Google turned its iconic home page into a political platform for the first time, urging users to sign a petition against the legislation.
In an action certain to anger Beijing further, activists here have distributed fliers to mainland tourists for the first time, urging them to attend the candlelight vigil.
In Lima last month, bishops from every continent expressed their frustration with the stalled climate talks and, for the first time, urged rich countries to act.
Meanwhile, a monks' organization for the first time urged the public to join in protesting "evil military despotism" in Myanmar, formerly Burma.
Photograph: culture-images/Alamy 5.35pm BST One for eurozone crisis-watchers; the International Monetary Fund has (not for the first time) urged Germany to spend more on infrastructure to help the rest of the euro area.
The prime minister was not even present at a meeting of the Likud leadership that for the first time urged the formal annexation of Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
They also sent a jointly signed letter to Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, who were about to meet for the first time, urging them to make a commitment to eliminate nuclear weapons and start making further big cuts in their own arsenals.Mr Obama could not have been more helpful.
They also suggest balance training for older people and, for the first time, urge kids between the ages of 3 and 5 to be active for at least three hours a day, an acknowledgment that even small children run the risk of being too sedentary these days.
The Trump administration is eliminating most of the funding for grass-roots groups that help Americans get Affordable Care Act insurance and will for the first time urge the groups to promote health plans that bypass the law's consumer protections and required benefits.
IMX, a male trio, took a similarly hyperactive approach, pitching themselves toward a slightly more mature crowd: "Clap your hands if you remember your first time," they urged.
