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James William Pardew Jr. (February 5, 1944 – June 2, 2021) was an American politician and military officer. He was the United States Ambassador to Bulgaria from 2002 until 2005 during the George W. Bush administration. His diplomatic career focused on relations with the Balkans. Pardew was born in Memphis, Tennessee and was raised in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He studied at Arkansas State University and Loyola University Chicago. Pardew died on June 2, 2021 in Fairfax Station, Virginia at the age of 77.
Fairfax Station is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 12,420 at the 2020 census.
Lydia Davis (born July 15, 1947) is an American short story writer, novelist, essayist, and translator. She is known for writing very short stories, usually 30 minute long stories. She has also translated many famous French writings into English such as "Swann’s Way" by Marcel Proust and "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert.
David Diop (born 24 February 1966) is a French writer. He writes books and teaches. He studies old French and African stories. He works at the University of Pau in France. Diop won the 2021 International Booker Prize for his book "At Night All Blood Is Black". He was the first French author to win. The book was also shortlisted for ten French awards and won other awards. Biography. David Diop was born in Paris in 1966. His mother is French. His father is from Senegal.  He moved to Dakar when he was five. He lived in Senegal as a child. He went back to France at 18 to study. Diop has a doctorate from the Sorbonne.  In 1998, he became a teacher at the University of Pau and the Adour Region. He teaches 18th-century French literature and African French literature.  In 2009, he led a group studying Africa in European books. He got his habilitation in 2014.  Diop now leads the arts, languages, and literature department at the university. He lives in Pau. Early works. He published his first book in 2012. It is called "1889, l'Attraction universelle". The book tells the story of 11 people from Senegal. They went to the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris. In 2018, he published his first scholarly work. It is called "Rhétorique nègre au xviiie siècle". The book talks about how Africans were shown in 18th-century travel writing and abolitionist texts. "At Night All Blood Is Black" / "Frère d'âme". Diop's second novel is "Frère d'âme". It was published in 2018. The novel is about World War I and colonialism. It tells the story of Senegalese Tirailleurs fighting for France. The main character, Alfa Ndiaye, goes mad after his friend's death. He becomes very violent towards German soldiers. Diop was inspired by his great-grandfather's war service
At Night All Blood Is Black () is a novel by French author David Diop. It was first published in French on August 16, 2018, by Éditions du Seuil. It won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens that same year. The English translation by Anna Moschovakis won the 2021 International Booker Prize. It was published in the UK by Pushkin Press and in the US by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (born March 10, 1994), known professionally as Bad Bunny, is a Puerto Rican rapper and singer. His music is known as Latin trap and reggaeton and can also be seen as rock, bachata, and soul.  Throughout his career, Bad Bunny has worked with J Balvin, Farruko, Residente, Arcángel, Jhay Cortez, and Daddy Yankee.  Bad Bunny is also a well known LGBT rights activist who as supported the movement in Puerto Rico. During an interview, the singer stated that he has been singing since 2008.
Yashwant Sinha (born 6 November 1937) is an Indian politician and former Indian Administrative Service officer. He was the Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991 and again from 1998 until 2002. He was also the Minister of External Affairs from 2002 until 2004. He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party before he quit the party in April 2018. From 1988 until 1994 and from 1998 until 2009, Sinha was a member of Parliament. Sinha is the Trinamool Congress nominee for President of India in the 2022 election, but he lost the election against Draupadi Murmu. Sinha was born in Patna, India. He studied at the University of Patna.
Sharad Govindrao Pawar (born 12 December 1940), is an Indian politician. He was born in Baramati, India. Pawar is a member of the Nationalist Congress Party. Since 1991, Pawar was a member of the Indian Parliament. Pawar is a well known critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Pawar was the Minister of Defence from 1991 until 1993. From 2004 until 2014, he was the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare. From 1998 until 1999, Pawar was the Lok Sabha's Opposition Leader. He was Chief Minister of Maharashtra three times from 1978 to 1980, 1988 until 1991 and from 1993 until 1995. Pawar was the Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI from 2005 to 2008 and as the president of the International Cricket Council from 2010 to 2012. On 17 June 2015, he was re-elected as president of the Mumbai Cricket Association. In 2016, he resigned as the President of Mumbai Cricket Association.
