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The Metropolitan police have arrested five people “on suspicion of the attempted murder” of Sasha Johnson, who sustained a gunshot wound to her head on Sunday morning in London. On Tuesday, police said that “there is nothing to suggest Sasha was the victim of a targeted attack.”
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Supporters and activists in Minnesota, across the US and around the globe remember the life of George Floyd on the one-year anniversary of his killing by police last year.
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The Taking the Initiative Party, her affiliated group, released a statement saying that Sasha “is currently hospitalized and in critical condition.” According to the party, Johnson sustained a gunshot wound to her head on Sunday morning in London.
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The Israel-Gaza conflict has resulted in the deaths of over 145 people in Gaza, nine in Israel and hundreds more injuries, according to Sky News.
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The strike came about an hour after the Israeli military ordered people to evacuate on Saturday, May 15, according to reporting from The Associated Press. The building also housed other media offices and residential apartments.
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In Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, as well as other cities in Colombia, protesters advanced this Wednesday – May 12 – against the neoliberal policies of the Government of Colombia and the repression exerted by the security forces against protesters.
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Thai police arrested three senior reporters from the Myanmar news outlet “Democratic Voice of Burma” (DVB) and two associates after being caught fleeing Myanmar for Thailand on May 9, sparking an outcry on Twitter under the “saveDVBJournalists” tag.
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Israel launched new airstrikes into Gaza on Tuesday, leveling an evacuated 13-story residential building, while “hundreds” of rockets from Palestinian militants reportedly hit southern Israel and extended the violence to Tel Aviv, according to CNN.
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The State Opening of the British Parliament, which marks the formal start of the parliamentary year, took place on Tuesday.
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The COVID-19 variant B.1.617, first found in Maharashtra, India, has been named a variant of concern by the World Health Organization. But Soumya Swaminathan, the WHO’s chief scientist, said its classification is based on it being more transmissible.
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