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Michelle Obama worries about her daughters experiencing racism
Harpers Bazaar 11 May 2021
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has opened up about her fears over her two daughters facing racism ... Maybe somebody sees the back of their head and makes an assumption,” Obama said. “Like so many parents of Black kids… the innocent act of getting a license puts fear in our hearts,” she added ... SIGN UP ... SIGN UP. From ... .
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French soldiers warn of civil war in new letter
Business Ghana 11 May 2021
A new open letter has been published in France warning of the threat of civil war and claiming to have more than 130,000 signatures from the public. The message, published in a right-wing magazine, accuses the French government of granting "concessions" to Islamism ... The French government condemned it, as well as a similar letter last month.
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Iran Rejects US Claim That Its Speedboats Sparked Tense Encounter
NBCBayArea 11 May 2021
Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday rejected the U.S. Navy's claim that fast-approaching Iranian speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz sparked a tense encounter in the already sensitive region ... A day earlier, the U.S. said the Revolutionary Guard sent 13 armed speedboats too close to U.S. Navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday ... ships ... .
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Russia school shooting: At least 11 killed in Kazan attack
The Independent 11 May 2021
One of the attackers, a teenager, has been apprehended ... .
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Suspected French mercenary nabbed in CAR
Anadolu Agency 11 May 2021
A French national believed to be a mercenary was arrested in the Central African Republic on Monday with a large amount of weapons and ammunition, local media reported on Tuesday ... Police reports say Quignolot once trained fighters of the former Seleka coalition ... "This is a police operation ... .
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Colombian President Warns Indigenous Protesters Amid Mounting Attacks by Vigilantes
Democracy Now 11 May 2021photo: AP / Mahmoud Illean
Jerusalem crisis: Pleas for calm as violence escalates
BBC News 11 May 2021
Countries worldwide have appealed for calm after days of unrest spiralled into retaliatory attacks by Israel and Palestinians. The US, the European Union and the UK have urged Israel and the Palestinians to lower tensions as soon as possible. The violence escalated on Monday night after Palestinian militants fired rockets toward Jerusalem ... .
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Julian Read, who briefed press after JFK assassination, dies
Indian Express 11 May 2021
Julian Read, whose long career in public relations included briefing the press after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, has died in Texas. He was 93. Read died Saturday at a senior living community in Austin, his daughter, Courtney Hoffman, said on Monday. Read, working for Texas Gov ... 22, 1963 ... Johnson ... Bush ... Tags ... Live Blog ... .
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‘They came to kill’: Rio’s deadliest favela police raid sparks calls for change
The Guardian 11 May 2021
“Help me! For the love of God! Help!” she remembers him pleading as he sought shelter inside. ... .
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’20 killed including children in Israel air strikes’ after Hamas fires rockets
Metro UK 10 May 2021
At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks after rockets were fired from Hamas towards Jerusalem, Gaza health officials have said. Authorities said nine children were among those killed in the Israeli air strikes against Hamas targets in the northern Gaza strip on Monday ... Abu Obeida, spokesman for Hamas’ military wing, said ... Getty) ... .
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China ‘threatens’ Australia with ‘ballistic missile strike’ via Global Times propaganda tool
The Daily Telegraph Australia 10 May 2021
China has threatened Australia with a retaliatory ballistic missile strike over incursions into Taiwan according to Curtin University Professor Joe Siracusa.
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Robbery attempt in Aso Rock shows Buhari can’t secure Nigeria – PDP
Ghana Web 11 May 2021
The Peoples Democratic Party says the failed robbery attack in Aso Rock on Monday shows that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), lacked the capacity to secure Nigeria ... The PUNCH had reported there was an attempt by armed robbers to burgle the residence of the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, early Monday morning ... .
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Queen Elizabeth makes first public appearance since Prince Philip's funeral
The News International 11 May 2021
Queen Elizabeth expected to be attended by Prince Charles as she returns to public duties. LONDON. Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday makes her first public appearance since the funeral of her late husband, Prince Philip, to open a new session of parliament and present her newly victorious government's post-pandemic legislative agenda ... .
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Ballymurphy massacre victims ‘innocent, posed no threat and unconnected to paramilitaries,’ coroner finds
Belfast Telegraph 11 May 2021
Ten people killed by the British Army during disorder in the Ballymurphy area of Belfast in August 1971 were innocent civilians, a coroner has ruled. None of those killed were members of a paramilitary organisation, had a weapon or posed a threat the proceedings found ... Among those killed were a local Catholic priest and a mother of eight ... .