is a 1955 Japanese horror monster movie directed by Motoyoshi Oda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. It was produced and distributed by Toho Company, Ltd., and is the second movie in the "Godzilla" franchise.  The movie was released in theatres in Japan on April 24, 1955. A re-edited, English dubbed version was released theatrically in the United States on June 2, 1959, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The version was named "Gigantis, the Fire Monster". Plot. A mountain of ice whereas sighted by Shoichi piloting the plane and find Kobayashi then rest, attacked by Gigantis and Angurus brawls on top of the mountains, pushed down. the Japanese army alerting around by immobilized by fighter jets, tanks and rocket launcher trucks to destroy Gigantis. Gigantis attacks the city, smashed the lighthouse probably the army using flares to fire the monster. then resumed the fight by Gigantis fights Angurus in the middle of the night, the two monsters dragged by bridge then by flooding the subway, Gigantis slams the Osaka Castle and crashed the place, then bitten and killed Angurus's neck by Gigantis and drags down and burning him then the city on fire. Shoichi plans to bury Gigantis off from an ice, later by Japanese Navy and Army hunted down by using gasoline, jet fighters to blown the mountain and Gigantis burying alive, then Kobayashi hitting the mountain and explodes, then numerous jets to blown the ice caps, Gigantis lies down the ground and frozen, defeated by Shoichi. Release dates.
Alicja Bachleda-Curuś (pron. ; born 12 May 1983) is a Mexican-born Polish actress and singer. She is known for her roles in "Trade", "Ondine" and "Pan Tadeusz". Bachleda-Curuś was born in Tampico, Mexico. Bachleda-Curuś has a son with Irish actor Colin Farrell.
Méricourt-en-Vimeu is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France. Geography. The commune is about west of Amiens.
War for the Planet of the Apes is a 2017 American science fiction action movie directed by Matt Reeves and written by Mark Bomback and Reeves. It is a sequel to "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (2011) and "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (2014). The movie stars Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, and Steve Zahn. A sequel, "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes", was released in May 2024. It was the final "Planet of the Apes" movie released under 20th Century Fox before Disney's acquisition of the studio.
On 4 and 5 June 2021, a massacres happened in the Solhan and Tadaryat villages in Yagha Province of Burkina Faso. The attacks left at least 160 people dead. In the evening of 4 June 2021, 13 civilians and a soldier were killed in an attack in the village of Tadaryat. The attackers also raided the community's motorbikes and cattle. Hours later in the early morning of 5 June 2021, insurgents attacked Solhan village in Yagha, killing at least 138 civilians, including seven children, and wounding 40 others.
General elections were held in Peru with the first round on 11 April 2021 and a run-off on 6 June 2021. The presidential election determined the President and the Vice Presidents. On 11 June, 100% of the votes were processed and counted, with Castillo defeating Fujimori by a near 60,000 vote margin. Background. Eighteen candidates participated in the presidential election, the highest number of candidates since the 2006 Peruvian general election. Pedro Castillo, a member of the left-wing Free Peru party, received the most votes in the first round. He will face Keiko Fujimori, the leader of the right-wing Popular Force, who had narrowly lost the run-offs of the 2011 and the 2016 elections. If Fujimori were to win, she would be Peru's first female president, the second of East Asian descent, after her father, Alberto Fujimori and the continuation of the Conservative wave election victories in South America. Date. Then-President Martín Vizcarra originally supported legislation that would set the terms for a snap election in 2020. If successful, Vizcarra would not have been eligible for re-election. The 2020 proposed Peruvian general election would have been held on 11 April 2020, to elect a new President of the Republic of Peru, along with 130 congressmen of the Congress of Peru. It was eventually decided to be held on 26 January 2020. Opposition lawmakers condemned Vizcarra's proposal, defending the practice of five year terms. This constitutional reform was rejected. San Miguel del Ene attack. On 23 May, just two weeks before the election run-off, 18 people were killed by a militant communist group as protest against the election and Fujimori's candidacy. Candidates. The candidates below are listed based on their performance from the first and second round of the election:
Verónika Fanny Mendoza Frisch (born 9 December 1980) is a Peruvian-French psychologist, educator, and politician. She is the founder and current leader of the New Peru movement. She announced her candidacy for President of Peru at the 2016 general election and came in third place, behind Keiko Fujimori and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Mendoza ran again for the 2021 general election with Together for Peru. She came in sixth place in the election with 7.9% of the popular vote.
The San Miguel del Ene attack was a massacre on 23 May 2021 in which 18 people were killed. The mass shooting happened in San Miguel del Ene, a rural area in the Vizcatán del Ene District of Satipo Province of Peru. It was allegedly done by the Militarized Communist Party of Peru (MPCP) ─ Sendero Luminoso. The attack was a response to the group's protest of the upcoming general election and conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori. On the attack, 16 people were killed. The attack's main objective was to attack the LGBT community. Reactions. Presidential candidates. Due to the 2021 Peru general elections, the candidates reacted of the following way: The right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori said the following text: The left-wing candidate Pedro Castillo gave their condolences for the families of the killed people. His leader, Vladimir Cerrón, accused right-wing of being related with the attack.
