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Iowa confirms state’s first child death from COVID-19

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A child in Iowa died due to coronavirus complications in June, the state health department has confirmed, marking Iowa’s first death of a minor from the virus.The Iowa Department of Public Health…

(1) U.K.’s Johnson urges parents to let kids go back-to-school amid coronavirus pandemic – National | Globalnews.ca (self-delusion increases rapidly among leadership)

By contrast, they said studies show that not going to school limits children’s ability to succeed in life and may worsen physical and mental health problems. (If a relative, parent o teacher dies from passed on infection from child – impact on their future and mental health?)

Source: (1) U.K.’s Johnson urges parents to let kids go back-to-school amid coronavirus pandemic – National | Globalnews.ca

Cops gone wild: Protesters stay calm as police lose control at Balfour – The Jerusalem Post

Police officers remove demonstrators during a protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on August 22, 2020. (photo credit: OLIVIER FITOUSSI/FLASH90)

But this Saturday night the situation seemed to spiral out of control. The catalyst? The Jerusalem Police District. Early in the evening, the police refused a request from the protesters to march from the Bridge of Strings at the entrance to Jerusalem to Balfour Street. While several hundred protesters took matters into their own hands and marched – that should not be allowed – the police reacted with extreme force.

One officer, Niso Guetta, was filmed walking over to a protester and simply slamming him to the ground. Guetta then went after another protester, hitting him directly in the face. He then dragged the protester on the street. How do we know this? Because it was all caught on camera.

Source: Cops gone wild: Protesters stay calm as police lose control at Balfour – The Jerusalem Post

Baltic nations form human chains in support of Belarus protests | News | DW | 23.08.2020

Human chain in support of Belarus' protests in Lithuania

Three decades after forming a mass human chain for their own independence, thousands in the Baltic states did it again for Belarus. The protest action took place as tens of thousands demonstrated in Minsk.

Source: Baltic nations form human chains in support of Belarus protests | News | DW | 23.08.2020

And August will end…

The Zainab Experiment

I hold a glass devoid of wine,

Summer went by without daylight.

My mornings are now in gloom,

Pillows hold morning dew.

I lost a friendship that I loved,

That person is dead inside a living one.

We shared some years, those were good times.

Now, a stranger walks wearing that smile.

From one root the tree had grown,

On different branches its flowers have grown.

It is a strange feeling to have known.

Should I be happy or should I mourn?

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