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Kendall Tietz Cuban police increased their presence throughout the country Monday following Sunday’s protests over food shortages, high prices and surging COVID-19 cases, the Associated Press reported. The country is facing the worst economic crisis in 30 years and Cubans across the country are protesting in…
Read More Cuban Police Ramp Up Presence On Streets Amid Historic Protests
Sebastian Hughes Changes to the ninth-grade math curriculum in Ontario, Canada, seek to create an anti-racist teaching environment, according to the Ministry of Education’s website. In an online brief, the government of Ontario stated that while mathematics is “often positioned as an objective and pure discipline,”…
Read More Ontario High School Curriculum Pushes ‘Decolonial, Anti-Racist Approach’ To Math
Mary Margaret Olohan A London library is apologizing for bringing in a “Rainbow Dildo Butt Monkey” to entertain children. Redbridge Libraries hosted Mandiga Arts Group at a Redbridge Libraries Summer Reading Challenge event Saturday in east London where video footage posted on social media shows…
Read More Library Apologizes For Hosting ‘Rainbow Dildo Butt Monkey’ To Entertain Children
After decades of conservation efforts to save giant pandas, Chinese officials said Wednesday that the bears are no longer endangered, CNN reported Friday. Giant pandas have a population of up to 1,800 and will be classified now as vulnerable, according to CNN. Vulnerable species are considered…
Read More Good News: Giant Pandas Are No Longer Endangered, China Says
Thomas Catenacci The Pentagon’s top spokesperson admitted that the Taliban’s aggressive advances in Afghanistan as U.S. troops near their complete withdrawal are “concerning.” Department of Defense spokesperson John Kirby acknowledged that the Taliban, a political and terrorist group, continues to take over large swaths of…
Read More Pentagon Admits Taliban Advances In Afghanistan Are ‘Concerning’
Two suspects arrested by authorities for the assassination of Haiti’s president are from Florida, according to the AP. James Solages of Fort Lauderdale and Joseph Vincent of Miami. were arrested Thursday in the aftermath of Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s murder, Mathias Pierre, Haiti’s minister of elections,…
Read More Two Florida Men Involved In Assassination Of Haitian President
Harry Wilmerding Japan decided to declare a state of emergency on Thursday, banning all spectators from the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, officials said. “In the event that a state of emergency or other priority measures aimed at preventing infection are implemented at any time after 12…
Read More Olympics To Be Without Fans As Japan Declares State Of Emergency
Thomas Catenacci U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the nation would begin reopening, end mask mandates and no longer enforce social distancing guidelines. Johnson unveiled the U.K. government’s plan to completely reopen and end existing coronavirus restrictions in two weeks during a speech Monday afternoon. The…
Read More Boris Johnson Unveils UK Reopening Plan, Says Nation Must ‘Learn To Live With This Virus’
Thomas Catenacci More than 1,000 members of the Afghanistan security forces escaped to neighboring Tajikistan as the Taliban waged attacks throughout the country’s northern region. The Afghanistan soldiers’ escape represented the largest retreat since the Taliban, a powerful political and military group in the Middle…
Read More Afghan Soldiers Flee Into Bordering Nation As Taliban Advances
Ailan Evans Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke Thursday at a celebration for the 100-year anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, commending the party for its accomplishments and asserting China’s role on the world stage. The hour-long speech, which drew cheers from a curated crowd of 70,000,…
Read More Chinese President Xi Promises ‘Broken Heads And Bloodshed’ If Bullied By Foreign Powers