Historic Win for Left: Gustavo Petro Wins Colombian Elections
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Historic-Win-for-Left-Gustavo-Petro-Wins-Colombian-Elections-20220619-0020.html
<p>Leftist candidate Gustavo Petro maintained a five percentage point difference, with 50 percent, against Rodolfo Hernandez during Colombia's presidential runoff, with 79.6 percent of polling stations counted, according to the electoral bulletin and will be Colombia's next president in a stunning win for the left in the region.</p>
How Russia's invasion threatens to subvert the internet as we know it
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/russia-nearly-isolated-online-mean-internets-future-rcna19389
Concerns about the emergence of a “splinternet,” or a balkanization of the web, have been gaining momentum. The war in Ukraine threatens to make them a reality.
CNN, Bloomberg latest to halt Russia operations amid crackdown
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/5/russia-ukraine-war-cnn-bloomberg-suspend-work-in-moscow
Decisions follow similar moves by BBC, ABC, CBC after Russia approved a new law punishing ‘fake news’ by up to 15 years.
UAE announces 4.5-day workweek, Saturday-Sunday weekend
UAE announces 4.5-day workweek, Saturday-Sunday weekend
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/12/7/uae-announces-changes-to-workweek-for-employees-of-govt-sector
In significant change, the UAE says Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday will form the new weekend.
Secretary-General Spotlights Highest Number of United Nations Personnel Lost in Single Year
Secretary-General Spotlights Highest Number of United Nations Personnel Lost in Single Year, at Memorial Service for Fallen Staff | UN Press
https://www.un.org/press/en/2021/sgsm20712.doc.htm
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After Half Century in Prison, Elderly Black Panther Should Not Be Left to Die
https://theintercept.com/2021/03/28/elderly-prisoner-black-panther-parole/
At age 84, Black Panther Sundiata Acoli survived Covid behind bars, showing the limits of New Jersey's pandemic relief for incarcerated people.
Evo Morales returns to Bolivia from exile in Argentina
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/9/evo-morales-returns-to-bolivia-from-exile-in-argentina
Thousands of cheering and flag-waving supporters welcomed Morales in Bolivia a year after he was removed from power.
Get Ready for the Great Urban Comeback
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/10/how-disaster-shaped-the-modern-city/615484/
Visionary responses to catastrophes have changed city life for the better.
Tanzania Election 2020: Opposition parties demand repeat of General election
https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/news/Opposition-parties-demand-repeat-of-General-election/1840340-5637442-3luf9l/index.html
Leading opposition parties in Tanzania on Saturday, October 31 denounced the results of Wednesday’s General Election and have called for peaceful protests from Monday.
