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More Than 100 LGBTQ Candidates Ran In Mexico’s Midterm Election, A New Record For Representation
More than 100 LGBTQ candidates ran in Mexico’s midterm election on Sunday Jun. 6, setting a new record in the country’s history.
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Belarusian Opposition Journalist Roman Protasevich’s Family Says He Was Forced To Confess On State TV
Belarus authorities have released an interview with Roman Protasevich, the journalist who they arrested after “hijacking” a plane he was on and forcing it to land in Minsk, showing him confessing to organizing anti-government protests and praising president Alexander Lukashenko.
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This Belarus Activist Stabbed Himself In Court, Saying He Was Tortured And Pressured To Plead Guilty
A Belarusian opposition activist stabbed himself in the throat with a pen in the middle of a court hearing, saying investigators had pressured him to plead guilty by threatening to prosecute his family and friends.
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People In Brazil Held Mass Protests To Impeach The Far-Right President For His Failure To Handle COVID
Tens of thousands of people across Brazil took to the streets on Saturday May 29 to demand the country’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, step down over his failure to handle the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed nearly half a million people in the country.
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Belarus’ Government Released A “Confession” Video Of The Journalist It Arrested By “Hijacking” His Flight
Belarus authorities have released a video of Roman Protasevich, the opposition journalist who was arrested after they intercepted a passenger plane he was on and forced it to land in Minsk, which appears to have been filmed under duress.
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Belarus’ Government “Hijacked” A Plane And Forced It To Land In Minsk To Arrest This Opposition Journalist
Belarus’ president Alexander Lukashenko ordered a fighter jet to intercept a passenger plane and force it to land in the Belarus capital, where authorities promptly seized and detained a prominent opposition journalist who was on board.
Politics
Israel And Palestinian Militants In Gaza Have Agreed To A Ceasefire After Airstrikes Killed 230 People
Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have agreed to a ceasefire on Thursday May 20 after 11 days of fighting, which left more than 230 people dead, most of them in Gaza.
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This 23-Year-Old Has Been Elected As Wales’ Youngest And First Openly Non-Binary Mayor
Owen Hurcum, a 23-year-old in Wales, has become the first non-binary and youngest mayor in Wales.
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Miss Universe Myanmar Held Up A “Pray For Myanmar” Sign At The Beauty Pageant’s Costume Contest
Miss Universe Myanmar, Thuzar Wint Lwin, won the national costume contest at Miss Universe 2020, using the pageant to call on the world to speak out against the coup in her country.
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Israel Destroyed The Building With Media Offices Including AI Jazeera And AP In Gaza With An Airstrike
Israel destroyed a 12-story building in Gaza City that housed the offices of media outlets including the Associated Press and Al Jazeera with airstrikes on Saturday May 16.
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Hundreds Of Palestinian Protesters Have Been Injured After Israeli Police Stormed Islam’s Third Holiest Site
More than 205 Palestinians have been injured in clashes over the weekend in Jerusalem after Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at Palestinian protesters demonstrating against Israeli plans to evict several Palestinian families from homes on territory claimed by Jewish settlers.
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Colombian Police Cracked Down On Protesters Striking Against Poverty And Inequality, Leaving 17 Dead
At least 17 people have been killed in ongoing anti-government protests in Colombia, after the police cracked down on protesters demonstrating over a proposed tax reform bill.