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Stories for July 25th 2022

  • Monday, July 25th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

    Pope lands in Canada to seek forgiveness from native communities

    The Pope's public appearances will be limited to one hour because of his advanced age and physical limitations

    The Argentina-born Pope Francis Sunday arrived in Canada despite his walking impairment on a mission to seek the forgiveness of native communities for abuses perpetrated at education institutes run by the Catholic Church, which have been unearthed recently.

  • Monday, July 25th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

    Brazil: Bolsonaro officially launched reelection bid

    “We do not want Brazil to be dominated by a (foreign) power, and we have other powers with their eyes on Brazil,” Bolsonaro told his supporters

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday officially launched his candidacy for reelection at the Maracanaziho stadium in Rio de Janeiro. In his speech, the head of state once again criticized the country’s Judiciary and announced a new batch of measures to help the neediest.

  • Monday, July 25th 2022 - 08:47 UTC

    July 1942: Nazi Germany begins the systematic extermination of Polish Jews

    These train tracks led into the Treblinka extermination camp. The Nazis later tried to disguise their crimes

    In July 1942, Nazi Germany ordered the systematic extermination of the Jewish population in the Polish capital of Warsaw. Jews had been confined to the Warsaw Ghetto from November 1940, life was terrible. In the Ghetto to the northwest of the city some 450,000 men, women, and children lived crammed together behind the high walls. Around 100,000 people had died of hunger or disease, or been killed in summary executions. But the worse was to come on 22 July 1942.

  • Monday, July 25th 2022 - 08:25 UTC

    Brazilian health authorities report increase in number of cases of monkeypox

    The Butantan Institute has advised travelers and residents of endemic countries to avoid contact with sick animals

    Brazilian health authorities said this weekend that the State of São Paulo had recorded over 500 cases of monkeypox, most of them in the City of São Paulo (442 of the total 538). The first infection was registered in the state on June 9.

  • Monday, July 25th 2022 - 08:18 UTC

    Monkeypox a global emergency, WHO declares

    Vaccination for people at risk is recommended but large-scale campaigns have been advised against at this time

    The World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the onset of monkeypox constituted a global emergency after cases of the malady were detected in over 70 countries.

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