The Dendropsophus kubricki is a frog that lives in Peru. Scientists have seen it between 106 and 725 meters above sea level. The adult male frog is about 22.73 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog about 28.39 mm. There is a bright orange spot under each of the four legs. The skin of the frog's back is brown, red-brown, or gray-brown in color with some darker brown marks. The underside is black in color and some frogs have white spots. The iris of the eye is red-brown, brown, or silver-gray in color. This frog lives in the Amazon Basin. People have seen it in rainforests and flooded rainforests. The female frog lays her eggs in bodies of water that dry up for part of the year. Scientists believe this frog is not in danger of dying out because it lives in such a large place. Humans may bother this frog by changing the forests where it lives to raise cows and look for oil. Scientists named this frog after filmmaker Stanley Kubrick.
Rolf Hellem (26 December 1923 – 6 June 2021) was a Norwegian politician. He was a member of the Labour Party. Hellem was born in Sør-Frøya, Norway. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland in 1965. Hellem left office in 1981. Hellem died on 6 June 2021 in Ankenes, Norway at the age of 97.
Dania Ramirez (born November 8, 1979) is a Dominican-American actress. She is known for playing Maya Herrera in "Heroes", Alex in "Entourage", and Blanca during the last season of "The Sopranos" on television.  She played Rosie Falta on Lifetime's "Devious Maids" from June 2013 until its cancellation in 2016.
Kurdistan Region (KRI) is a semi-autonomous federal region of the Republic of Iraq. It comprises four Kurdish-majority governorates of Arab-majority Iraq: Erbil Governorate, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Duhok Governorate, and Halabja Governorate. It is located in northern Iraq, which shares borders with Iran to the east, Turkey to the north, and Syria to the west. It does not govern all of Iraqi Kurdistan and lays claim to the disputed territories of northern Iraq; these territories have a predominantly non-Arab population and were subject to the Ba'athist Arabization campaigns throughout the late 20th century. Though the KRI's autonomy was realized in 1992, one year after Iraq's defeat in the Gulf War, these northern territories remain contested between the Kurdistan Regional Government (in Erbil) and the Government of Iraq (in Baghdad) to the present day. The Kurdistan Region Parliament is based in Erbil, the capital of KRI. Throughout the 20th century, Iraqi Kurds oscillated between fighting for autonomy and for full independence. Under the Ba'athist regime, the Kurds experienced Arabization and genocidal campaigns at the hands of the federal government in Baghdad. However, when the United States, the United Kingdom, and France established the Iraqi no-fly zones, which restricted the federal government's power in the country's northern and southern areas following the Gulf War, the Kurds were given a chance to experiment with self-governance and the autonomous region was established. The Iraqi government only recognized the Kurdistan Region in 2005 (as a 'federal region'), after the American-led 2003 invasion of Iraq overthrew Saddam Hussein. In September 2017, the KRI passed a non-binding independence referendum, inviting mixed reactions internationally. The KRI largely escaped the privations that afflicted other parts of Iraq in the last years of Saddam Hussein's rule as well as the chaos that followed his ousting during the Iraq War (2003–2011), and built a parliamentary democracy with a growing economy. In 2014, when the Syria-based Islamic State began their Northern Iraq offensive and invaded the country, the Iraqi
Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1950) is an Indian actor, educator, environmentalist and director. Many of his works are in Hindi. He was honored with the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan. Shah was born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India. His career began in 1972. He has been in many Bollywood movies such as "Nishant, Aakrosh, Sparsh, Mirch Masala, Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Ata Hai, Trikal, Bhavni Bhavai, Junoon, Mandi, Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!, Ardh Satya, Katha," and "Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro".
Lisa Banes (July 9, 1955 – June 14, 2021) was an American actress. She was known for her roles in "Cocktail" (1988), "Freedom Writers" (2007), "Gone Girl" (2014), and as Hollis in "A Cure for Wellness" (2016).  Banes was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. She studied at the Julliard School in New York City. Banes was openly a lesbian and married to Kathryn Kranhold. On June 4, 2021, Banes was hit by a motorist on a scooter in a hit and run collision in New York City. She was hospitalized under critical condition for a brain injury. She died from her injuries ten days later, aged 65.
