Category: International
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Massive protests draw apology from Hong Kong leadership Hong Kong citizens marched for hours Sunday in a massive protest that drew a late-in-the-day apology from the city’s top leader for her handling of legislation that has stoked fears of expanding control from Beijing in this former British colony. #HongKong #China #Protest #Revolution Golan Heights: Israel unveils ‘Trump Heights’…
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Three Big Thoughts on Hip-Hop
These are some of my brain musings on the current state of hip-hop. Brothas in the barbershop might disagree with me or not. But I don’t care because this is my blog, and I write what I want to. So, without further ado, here are my top three big thoughts on hip-hop! Shout out to…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
London bus attack: Arrests after gay couple who refused to kiss beaten Speaking about the attack, which happened in the early hours of 30 May, Ms Geymonat told BBC Radio 4’s World at One she had previously experienced “a lot of verbal violence”. But she said she had never before been physically attacked because of her sexuality.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
The Philippines Is Fighting One Of The World’s Worst Measles Outbreaks “Over the last three months, health workers in the Philippines have vaccinated 5.5 million people against measles. The government hopes to inoculate a total of 20 million — one fifth of the population — by the end of September.” #Philippines #Measles #Vaccines THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Bollywood and the politics of hate If Bollywood does not stop and reconsider, it risks not only losing whatever creative independence it has so far enjoyed, but also going down in history as an industry that displayed remarkable sycophancy and cowardice in supporting a destructive ideology. #Bollywood #India #Politics #Election2019 Wall Street slides as U.S.-China trade fears…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘Save us from the Satans’: Survivors of Sri Lanka church attack pray Fourteen children, many of whom were having breakfast in the church portico, were killed and several dozen worshippers in this largely low-income congregation were wounded, according to Zion church officials. #Religion #Terrorism #SriLanka #Conflict 1 Million Animal And Plant Species Are At Risk Of…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
US successfully removes ‘sexual health’ references from UN resolution on sexual violence Under this policy, if foreign aid and medical groups promote or perform abortions, the US is cutting off funding for nearly all health assistance programs, including nutrition, malaria, tuberculosis, tropical diseases and maternal and child health, including water, sanitation, and hygiene programs. Aid…
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Killing the Revolution
The Revolution will not be Televised In the wake of the acquittal of George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin, the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter became the social media trend that would become a movement. Black Lives Matter reached its zenith in the summer of 2014 after the wrongful death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Thousands block roads in Extinction Rebellion protests across London “Make no mistake, people are already dying,” the letter said. “In the majority world, indigenous communities are now on the brink of extinction. This crisis is only going to get worse … prime minister, you cannot ignore this crisis any longer. We must act now.” #ClimateChange #London #Nature #Rebellion…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Canada’s probable next PM is courting the far right to win Scheer has a long history of courting white nationalists by appealing unabashedly and overtly to their ugly, nativist, xenophobic and racist temperaments (to describe them as “ideas” is antithetical to the word). #Canada #Election2019 #WhiteSupremacy The Fight for Africa’s Fish Foreign trawlers- Mostly Chinese- are plundering the…
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