WARSAW / ROME (Reuters) – A clash between EU leaders at a summit in Brussels on Saturday threatened to derail plans for a massive stimulus fund to bring their economies hit by the coronavirus to life. “We are at a dead end now. It is more complex than expected, “Italian …
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison delayed the opening of parliament for several weeks on Saturday as the new coronavirus continued to spread through the country’s two most populous states. Morrison asked the Speaker of Parliament to cancel a two-week session that will begin on August 4, out …
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Protesters, as they have often done in the past seven weeks, rallied around federal court and the county justice center in downtown Portland on Friday night and early Saturday. Portland protesters have generally been protesting racial inequality and police brutality for about seven weeks after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. …
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My quick answer: never. The comments by Cannon and the two Jacksons caused a stir and puzzled some who wondered how people who were presumably victims of racism could express their prejudices towards another minority group. Luminaries like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote a column asking why there was no more outrage …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of Thais protested on Saturday night, demanding the resignation of the government and the dissolution of parliament, challenging the coronavirus ban in large gatherings in one of the largest street demonstrations since a 2014 military coup. A protester holds a poster during a protest demanding the …
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