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from BBC News (UK)
Portugal finally recognises consul who saved thousands from Holocaust
Eighty years ago, a middle-aged, mid-ranking diplomat sank into deep depression and watched his hair turn grey in days, as he saw the streets of Bordeaux filling with Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis. As Portugal's consul in Bordeaux, Aristides de Sousa Mendes faced a moral dilemma. Should he obey government orders or listen to his own conscience and supply Jews with the visas that would allow them to escape from advancing German forces? Sousa Mendes' remarkable response means he is remembered as a hero by survivors and descendants of the thousands he helped to flee. But his initiative also spelt the end of a diplomatic career under Portuguese dictator António de Oliveira Salazar, and the rest of his life was spent in penury. Portugal finally granted official recognition to its disobedient diplomat on 9 June, and parliament decided a monument in the National Pantheon should bear his name.
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from The Jerusalem Post
Special vessels show Jewish continuity in Israel after Roman destruction
The use of chalkstones vessels did not stop with the destruction of city in the second century CE as previously thought, but continued in the Galilee for at least two more centuries.
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from KING 5 (NBC)
Broadcasting & Media Production Company in Seattle, Washington
Washington admits error in reporting and lowers COVID-19 death toll
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) adjusted the state’s number of coronavirus deaths and negative test results Wednesday after discovering inaccuracies in its reporting. State health officials removed seven people from its death toll to account for people who tested positive for COVID-19 but didn’t die of the virus. Previously a COVID-19 death was counted if the coronavirus test came back positive.
Washington admits error in reporting and lowers COVID-19 death toll
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) adjusted the state’s number of coronavirus deaths and negative test results Wednesday after discovering inaccuracies in its reporting. State health officials removed seven people from its death toll to account for people who tested positive for COVID-19 but didn’t die of the virus. Previously a COVID-19 death was counted if the coronavirus test came back positive.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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