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Protest Groups Defy Curfew, and Police Don’t Wait Long to Enforce It

The crowds in Brooklyn and Manhattan who were demonstrating against police brutality and systemic racism on Wednesday were bigger. And the police were quicker to enforce the clampdown than they had been before, moving swiftly to disperse demonstrators from rainy city streets and to arrest those who failed to clear out.

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Despite Curfews, Peaceful Protests Continue Across Nation

The eighth day of protests was largely peaceful, with only sporadic reports of looting overnight. Washington is becoming a heavily armed fortress, and criticism of President Trump’s response is mounting.

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After a week of unrest, Trump threatens to deploy the military on U.S. streets

Tensions between protesters and the police intensified on Monday, the seventh day of protests over the death of George Floyd and generations of systemic racism. Amid the chaos, police officers were attacked in several cities, and President Trump threatened to deploy active-duty troops to stop the violence.

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A sixth day of protest gives way to a night of unrest.

Fires burned outside the White House, the streets of New York City were gripped by mayhem and stores in Santa Monica, Calif., were looted after another day of peaceful protests descended into lawlessness in major cities across the United States.

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As a police station burned, Trump threatened violence against those protesting a death in police custody.

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China Approves Plan to Rein In Hong Kong, Defying Worldwide Outcry

BEIJING — China officially has the broad power to quash unrest in Hong Kong, as the country’s legislature on Thursday nearly unanimously approved a plan to suppress subversion, secession, terrorism and seemingly any acts that might threaten national security in the semiautonomous city.

Después de Panamá, el istmo más interesante para la construcción de un canal es el del sureste de México, en Tehuantepec, ahí donde la tierra da vuelta. Ubicado dentro del territorio norteamenricano, dentro del pretendido homeland que extiende hipotéticamente sus fronteras hasta colindar con Guatemala y Belice, el istmo de Tehuantepec, con 200 km de longitud, se ofrece como vía de comunicación ideal entre los dos grandes océanos, al abrigo y cuidado de los poderes del norte que, como en Panamá o más aún, se preocuparán por mantener la seguridad de ese valioso eslabón del mercado mundial.

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E.U. and Japan Push Coronavirus Stimulus Packages