Category: violence
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Nigeria seeks to halt looting amid fury over ‘food warehouses’ Home to more than 200 million people, Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country and the continent’s top oil exporter. But according to the National Bureau of Statistics, almost 83 million people, or 40 percent of the population, live below its poverty line of 137,430 naira ($381.75) a…
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The O.G. Files: Jane Elliot
Welcome the Evolving Man Project’s first-ever edition of the O. G. profiles. The O.G. profiles will highlight women from diverse backgrounds, and how they embody the values of what it means to be an evolved person. While uplifting their contributions to making a fairer and more just society. Today we will profile Jane Elliot. Jane…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Opinion: Costa Rica’s dolphin hypocrisy Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, all national fishing sectors are in dire straits. Moving the purse sein boats out to 60 miles will only help national fleets and of course dolphins, while not affecting tuna production. One of the most popular tuna brands has a responsible fishing campaign going with…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Seoul: North Korea kills S. Korean official, burns his body “For whatever reason, North Korea cannot justify its soldiers fatally shooting our citizen and damaging his body, though he was unarmed and had no intention of resistance,” #NorthKorea #Politics #Murder HUNGER IN AMERICA, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN, HAS “SKYROCKETED” DURING COVID-19, DATA SHOWS “What I see every day…
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The Rona Blues
2020 Thus Far… This year has been one for the history books for sure. It started off with a bang as the United States and Iran looked like they were on the brink of yet another war in the Middle East. Since then, the biggest news stories in the world in between celebrity break-ups RIP…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Even Canadians Think Americans Are Toxic I would like to think that the American separation might end with the arrival of a vaccine, but why would it? Already the anti-vaxxers are mobilizing. There is no cure for being too stupid to take medicine. For the foreseeable future, there will be one world for non-Americans and another…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Sudan Refugees Face Life-threatening Risks from Floods, Coronavirus, UN Says The U.N. refugee agency says heavy flooding in Sudan is putting the lives of tens of thousands of refugees, internally displaced people, and host communities at increased risk at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is spreading. #COVID19 #Sudan #Africa #Nature Nearly all Black Lives Matter protests are…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Anger in South Africa as disabled teen dies after police shooting In recent months, the South African police have faced allegations of brutality during the enforcement of coronavirus restrictions #SouthAfrica #blacklivesmatter #PoliceMurder How should Europe respond now its American ally has turned hostile? Europe will not curb the depredations of major global players until it becomes one itself. Europeans…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
In photos: Scene of shooting in Kenosha Scenes from 40th Street and 28th Avenue Sunday evening, as neighbors gathered at the intersection where they say police tasered and then shot a man several times. #JacobBlake#SayHisName#blacklivesmatter Australia, Drugmaker Reach Deal On Potential COVID-19 Vaccine “The vaccine will need to satisfy all the same standards that all…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
5 things to know as Hiroshima marks 75th A-bomb anniversary The city of Hiroshima in western Japan marks the 75th anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack on Thursday. Three days after its Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, ending World…
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