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Zimbabwe’s Security Guards Have Lonely Jobs, but Get Paid
One says he constantly talks to the cash machine he guards ? never mind that it can?t answer back. Another whiles away the time by staring at pictures of semi-nude women on the walls of a closed nightclub as he waits for rats and cats to come out and entertain him.
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The Loneliest of D-Day Remembrances Is Hit by Pandemic
At daybreak on Saturday, Charles Shay stood lonesome without any fellow veteran on the very same beach where he waded ashore 76 years ago, part of one of the most epic battles in military historic that came to be known as D-Day and turned the tide of World War II.
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Russian Orthodox Priest Tends to Moscow’s COVID-19 Patients
The Rev. Vasily Gelevan bends over a COVID-19 patient at her apartment to administer Holy Communion and say words of comfort while clad in a hazmat suit.
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India, China Military Commanders Meeting on Frontier Dispute
Indian and Chinese military commanders are meeting Saturday to try to resolve a bitter standoff along their disputed frontier high in the Himalayas where thousands of troops on both sides are facing off.
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The Latest: Paris Police Ban Floyd Protest Due to Virus Fear
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Sahel Force Fighting Terrorism Faces Growing Threat
Mauritania?s foreign minister said Friday the five-nation African force fighting terrorism in the Sahel is facing a growing security threat sweeping the region that is not only local but a global problem that demands an international response.
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Turning Grief Into Change, Movement Targets Racial Injustice
Momentum for what many hope is a sustained movement aimed at tackling racial injustice and police reforms promised to grow Saturday as more protesters filled streets around the world and mourners prepared to gather in the U.S. for a second memorial service for George Floyd, who died a dozen days ago at the hands of police in Minneapolis.
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By the Numbers: Trump Reads Economic Boom Into Jobs Data
President Donald Trump has always been a big numbers guy.
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Surfers Honor George Floyd in ?Paddle Out? Held Around World
On a sliver of sand that before the Civil Rights era was derisively dubbed 'The Ink Well' because of its popularity among black people, hundreds of surfers gathered to honor the life of George Floyd and other African Americans killed by police.
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Japan Advocate for Daughter, Others Abducted to NKorea Dies
Shigeru Yokota, a Japanese campaigner for the return of his daughter and more than a dozen others who were abducted to North Korea in the 1970s, has died. He was 87.