Tag: Brazil

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2…………> Israel vs Iran Nuke Programs: No Choices
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A top judge, who is known for his ultraconservative views, received almost 62 percent of the vote amid the country’s lowest voter turnout (48.8 percent), hence, Iran’s Interior Ministry declared Ebrahim Raisi the winner of the nation’s presidential elections.

Israeli officials have warned that Ebrahim Raisi’s victory in the Iranian presidential elections gives them “no choice” but to attack Iran’s nuclear program:

“[The attack] will require budgets and the reallocation of resources”, the source told the TV channel, adding that Israeli security officials believe Raisi will adopt hardline views on foreign and nuclear policy pushed by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/202106201083191944-ebrahim-raisis-victory-gives-israel-no-choice-but-to-attack-irans-nuclear-programme-report-says

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3…………> Brazil’s Grim COVID19 Statistics
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Brazil became the second country after the United States to surpass 500,000 Covid-19 deaths as the South American giant grapples with a third wave of the pandemic:

“500,000 lives lost due to the pandemic that affects our Brazil and the world,” Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tweeted.

The Health Ministry reported 500,800 deaths, including 2,301 in the last 24 hours, a toll that many experts say underestimates the real toll from the health crisis.

This week the average number of daily deaths surpassed 2,000 for the first time since May 10.

“The third wave is arriving, there’s already a change in the case and death curves,” Ethel Maciel, an epidemiologist from Espirito Santo University, told AFP.

“Our vaccination (program), which could make a difference, is slow and there are no signs of restrictive measures, quite the contrary.”
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https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210619-brazil-passes-grim-milestone-of-500-000-covid-19-deaths
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4…………> End Of Slavery Holyday: Biden
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U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris signed a bill into law to make June 19 a federal holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, as the White House pushes to address the country’s historical injustices.

The bill, which was passed overwhelmingly by the U.S. House of Representatives after clearing the Senate unanimously, marks the day in 1865 when a Union general informed a group of enslaved people in Texas that they had been made free two years earlier by President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.

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https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20210618-us-makes-juneteenth-marking-end-of-slavery-a-federal-holiday
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