05-28-2021, 08:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-28-2021, 08:09 PM by Firebolt391d.)
Some common headlines that I found:
"Covid-19: Japan extends state of emergency just before Olympics"
Japan has extended a Covid-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and nine other regions for another three weeks. Restriction will be in place until 19 June, five weeks before the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics are due to start.
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"Around 400,000 people need help after fleeing Congo volcano, U.N. says"
Around 400,000 people need support or protection after fleeing a volcano eruption and a wave of aftershocks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Friday. At least 31 people died when Mount Nyiragongo sent a wall of lava spreading towards the city of Goma on Saturday, destroying 3,000 homes along the way and cutting a major road used to bring aid to the strife-torn region.
Read more here
"Germany recognizes colonial killings in Namibia as genocide"
Germany has agreed to officially recognize the colonial-era killings of tens of thousands of people in Namibia as genocide and to spend a total of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), largely on development projects. Historians say German Gen. Lothar von Trotha, who was sent to what was then German South West Africa to put down an uprising by the Herero people in 1904, instructed his troops to wipe out the entire tribe. They say that about 65,000 Herero were killed and at least 10,000 Nama.
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"The United States returns ancient stone carvings to Thailand"
Two ancient sandstone carvings, believed to have been stolen from Thailand and smuggled to the US during the Vietnam War, are being repatriated.
Read more here
"Covid-19: Japan extends state of emergency just before Olympics"
Japan has extended a Covid-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and nine other regions for another three weeks. Restriction will be in place until 19 June, five weeks before the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics are due to start.
Read more here
"Around 400,000 people need help after fleeing Congo volcano, U.N. says"
Around 400,000 people need support or protection after fleeing a volcano eruption and a wave of aftershocks in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Friday. At least 31 people died when Mount Nyiragongo sent a wall of lava spreading towards the city of Goma on Saturday, destroying 3,000 homes along the way and cutting a major road used to bring aid to the strife-torn region.
Read more here
"Germany recognizes colonial killings in Namibia as genocide"
Germany has agreed to officially recognize the colonial-era killings of tens of thousands of people in Namibia as genocide and to spend a total of 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion), largely on development projects. Historians say German Gen. Lothar von Trotha, who was sent to what was then German South West Africa to put down an uprising by the Herero people in 1904, instructed his troops to wipe out the entire tribe. They say that about 65,000 Herero were killed and at least 10,000 Nama.
Read more here
"The United States returns ancient stone carvings to Thailand"
Two ancient sandstone carvings, believed to have been stolen from Thailand and smuggled to the US during the Vietnam War, are being repatriated.
Read more here