USA. On May 25, George Floyd (46) was arrested for allegedly using counterfeit money to buy cigarettes. He died as a consequence of a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, kneeling on his neck for over eight minutes. Protests against racism and racist police violence have erupted throughout the USA, as
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YNTR – May 2020: New government in Israel, Afghanistan & the Taliban, and attacks on civilians in Syria
Israel. The new government of Israel was sworn in on the 14th of May. Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz eventually succeeded in forming a government after one and a half years without a functioning government. The contract of the coalition says that for the first 18 months, Netanyahu will serve
YNTR – April 2020: Forest fires in Chernobyl, new fask force in Sahel, Maduro accused of drug trafficking, and more
Ukraine. Forest fires near the defunct nuclear plant of Chernobyl caused radation in the area to rise 16 times above the normal level. Police arrested a suspect who is accused of causing the fires that started in early April by setting grass and rubbish on fire. While the fires increased
YNTR – March 2020: Weinstein sentencing, refugees teargassed in Greece, Uighur concentration camps in Xinjiang, and more
Scotland. In a fight against period poverty, the Scottish government has decided to make menstrual products freely available. While pads and tampons were already accessible for free in schools and universities, they are now also available to women outside the education system. The cost for this undertaking is estimated to
