Monthly Archives: August 2020

Protests erupt in Wisconsin over Jacob Blake police shooting

Anti-police protests erupted Sunday night in Kenosha, Wisconsin, just hours after a police officer was filmed shooting a black man in the back as he tried to enter his car. Crowds of protesters gathered at the shooting scene – where 29-year-old Jacob Blake was beaten several times in the back …

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Netanyahu of Israel accepts compromise, avoids elections

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he had accepted a proposal to extend budget negotiations, and prevented the government from collapsing and plunging the country into a new electoral mandate. In a national television address, Netanyahu said now was not the time to drag the country into its …

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Arab gas pipeline blast kills Syrian state media | World news

A possible attack on a pipeline in Syria caused a nationwide blackout a quarter of a century ago, the state news agency quoted Monday. According to SANA news agency, electricity minister Mohammad Kharboutli said an explosion on a pipeline in the Damascus area on Sunday night “led to an electricity …

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