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2023-06-24 07:39:00

A 31-year-old man was very lucky when he was the victim of a car accident on the night of Friday to Saturday, at 3:20 am, between Chassepierre and Florenville.

The driver, driving his Mercedes, left the road and hit an aqueduct on the shoulder. The car was then thrown once morest a tree and following several rolls, the dislocated vehicle came to rest on the side of the road.

Debris was strewn regarding 50 meters and the engine was found more than 20 meters from the wreckage of the vehicle.

Pelvic fractures

Florenville firefighters had to remove the doors to extricate the driver stuck in the passenger compartment. Conscious and suffering from pelvic fractures and multiple bruises, the victim was taken care of by the PIT de Bouillon and transported to Libramont hospital.

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2023-06-24 06:30:40

Hong Kong and Taiwan will launch AI weather reports. (Video screenshot)

Radio Television Hong Kong announced on social media that it will launch an AI weather anchor segment, which will be responsible for reporting the weather from Monday to Friday starting next Monday (26th).

With the increase in artificial intelligence applications, AI synthetic voices have been used to imitate the singing voices of many deceased or famous singers. Japan also launched the first AI photo girl, and Hong Kong and Taiwan announced on Friday (23rd) , Aida, the weather host who has trained artificial intelligence, will host the “Radio Hong Kong Weather Briefing” starting next Monday.

However, netizens tend to leave negative comments regarding AI weather hosts. Some point out that AI will make more people unemployed, and think that the design of AI is a bit thin, and that the appearance of AI is not as good as that of real people.

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2023-06-24 03:04:00

the vice president France Marquez is the victim of continuous racist and classist attacks “disguised under alleged political disagreements,” according to the statement alleged by organizations, including the Washington Office for Latin America (WOLA), the Colombia Peace Agreement and dozens of people who They signed the letter individually.

“Los racist attacks They were evident during the 2022 presidential campaign,” the open letter states, stating that the vice president received 1,103 racist attacks during the electoral period, according to the Observatory of Racial Discrimination of the Universidad de los Andes.

They also echo the attacks received by the other two aspirants for the Afro vice presidency: the current Colombian ambassador to the United States, Luis Murillo (formula of Sergio Fajardo), who received five attacks. and Marelen Castillo (Rodolfo Hernández’s vice-presidential candidate), who received 15 attacks in elections.

Racism, an evil entrenched in broad sectors of Colombian society

In addition, the president suffers attacks by the press, which in a “derogatory, classist, racist and misogynistic way” reflect the level of intolerance that “the economic elites” have by not accepting the way in which Márquez became the vice president of the country Andean.

Beyond these attacks, which have led to harsh questioning of her duties as representative, such as the tour she made to several African countries a few weeks ago, the vice president has also received racist insults and threats from opponents, which she herself has denounced before the Prosecutor’s Office

For this reason, the signatory organizations assure that this is not an issue that is seen in a political sector, but that racism “is seen in a broad sector of society.”

“We make a broad call to open a discourse on this treatment and that this type of attack in Colombia be condemned, this type of action be corrected and that the responsible persons be punished,” the organizations said. The statement concludes that “Vice President Francia Márquez, like all Afro-descendants, deserve respect and be treated equally to all other leaders of other races and ethnicities.”

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#BlackLivesMatter: the voices of the fight for equality and once morest racism

“Black force” between protest and hope. After the death of the icon John Lewis, the fight of the movement for the civil rights of the African-American community continues in the United States.

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“Be confident and create positive discomfort”

Image projection of John Lewis at the Confederate Monument in Richmond. The member of the House of Representatives died on July 17. He is considered an icon of peaceful resistance. He participated in the 1963 “March on Washington” and played a key role in the fight once morest racial segregation in the United States. His motto: “Be confident and create positive discomfort.”

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“Without the vote, there is no hope”

Amelia Boynton Robinson is one of the most important figures in the civil rights movement. She fought for the right to vote for African Americans. She was brutally beaten by police on March 7, 1965 during protest marches she organized from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in which John Lewis also participated. Photos of “Bloody Sunday” went around the world.

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“The Right Man and the Right Place”

Thurgood Marshall (here in 1957) was the first African-American justice on the US Supreme Court. Born in Baltimore in 1908, the lawyer successfully fought once morest separate education between African-Americans and Anglo-Americans. Upon his appointment as Chief Justice in 1967, then-President Lyndon B. Johnson said Marshall was “the right man in the right place.”

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Made history: On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus in Montgomery to a white man. Her arrest led to a 385-day bus boycott coordinated by Martin Luther King. Success: On November 13, 1956, the Supreme Court declared racial segregation on Montgomery buses unconstitutional.

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Martin Luther King on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on the day of his assassination, April 4, 1968. The day before, King had said, “I was on top of the mountain and saw the Promised Land,” interpreted as a prophecy of his death. Standing next to him (from left to right) are civil rights activists Hosea Williams, Pastor Jesse Jackson and Baptist Ralph Albertnathy.

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Carter and King Ambassador

Andrew Jackson Young was present when Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis. He was active in the US civil rights movement as a pastor and director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In 1976, President Jimmy Carter named him the US ambassador to the United Nations. In 1981, the follower of Mahatma Gandhi was elected mayor of Atlanta.

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Malcolm X was a strong opponent of Martin Luther King and rejected non-violent resistance. Spike Lee filmed the impressive career of the civil rights activist, brilliantly played by Denzel Washington (right). From being a spokesman for “Nation of Islam”, Malcolm X became his sharpest critic. On February 21, 1965, he was assassinated during a conference in Washington.

She was the first African American to give a keynote address at the United States Democratic National Convention: Barbara Jordan. A college professor, politician, and lawyer, she appeared alongside astronaut John Glenn in 1976 and was considered a promising vice-presidential candidate. In 1974 she declared in the House of Representatives: “My faith in the Constitution is universal.”

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Equal treatment for all artists

13 Grammys and 40 million records sold: Born in a New York suburb in 1917, jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald wasn’t just a musical phenomenon. On her tours she insisted that all musicians be treated equally. On March 15, 1955, she was the first African-American artist to perform at the “Mocambo Night Club” in Los Angeles-Marilyn Monroe helped get her contract.

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“We Strong Black Women”

Author Alice Walker has always fought for civil rights. At just 17 years old, she participated in the “March on Washington” in 1963, where Martin Luther King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. The strength of African-American women plays a central role in her novels. She was the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize in 1983, thanks to her book “The Color Purple.”

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Strong, eloquent and rebellious

At George Floyd’s funeral, the keynote speaker was Al Sharpton. He has been nominated several times by the Democratic Party for the Presidency and the Senate. In November 2006, he led a protest march for Sean Bell, a 23-year-old African-American who had been killed by police. But his eloquent stance once morest racism is controversial in the United States.

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Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, here in January 2017, during a visit to a homeless shelter in Washington. With their last brushstrokes they complete a mural that shows Martin Luther King. The Obamas were the first African-American presidential couple in the White House. But the death of George Floyd showed that in the United States racism is still deeply rooted in society.

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