Harold Manning

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One of Myanmar’s bloodiest days: 38 protesters killed

One of Myanmar's bloodiest days: 38 protesters killed

Today, 38 people have been killed in protests against the coup in Myanmar. It is one of the bloodiest days since protesters first took to the streets, state television reports. In the former capital of Yangon, at least 22 protesters were reportedly killed after police intervened. A state of emergency has been declared in Hlaingthaya, an industrial suburb on the …

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Chancellor Merkel’s CDU loses in national elections | NOW

Chancellor Merkel's CDU loses in national elections |  NOW

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party lost on Sunday in two national elections in southwest Germany. In Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate, the CDU has not become the largest party, according to German media forecasts. In Baden-Württemberg, the CDU is expected to win 24% of the vote, 3 points less than in the previous elections in 2016. In Rhineland-Palatinate, the CDU holds around 26.5% …

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Intensification of cooperation between Surinamese and Moroccan companies

Intensivering samenwerking tussen Surinaamse en Marokkaanse bedrijfsleven

Minister Ramdin in conversation with the Moroccan press. The intensification of cooperation between Surinamese and Moroccan companies should result in investments and an intensification of trade relations. The Department of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and International Cooperation has announced it. Minister Ramdin has been in Morocco for a few days when it was discussed opening of a Suriname embassy and …

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Dutch company ship raids West African coast, 15 men kidnapped

Dutch company ship raids West African coast, 15 men kidnapped

Yesterday, a raid was carried out off the coast of Benin in West Africa on a ship managed by a Dutch company, the company reports to NOS. Fifteen crew members were removed, the other six remained on board and are doing well. The oil tanker Davide B sailed under the flag of Malta, but was managed by the company De …

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About 150 Russian opposition members arrested during a meeting | NOW

About 150 Russian opposition members arrested during a meeting |  NOW

Russian police arrested around 150 people on Saturday at a meeting of independent and opposition politicians in Moscow. They are accused of having links with an “undesirable organization”, according to the protest monitoring group OVD-Info and Russian media. The forum, scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, was to be a gathering of city delegates from across the country, Andrej Pivovarov, organizer …

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Rest is a concept relating to Raqqa

Rest is a concept relating to Raqqa

In other Syrian cities, demonstrators overwhelmingly occupied squares and intersections in 2011. In Raqqa, residents first look at the cat out of the tree. Like Thaer Dardoush, 43, who was working as a teacher at the time: “I only watched demonstrations at the beginning, my legs didn’t want to go.” In 2012, a year after the uprising began, a teenage …

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Russia wants prisoners to clean up the Arctic | Abroad

Russia wants prisoners to clean up the Arctic |  Abroad

Alexandr Kalashnikov instructed the regional heads of his department to draw up this plan. Agreements have already been made with the administration of Norilsk, an industrial city in northern Siberia heavily polluted by mining activities. In this region, mining giant Norilsk Nicke suffered an environmental disaster last year, as 21,000 tonnes of fuel spilled into rivers. The red color that …

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Missing Girl (17) Sends Secret Call for Help | Abroad

Missing Girl (17) Sends Secret Call for Help |  Abroad

Daphne Westbrook (17) never returned from a weekend with her father John Westbrook (43) in October 2019. Since then, everyone has been looking for the girl from Chattanooga, Tennessee, believing she is drugged. However, Daphne recently managed to get in touch with a friend. In the post, the teenager wrote that she was considering harming herself. It is not known …

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Poland launches new TV channel to give housewives a glamorous image | In good health

Poland launches new TV channel to give housewives a glamorous image |  In good health

The Polish public broadcaster launched a new channel on Monday, on the occasion of International Women’s Day. TVP Kobieta was created by the government to idealize the lives of “housewives”. TVP Kobieta launch video shows pretty slender housewives in a candy-colored family setting with the song A pretty woman on the background. We take a giant bowl of broccoli from …

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