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Riots

‘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
Prison Riots Over Coronavirus Restrictions Have Left At Least 46 People Dead in Venezuela Riots

Prison Riots Over Coronavirus Restrictions Have Left At Least 46 People Dead in Venezuela

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. At least 46 people are dead after a riot in an overcrowded Venezuelan prison Friday that began with inmates protesting a ban on visitors during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a lawmaker and prisoners’ rights group. Carolina…
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May 2, 2020
The horrendous impact of coronavirus on Europe’s economy is growing clearer as GDP shrinks 3.8%, and Germany, France, and Spain report catastrophic data Riots

The horrendous impact of coronavirus on Europe’s economy is growing clearer as GDP shrinks 3.8%, and Germany, France, and Spain report catastrophic data

The eurozone economy contracted by 3.8% in the first quarter of 2020, according to preliminary estimates from Eurostat. The European Union lost 3.5% of gross domestic product, the data showed.The French and Spanish economies shrank by 5.8% and 5.2% in the first quarter of 2020, a sign of the extensive…
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April 30, 2020