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‘This was America’s first multi-ethnic riots’: 1992 in LA remembered by eyewitnesses through lens of race Riots

‘This was America’s first multi-ethnic riots’: 1992 in LA remembered by eyewitnesses through lens of race

Kim Park says the riots pushed Korean-Americans to become more politically active: Courtesy of Kim ParkKim Park was aged 12 and worked as a cashier in a bullet-proof booth at her mother’s petrol station in Compton when the Los Angeles riots erupted.After her father died and her mother decided to…
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May 4, 2020
Venezuela accuses Colombia of attempting ‘terrorist’ sea invasion Maduro

Venezuela accuses Colombia of attempting ‘terrorist’ sea invasion

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Security forces in Macuto following what the opposition claims was a "staged" incursion The Venezuelan government has said it foiled an attempted sea incursion by "terrorist mercenaries" from Colombia.In a televised address, Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said the group arrived on speedboats at the coastal…
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May 4, 2020
Pompeo says ‘enormous evidence’ for unproven theory that coronavirus came from lab Kim Jong Un

Pompeo says ‘enormous evidence’ for unproven theory that coronavirus came from lab

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there are "enormous" signs that the novel coronavirus outbreak originated a biomedical laboratory in Wuhan, China -- the city where cases first exploded. "I can tell you that there is a significant amount of evidence that this came from that laboratory in Wuhan," Pompeo…
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May 3, 2020
Bolsonaro headlines anti-democratic rally, amid alarm over handling of virus Brasilia

Bolsonaro headlines anti-democratic rally, amid alarm over handling of virus

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday, underlining the former army captain’s increasing isolation as he downplays the impacts of the COVID-19 on Latin America’s largest nation.Right-wing Bolsonaro has drawn widespread criticism from across the political spectrum for dismissing…
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May 3, 2020