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Sean Rigg. Sheku Bayoh. Sarah Reed. Mark Duggan. Christopher Alder. In Britain, protests over the death of George Floyd revive memories of others killed in police custody washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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My latest: Trump’s dangerous militarization of U.S. politics washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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Boris Johnson offers refuge, U.K. citizenship path for nearly 3 million Hong Kongers washingtonpost.com/world/asi…
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Anger over George Floyd’s killing has rippled far beyond the United States washingtonpost.com/world/202…
BREAKING: China’s rubber-stamp parliament approved a plan to impose a new national security law on Hong Kong that will dramatically increase Beijing’s power over the city and could bring about an end to its status as an international financial capital. washingtonpost.com/world/asi…
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Nearly all doctors who have died of covid-19 in the UK have been ethnic minorities. @karlaadam looks at why washingtonpost.com/world/eur…
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The WWII veteran raised $40 million for the National Health Service charities @GuinnessKebab reports from London washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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27 of the 29 doctors in Britain who have died of covid-19 are from ethnic minorities -- that’s an astonishing 93 percent. What’s going on? And who are the people behind the statistics? washingtonpost.com/world/eur…
My latest: Coronavirus comes for an abandoned people... on the disease arriving at Rohingya refugee camps and a powerful new exhibit at the @holocaustmuseum on the decades of persecution and discrimination that led to this moment wapo.st/2LzDCvC
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South Korean football club apologizes for using sex mannequins to fill out empty stands washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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Belly Mujinga was spat at during her shift as a rail worker at Victoria station by a man who claimed to have the coronavirus. She died from the disease 2 weeks later. Her union says managers knew she had health issues but still placed her on frontlines washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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In today's @washingtonpost: the story of the millions of Indians left without a safety net as the virus spreads. "We have been forced to beg," said one. With @nihamasih @parthpunter @taniyadutta24 wapo.st/2Wn7C40
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The Iranian navy has struck one of its own ships with a missile, killing 19 sailors near the Strait of Hormuz, from @erinmcunningham washingtonpost.com/world/mid…
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In a matter of two months, attitudes in Italy have shifted. Rising anti-EU sentiment. Growing sense that China is a “friend.” Couple that with a severe economic crisis. Where do the dominoes lead? wapo.st/3drgBqG
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What is happening? Boris Johnson’s speech stirs further confusion in Britain. washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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Black Britons are 4x more likely to die from covid-19 than whites, according to the ONS. When ONS factored in socio-demographic and self-reported health issues, they found that blacks were 1.9 x more likely to die washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
Remember those 400,000 surgical gowns flown into Britain from Turkey? They’re not fit for use. washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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Top officials around the world keep getting caught breaking lockdown rules washingtonpost.com/world/202… by @siobhan_ogrady
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Italy’s lockdown ends today. The changes are fairly modest: restaurants can open for takeaway. Factories are restarting. About one-fifth of Italy’s labor force is returning to work. Also, outdoor exercise!
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