A Roundup of Worldwide Evil

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Seriously, I thought the mercenary biz really took off during/after Ike’s and JF Dulles’ jaunt in Guatemala?

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Caruana Galizia died in a car bomb attack near her home in October 2017. An investigation led to PM Joseph Muscat’s resignation in 2019 after his close associates were implicated.

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The IOC said it was seeking clarification from Belarussian officials - who earlier said she was taken off the team because of her “emotional and psychological condition”.

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Vitaly Shishov’s body was found hanged in a park in Kyiv, a day after he failed to return from a jog. Police have opened a murder inquiry.

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Migraine warning if you don’t have an ad-blocker and appropriate css. But these rules are so frustrating.

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The late actor Fred Clark demonstrates my feelings about those rules.

Also, those sound like authoritarian guidelines for child-rearing.

“We cannot wait, passively, for the possible impact,” Greece’s Citizens’ Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis said on a visit to the region of Evros on Friday.

“Our borders will remain inviolable.”

His comments came as Turkey called on European countries to take responsibility for Afghan migrants.

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Is Afghanistan paying for it? :roll_eyes:

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The latest K-pop hit.

They’re called “Isis-K” because they’re so special.

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He said the new legislation would help protect freedom of speech.
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Twitter and Facebook have removed many posts shared by the president and his supporters that were deemed misleading.

The announcement comes on the eve of what are expected to be large pro-Bolsonaro demonstrations across Brazil.

Supporters of the president will be protesting against the country’s Congress and Supreme Court, which last month added Mr Bolsonaro’s name to a list of people being investigated over the alleged production of misinformation.

Critics have said the marches, which coincide with the country’s Independence Day celebrations, represent a danger to democracy.

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The arrests were made under the national security law, which has a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Hong Kong police’s national security unit had earlier requested that the Hong Kong Alliance hand over information, reportedly including personal details of all members since the group’s founding and financial records.

On Tuesday, the deadline for the request, the alliance members handed over a letter explaining their refusal to cooperate.
The next morning, police officers arrested four members of the alliance’s standing committee at their homes or offices.

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