Sunday, July 25, 2021

Robert Moses, prominent U.S. civil rights activist, dies at 86

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Moses worked to dismantle segregation as the Mississippi field director of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the civil rights movement and was central to the 1964 "Freedom Summer," in which hundreds of students went to the U.S. South to register voters.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/robert-moses-civil-rights-activist-obit-1.6116905?cmp=rss

Tunisian president sacks PM, freezes parliament amid violent unrest across the country

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Tunisia's president said on Sunday he was dismissing the prime minister and freezing parliament in a major escalation of political feuding in the democratic country following protests in several cities.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tunisia-president-immunity-power-house-parliament-1.6116856?cmp=rss

'Unusually large meteor' briefly lights up southern Norway

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An "unusually large meteor" briefly lit up southern Norway on Sunday, creating a spectacular sound and light display as it rumbled across the sky, and a bit of it may have hit Earth, possibly not far from the capital, Oslo, experts said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/norway-meteor-1.6116793?cmp=rss

German Olympic gymnastics team, tired of 'sexualization,' wears unitards

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For decades, female gymnasts have worn bikini-cut leotards. In qualifying on Sunday, however, the German team instead wore unitards that stretched to their ankles, intending to push back against sexualization of women in gymnastics.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/gymnastics/gymnastics-germany-unitards-sexualization-1.6116621?cmp=rss

Belgians reeling after more heavy flooding rips apart streets, washes away cars

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The town of Dinant, Belgium, was cleaning up on Sunday after its heaviest floods in decades the previous day turned streets into torrential streams that washed away cars and pavement but did not kill anyone.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/europe-flooding-belgium-streets-1.6116595?cmp=rss

Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Sunday

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff says restrictions for unvaccinated people may be necessary if case numbers reach new heights in the coming months.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-world-july25-2021-1.6116444?cmp=rss