Protesters bring in a guy wounded in clashes with police after the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, on August 10, 2020.
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In Belarus, the opposition refused to admit that outgoing President Alexander Lukashenko won Sunday’s presidential election. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s crusade says he rejects Lukashenko winning with 80% of the vote in a contest. The main opponent of the strongman’s government has sunk on his heels after thousands of arrests and primary police clashes with protesters in the capital, Minsk, and other cities.
“I will do it with my own eyes, most of it was for us,” Tsikhanouskaya told the media on Monday.
Since no outdoor observers were provided for the vote, many critics that widespread voting manipulation contributed to the outcome. In the weeks leading up to the election, the giant opposition rallies were accompanied by an offensive against activists and hounds in the country.
World leaders are providing aid to Lebanon, although it is not easy, along with protesters, for the Beirut government to temporarily accept calls for reform. And on Monday, the streets of the Lebanese capital were still on the move, less than a week after a major explosion shook the economically important port. Although some key ministers and legislators have submitted their resignations, political stagnation may block the recovery process.
In addition, on Sunday, the United States exceeded five million recorded cases of COVID-19, scientists say the actual number is probably several times higher. Overall, the U.S. accounts for about a quarter of official international instances, and only five states account for two-fifths of U.S. infections: California, Florida, Texas, New York, and Georgia.
After the United States, Brazil has more than 3 million infections shown and India has recorded more than 2.2 million, according to the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University. Russia, South Africa, Mexico and Peru have the total cases.
Tsitsi Dangerembga, left, prominent Zimbabwean and Fadzayi Mahere, right, spokesman for the main opposition party, appear before the courts of first instance in Harare, Zimbabwe, on 1 August 2020.
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Recent protests were planned by Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his management of the coronavirus epidemic and economic collapse in the country.
In anticipation of these protests, the government closed major cities. Dozens of activists and protesters have been arrested and detained, according to Zimbabwean human rights lawyers. Author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga is one of the detainees. She told World Marco Werman that the demonstration had been suppressed.
“Two days before the demonstration, it had been declared illegal and the army had been deployed into force. That’s why other people were bullied and didn’t need to pass out. So I felt that because I had committed myself to the total perception of the occasion on social media, that I deserve to have the courage of my convictions. And a friend said she’d protest with me, so we went out. I was surprised I didn’t see anyone. We hoped to locate more.”
It has been more than a hundred days since New Zealand had its last case of coronavirus acquired from an unknown source. In other parts of the world, we are all inspired by what it would be like to live in a position like New Zealand.
I’m watching New Zealand without covid while we make plans for 2022 pic.twitter.com/q114IxmkvN
A man at the scene of Tuesday’s explosion that hit the port in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday, August 7, 2020.
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Beirut is still accepting the explosion that killed dozens of people and destroyed Lebanon’s main seaport on Tuesday. One of the main considerations now is food. And earlier this week, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the world is facing a “generational catastrophe” due to the closure of schools amid the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, after a week full of tragedy, anger and frustration following the explosion in Beirut, a flash of kindness is Fairuz, Lebanon’s most beloved singer, and her song “Li Beirut”, which captures the good looks and pain the city evokes for many others. People.
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