Category: violence
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Omar Ghraieb
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week” profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individual alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to freelance journalist and social media manager, Omar Ghraieb.…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
World reaction to Israel’s continuing attacks in Gaza “We call on the international community to condemn such barbaric actions and targeting of journalists and we demand an immediate international action to hold Israel accountable for its deliberate targeting of journalists and the media institutions,” Dr Mostefa Souag, acting director general of Al Jazeera Media Network,…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Palestinians, Israel police clash at Al-Aqsa mosque; 53 hurt “Building and expanding settlements, confiscating lands, demolishing homes and deporting Palestinians from their homes are illegal practices that perpetuate the occupation and undermine the chances of achieving a just and comprehensive peace, which is a regional and international necessity,” Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi tweeted. #Palestine #Israel #westbank #Ramadan…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Colombia protests continue after government withdraws tax reform “I think that’s going to give us a lot of indications of whether or not the government is listening to the people out on the street, because if it chooses somebody from inside the current party, it’s suggesting that they think they can handle this crisis on…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘I’m trapped here’: Haitian asylum seekers languish in Mexico In March alone, US immigration authorities apprehended more than 172,000 people attempting to cross from Mexico, while a bottleneck of migrants and asylum seekers from dozens of countries continues to balloon in border cities like Tijuana. An estimated 4,000 Haitian migrants currently live in Tijuana, according to local activists…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Righteous Keitt
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week” profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individual alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the University of North Carolina at Chapel…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
U.S. Government Turns Somalia Into Failed State to Steal Its Oil for Shell and Exxon-Mobil Instead of promoting what it claims to—peace, stability, “nation-building”—the U.S. government, Ingiriis elaborates, keeps Somalia “wartorn,” a “failed state.” The Somali people pay the cost—the ultimate cost, in thousands upon thousands of cases—as a result. But not everyone loses. #ForeignPolicy #Somalia #oil #bloodmoney…
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The Series Finale of the United States of America
Coronavirus! Coronavirus! Coronavirus! The United States has become the leper colony of the world as the global COVID19 pandemic rages on. A quarter of the world’s infected resided in the U.S. Despite all this, Congress is still debating how to give its fellow citizens the least amount of COVID relief possible. Despite the massive loss…
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The Evolved Man of the Week: Nelson Martinez de los Santos
Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s “Evolved Man of the Week” profile. Each week we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved person, famous and non-famous individual alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to immigrants rights activists, co-chair of the Latin American…
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The Week In Stories Around the Globe
A Chapter In U.S. History Often Ignored: The Flight Of Runaway Slaves To Mexico “The thing that really caught my eye was that African Americans were going to another country and actually treated better, knowing we had freedoms in Mexico that we didn’t have in the United States,” says Duntavian Thomas, a 24-year-old kinesiology major…
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