to be held by post from October 5-22.

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Rosemary Cousin, Greens candidate in South Gippsland, Australia, speaks to Wikinews about democracy, transport, forests and other local issues

Nominations were declared on September 21 for South Gippsland Shire's upcoming council elections, to be held by post from October 5-22.

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