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After a long battle, women will have the right to abortion for therapeutic reasons. Chile鈥檚 Constitutional Court announced a bill allowing abortion in such circumstances had been approved on August 21, despite pressure from conservative right-wing forces.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has slammed the major damage caused to Venezuela over recent months of opposition violence, comparing the right-wing protesters to the white supremacists in the United States who organised violent and deadly protests 聽in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12.
Speaking at a media conference on August 22, Maduro deplored how 鈥渇ascist groups鈥 attacked people based on their observable ethnic characteristics 鈥 in the United States and Venezuela.
A rally聽gathered in front of the NFL鈥檚 Park Avenue Headquarters in New York on August 23. A聽host of聽聽protested the exile-status聽of free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick 鈥 the star quarterback formerly of the San Francisco 49ers who caused waves by taking to his knee during the US national anthem as an anti-racist protest.
Donald Trump鈥檚 immigration policies 鈥 and the marching orders he has given to Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) 鈥 are destroying lives. When this hits home, it gets very real, very quickly.
It is a reality that recently smacked the members of the elite Bethesda Soccer Club right between the eyes: Their teammate and friend Lizandro Claros Saravia was detained by ICE, along with his older brother Diego. Both were then deported.
Rescue personnel had discovered 499 dead bodies as of August 20, since a聽聽hit near the Sierra Leone capital Freetown on August 14, the city's chief coroner said. Humanitarian groups say that more than 600 people remain missing.
The worst flood-related tragedy Africa has seen in years occurred when the side of Mount Sugar Loaf collapsed after heavy rain. It buried parts of the mountainous suburbs of Regent town, overwhelming relief efforts in one of the world鈥檚 poorest countries.
The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger portrays British Marxist cultural commentator John Berger over a period of five years.
Peasants across Africa are intensifying their struggles against land grabs and other harmful policies that promote industrial agriculture. At a recent international conference organised by the world鈥檚 largest peasant movement, Via Campesina, African peasants had opportunities to share their experiences of struggle and to learn.
鈥淚t is amazing to see how linked our struggles are,鈥 said Nicolette Cupido from the Agrarian Reform for Food Sovereignty Campaign (FSC) in South Africa.
Leafing through my August 1 copy of 91自拍论坛 Weekly, I thought I spotted an egregious typo. Surely, Barry Sheppard鈥檚 dispatch from San Francisco, 鈥Bernie Sanders鈥 Democratic Party strategy fatally flawed鈥 in issue 1148 had had an apostrophe inserted in the headline where there should have been a colon.
Workers employed in the Corporate and Technical Division of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB) will vote on a new enterprise agreement during the two weeks beginning on August 31. The Corporate and Technical Division includes non-firefighting employees of the MFB, such as payroll and finance staff and computer technicians.
In an August 9 speech to parliament, Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson once again backed the right-wing campaign against Venezuela鈥檚 democracy and national sovereignty.
His statements follow a June 21 speech to the Senate, where he spoke out against what he claimed was an 鈥渋ncreasingly anti-democratic and corrupted government under President Nicolas Maduro鈥, while praising the 鈥渄emocratic and peaceful鈥 protests led by Venezuela鈥檚 right-wing opposition.
An air strike by the US-backed Saudi-led coalition on a hotel near the Yemeni capital Sanaa killed dozens of people on August 23, multiple news agencies have reported. It came as a humanitarian crisis extended its grip on the impoverished nation.
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