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Monday, 31 May 2021
After Dramatic Walkout, a New Fight Looms Over Voting Rights in Texas
By Dave Montgomery and Nick Corasaniti from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3wJkcKk
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Biden Aims to Rebuild and Expand Legal Immigration
By Michael D. Shear and Zolan Kanno-Youngs from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3c2IyHa
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New top story from Time: Trudeau: Bodies at Indigenous School Not Isolated Incident
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday it ’s not an isolated incident that over 200 children were found buried at a former Indigenous residential school.
Trudeau’s comments come as Indigenous leaders are calling for an examination of every former residential...
New top story from Time: Four-Time Tennis Grand Slam Champion Naomi Osaka Has Quit the French Open, Citing Anxiety
Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open on Monday and wrote on Twitter that she would be taking a break from competition, a dramatic turn of events for a four-time Grand Slam champion who said she experiences “huge waves of anxiety” before speaking to the media and...
New top story from Time: Myanmar’s Women Are Fighting for a New Future After a Long History of Military Oppression
The world will have noted that women have been on the front lines of the revolution in Myanmar, with activists, elected officials, and journalists such as Ei Thinzar Maung, Thinzar Shunlei Yi, Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, Daw Myo Aye, Naw K’nyaw Paw, and Tin Htet Paing playing...
New top story from Time: Dozens of Women Accused Famous Intellectual Andrés Roemer of Sexual Abuse. They Came Together to Make the World Listen
For Itzel Schnaas, a 31-year-old professional dancer in Mexico City, going public was her insurance policy. If the plan worked, she believed a world-famous public intellectual, with ties to Mexico’s government and major media conglomerates, would be exposed as a sex...
New top story from Time: Renaming U.S. Army Bases Should Start with America’s Unrecognized Veterans
We remember and memorialize those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. One of the more permanent and public memorializations of our veterans is by naming military bases (aka posts and forts) after them. But what about all of the bases named after Confederate traitors?
There...
New top story from Time: China Is Easing Birth Limits Further to Cope With Its Aging Society
BEIJING — China’s ruling Communist Party will ease birth limits to allow all couples to have three children instead of two to cope with the rapid rise in the average age of its population, a state news agency said Monday.
The ruling party has enforced birth limits...
Sunday, 30 May 2021
Death of QAnon Follower at Capitol Leaves a Wake of Pain
By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Evan Hill from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3p15HPq
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New top story from Time: Israel and Egypt Are in Talks Over a Truce With Hamas and Rebuilding the Gaza Strip
CAIRO — Egypt and Israel held high-level talks in both countries Sunday to shore up a fragile truce between Israel and the Hamas militant group and rebuild the Gaza Strip after a punishing 11-day war that left parts of the seaside enclave in ruins.
Egyptian Foreign...
