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The House of Representatives concluded the second week of its impeachment hearings. (CLICK HERE for our complete gallery of impeachment political cartoons.)
The Senate unanimously passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which Reuters reported was “aimed at protecting human rights in Hong Kong amid a crackdown on a pro-democracy protest movement.” In another unanimous vote, the Senate banned the export of items that Hong Kong police are using for crowd control in the protests, such as tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and stun guns.
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick worked out for eight NFL teams at Charles Drew High School south of Atlanta.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted on fraud, breach of trust and bribery charges days after the U.S. reversed its decades-old stance on Israel’s right to build Jewish settlements on the occupied West Bank.
Protests in Iran reached 100 cities after the government there decided to raise gasoline prices by 50%, AP reported. Meanwhile, renewed demonstrations in France celebrated the first anniversary of the yellow jackets movement, which targeted high fuel prices and economic inequality there. Fresh, secular protests in Lebanon shut down the country’s parliament after the nation’s prime minister resigned and its government imposed a new tax on phone calls. In Iraq, fatal protests have channeled anger toward Shiite political parties and militias, many of which have close ties to Iran and targeted widespread corruption in the country’s government, a lack of job opportunities and poor basic services, including regular power cuts despite Iraq’s vast oil reserves.
Chile’s government agreed to rewrite its constitution after at least 19 people died in student-led protests against rising public transportation fees that started nearly six weeks ago. Political unrest in neighboring Bolivia turned deadly as Evo Morales, the country’s first indigenous president, flew to exile in Mexico amid allegations he was forced to resign in a military coup.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced the electric carmaker will build a Gigafactory in Berlin to produce its vehicles.
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