Here are five things to know for Monday, July 6: 1. – Stock futures jump after the increase in Chinese markets Stock futures rose on Monday, picking up momentum from a surge in Chinese markets amid improving bullish sentiment. Contracts linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 356 points, …
Read More »Algeria buries remains of anti-colonial fighters after 150 years | News
Algeria buried the remains of 24 resistance fighters who returned from Paris after more than a century and a half, as it marked the 58th anniversary of their independence from France. The skulls of the fighters, shot and beheaded in the early years of the French occupation, were buried on …
Read More »Statue of Frederick Douglass in Rochester, NY ripped off the base
Rochester, NY – A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its Rochester base on the anniversary of one of its most famous speeches, delivered in the city in 1852. Police said the statue was taken Sunday from Maplewood Park, a site along the subway where Douglass and Harriet …
Read More »When the coronavirus robs you of your sense of smell
“What I miss the most is the smell of my son when I kiss him, the smell of my wife’s body,” says Jean-Michel Maillard. © VALERY HACHE Losing the ability to do something we take for granted like smelling a rose can depress people Anosmia, loss of the sense of …
Read More »Theater actor Nick Cordero remembered by Hollywood and Broadway stars – Variety
Dozens of Hollywood and Broadway stars paid tribute to Tony-nominated actor Nick Cordero on Sunday night after his family confirmed that he had died of complications from the coronavirus. In March 2020, Cordero was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after testing positive. During his hospital stay, he …
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