Category: International
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Israeli embassies around the world shut as diplomats, military attachés strike All Israeli embassies and consulates around the world shut down early Wednesday as diplomats and military attachés went on strike in a long-simmering dispute with the Finance Ministry over expense stipends paid to envoys. #Israel #Embassy #Strike #Diplomats Students defy prime minister to join Iraq protests…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Hanoi orders probe as majority of Essex truck death victims likely from Vietnam Nghe An is one of Vietnam’s poorest provinces, and home to many victims of human trafficking, who end up in Europe, according to a March report by the Pacific Links Foundation, a US-based anti-trafficking organization. #SoutheastAsia #Vietnam #London #HumanTrafficking Weekend At Bernie’s: Sanders Tell…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
NASA Astronauts Complete the First All-Female Spacewalk Both women, as well as Ms. McClain, were part of NASA’s 2013 class of eight astronaut trainees, which was the first to include equal numbers of men and women. There are now 12 female astronauts in NASA’s ranks, out of a total of 38 active ones. #NASA #Science #WomenInSTEM #Space Protests Rock…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Fort Worth Officer Kills Woman In Her Bedroom In Response To ‘Open Structure Call’ Authorities say that when they entered Jefferson’s home, a gun was recovered from the bedroom — the area where police shot and where Jefferson was pronounced dead. Officials did not say whether Jefferson was holding a weapon at the time the…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
More than a quarter of UK mammals face extinction “I think the most important thing that young people can do to help the environment is to educate the adults around them, put pressure on the people in charge and show other young people that even small actions can have a big impact #Humanity #climatechange #Extinction Elected…
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Good Ol’ Uncle Joe
I got a Black Friend The upcoming 2020 presidential election has been off to a crazy start already. The current orange asshole in the white house might just be impeached. Why? Because he might have asked a foreign government to investigate the ‘so-called’ Democratic presidential frontrunner, former Vice-President Joe Biden. Speaking of the former Vice…
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The Week in the Stories Around the Globe
Justin Trudeau Wore Brownface at 2001 ‘Arabian Nights’ Party While He Taught at a Private School The United States has a long and painful history of white performers darkening their faces to demean and dehumanize African-Americans—a practice made popular by minstrel shows in the 19th century. Blackface continued into the 20th century in Broadway shows and Hollywood…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Iran’s ‘blue girl’ dies after setting herself on fire The woman’s self-immolation has led to a lot of debate in Iran. Masoud Shojaei, the captain of the Iran men’s football team, said on Instagram that the ban is “rooted in outdated and cringe-worthy thoughts that will not be understood by future generations”. #Iran #Sexism #WomensRights #MiddleEast African…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Thousands protest in South Africa over rising violence against women On Thursday, young and old took to the streets, women wearing chains, a symbol of how the violence has repressed South African women. Many carried placards reading: “Enough is enough”, “My body is not your crime scene” and pleading with the president, Cyril Ramaphosa, to…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Kursat Ceylan
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profiles. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the radio host, inventor, CEO and co-founder…
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