Police with insurrection team transparent open-air dominance in Kenosha County Court clashes with protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on August 25, 2020.
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International attention has returned to an explosive racial incident in the United States, when a series of protests, violence, and destruction broke out for the third night after a shooting involving police for 29-year-old black boy Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Two other people died just before in the domain where protests took a stand near a courthouse. The Kenosha County sheriff attributed the shooting to armed vigilantes.
Lawyers from Blake’s family circle said he is now paralyzed and would want a “miracle” to walk again, after receiving continuous gunfire through the police, adding once to the spinal cord. his life. “
The United States is suffering to address the police remedy of Black Americans and the broader systemic racism in society. Blake’s shooting comes after months of protests around the world following the death of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, who was killed through a white police officer. There was an open arrest warrant for Blake on charges of domestic violence and sexual assault when he was confronted on Sunday.
Israeli helicopters attacked posts in Lebanon belonging to the militant organization Hezbollah, after firing on Israeli troops in an outbreak of violence in the middle of the night. Israel was expecting imaginable revenge after its airstrike killed a Hezbollah fighter last month. But in this last exchange, no casualties were reported on either side. Escalation occurs when tensions have also increased between Israel and Hamas, with aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip in reaction to incendiary balloon launches across the border.
Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, flash floods killed more than 70 people in Charikar city in Parwan province, north of the capital. and homes destroyed.
And North Korea is ready for the most likely arrival of Typhoon Bavi on Thursday, which threatens to unleash maximum winds and torrential rains in a country that has already suffered severe flooding before this month. Texas and Louisiana with a “potentially catastrophic” wave of typhoons wednesday night.
With Canadian and Haitian flags on the table, protesters take part in a demonstration of asylum seekers running in Quebec’s long-term care homes in Montreal, Canada, in June.
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Earlier this month, Canada’s Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino announced that the country would grant permanents to some asylum seekers running in the maximum facilities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic: hospitals and long-term residences.
Those who can determine their eligibility based on their job prestige will be able to remain in Canada, whether their application for shelter is finally accepted or not.
Cats rest outdoors in a closed workshop in a holding domain, a coronavirus closure in Bangalore, India, July 5, 2020.
Aijaz Rahi / AP / Photo File
The furry friends scenario has advanced as airlines slowly increase the number of flights and some countries reopen their borders, but transporting pets during this era is very difficult.
Nodia Mena and her son, Brayan Guevara, communicate above all, especially about race and politics.
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Nodia Mena is Afro-Honduran and moved to the United States about 30 years ago, left Honduras at age 19, but was able to vote for the first time before leaving, said that the lack of replacement in her country had led her not to take the vote seriously, but that replaced after seeing the enthusiasm for politics in 1992.
An 11-year-old video of Anthony Madu, acting barefoot on rainy concrete in Nigeria, has gained more than 20 million perspectives on social media. Madu’s functionality also earned him a ballet scholarship with the American Ballet Theatre in the United States. you have a summer scholarship that can continue until the fall, the training is for now virtual.
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U. S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, with Sudanese General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the ruling Sovereign Council, in Khartoum, Sudan, on 25 August 2020.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo continued his tour of the Middle East and North Africa and arrived in Sudan on Tuesday to discuss “deepening the Sudan-Israel relationship” and the possible removal of Sudan from the list. from the United States Department of State of State Sponsors of Terrorism. 20 years ago, the United States resettled thousands of members of the persecuted Bantu minority in Somalia. Today, many have been returned to Somalia, where they are victims of torture, extortion and discrimination. In addition, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in Mumbai organized a virtual convocation event on Sunday where each student had an animated avatar, can see “receive” their degree on the level through an application.
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