Saturday, October 5, 2019

In the news, Sunday, September 22, 2019


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from BBC News (UK)

Haile Selassie: Blue plaques for emperor unveiled in Somerset
Two blue plaques have been unveiled in Somerset to honour Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's life in Bath and visits to Weston-super-Mare. The emperor lived in Fairfield House in Bath from 1936 to 1940 after being rescued by the Royal Navy when Italy invaded his country.

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from DW News (Deutsche Welle)
Broadcasting & Media Production Company in Bonn, Germany

Is Modi-Trump Houston rally an endorsement of India's Kashmir policy?

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held a rally with US President Donald Trump in the US state of Texas. What implications could the event have for the Indian leader's controversial Kashmir actions? DW analyzes.

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from The Guardian (UK)

English people living in Wales tilted it towards Brexit, research finds
Despite being one of the biggest beneficiaries of EU funding, Wales voted leave by a majority of 52% to 48% in the 2016 referendum – a result that took some analysts by surprise. However, work by Danny Dorling, a professor of geography at Oxford, found that the result could in part be attributed to the influence of English voters.

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from HumanProgress.org  Education Website

Heroes of Progress, Pt. 27: Kate Sheppard
This week our hero is Kate Sheppard, the world’s first successful suffragette. Sheppard’s tireless work and petitioning of New Zealand’s parliament in the latter half of the 19th century is largely credited for the nation becoming the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote in 1893. After New Zealand embraced universal suffrage, Sheppard inspired successful suffrage movements in other parts of the world.

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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