May 27, 2021
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A physician representing a Japanese medical body warned Thursday that holding the postponed Tokyo Olympics in two months could lead to the spread of variants of the coronavirus.
Dr. Naoto Ueyama, chairman of the Japan Doctors Union, said the International Olympic Committee and the Japanese government had underestimated the risks of bringing 15,000 Olympic and Paralympic athletes into the country, joined by tens of thousands of officials, judges, media and broadcasters from more than 200 countries and territories. Since the emergence of COVID-19 there has not been such a dangerous gathering of people coming together in one place from so many different places around the world,” he said, speaking in Tokyo at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. It’s very difficult to predict what this could lead to.
May 27, 2021
The latest noose was found on the same day a meeting between the NAACP and employees was scheduled.
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The FBI is investigating after a noose was found at an Amazon facility under construction in Connecticut for the eighth time in one month.
The latest noose was found on the same day a meeting between the NAACP and employees was scheduled.
NAACP officials say Amazon didn t let them meet with employees after the noose was found. Instead, they held a news conference with local officials.
NAACP leaders say Amazon isn t handling this properly. When we come to the site to have the conversation with Amazon, then the Windsor Police come and surround the NAACP. And I m like, why are you surrounding us? said Connecticut NAACP President Scot Esdaile. You should be surrounding the individuals that are putting the nooses up. Well, it s that type of behavior, it s that type of arrogance, that type of attitude that they have towards Black people that s got us i
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They were there for nearly five months following the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Security will now be turned over to Capitol Police.
The Pentagon announced last week it was not expecting a request to extend the National Guard s stay and their mission officially ended Sunday.
More than 2,000 troops are still there.
May 24, 2021
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U.S. officials say it s unclear if Iran is ready to return to a nuclear deal.
Tehran is expected to decide today if it will continue to allow international inspectors access to surveillance camera images of its nuclear sites.
The Biden administration says it wants to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Under that agreement, Iran had to limit its uranium levels.
But since the U.S. pulled out of that deal under President Trump, Tehran has been enriching its uranium stockpile far beyond the levels allowed by the deal.