Jacques Tati (; born Jacques Tatischeff, ; 9 October 1907 – 5 November 1982) was a French mime, filmmaker and actor. During his career, he only directed nine movies. His career lasted from 1931 until his death. Some of his movies are thought to be the best French comedy movies of all time, with Tati being one of the best French directors.  His directed works were "Gai dimanche" (1935), "School for Postmen" (1947), "Jour de fête" (1949), "Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot" (1953), "Mon Oncle" (1958), "Playtime" (1967), "Trafic" (1971), "Parade" (1974) and "Forza Bastia" (1978). His 1958 movie, "Mon Oncle", won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Tati was born in Le Pecq, France. He was married to Micheline Winter from 1944 until his death in 1982. They had three children. Tati died on 5 November 1982 in Paris from a pulmonary embolism, almost one month after his 75th birthday.
Samantha Jade (born 18 April 1987 in Perth, Western Australia) is a singer-songwriter, actress and former child model. She has written tracks for artists, including JoJo and Ashley Tisdale. Jade later signed with the record label Sony Music Australia. In 2012 she released the single "What You've Done to Me". The single began at #1 on the ARIA Singles Chart. Jade appeared on the fourth season of "The X Factor". She sang "Breakeven" from the Irish rock band The Script. At the first live performance on 17 September 2012, she sang Katy Perry's "Wide Awake".  In 2018, Jade's third studio album, named as "Best of My Love" was released. The album was a cover of late 1970s songs, including "Dancing Queen" from ABBA, "I Will Survive" from Gloria Gaynor and "Hot Stuff" from Donna Summer. Later that same year, Jade released her fourth album of cover songs, "The Magic of Christmas". On the album were Holiday songs, like "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Silver Bells" and "Blue Christmas". In 2022, she was a contestant on "Celebrity Apprentice Australia".
The Floaters were an American R&amp;B group. They formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1976. The group members were Paul Mitchell, Ralph Mitchell, Larry Cunningham and Charles Clark. James Mitchell, the brother of Paul, took part in forming The Floaters. The group's only major hit song was "Float On" in 1977. The song hit #1 on the UK Singles Chart, in New Zealand and the United States' R&amp;B chart. It was #2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Two other songs that followed didn't do as well. "Float On" was covered by other music groups. Those include Full Force and Stetsasonic. It was also sampled for other songs, including the MC ADE song "Romantic Rhyme" in 1987 and "Float On" from the Dream Warriors in 1996. Larry Cunningham (born June 23, 1951) died on January 10, 2019 at age 67. The group broke up in 1982.
Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was an American politician, publisher, businessman, and Maritime pilot. Born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina. He freed himself, his friends, and their families during the American Civil War. He did this by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, CSS "Planter", in Charleston harbor, on May 13, 1862. He then sailed it from Confederate-controlled waters of the harbor to the U.S. blockade that surrounded it. He then piloted the ship to the Union-controlled enclave in Beaufort–Port Royal–Hilton Head area, where it became a Union warship. His example and persuasion helped convince President Abraham Lincoln to allow African-American soldiers into the Union Army. Early life. Robert Smalls was born in 1839 to Lydia Polite, a slave owned by Henry McKee. She gave birth to him in a cabin behind McKee's house, at 511 Prince Street in Beaufort, South Carolina. He grew up in the city under the influence of the Lowcountry Gullah culture of his mother. His mother lived as a servant in the house, but she grew up in the fields. Robert was liked more than other slaves, so his mother worried that he might grow up not understanding the troubles of field slaves. She asked for him to be made to work in the fields and to see whipping.
The Bisho massacre occurred on 7 September 1992 in Bisho. Bisho was in the independent homeland of Ciskei. Ciskei is now part of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. During a protest march, members of the Ciskei Defence Force shot twenty-eight African National Congress supporters and one soldier when they attempted to enter Bisho (now renamed to Bhisho). The ANC supporter wanted that Ciskei was again made part of South Africa. The massacre happened during the final years of apartheid. Background. Bhisho (previously spelled "Bisho") was the capital of the Ciskei. Ciskei was a nominally independent homeland (bantustan) for the Xhosa people in South Africa. The government of Ciskei was formed in 1961 under the Bantu Authorities Act, 1951 after the South African government declared it a separate administrative territory. In 1972, the status was changed to self-governing territory. At the same time, there were stronger efforts to forcibly remove Xhosa-speakers to Ciskei. On 4 December 1982, Ciskei became an independent republic, recognised only by the South African government and other 'independent' homeland states in South Africa. The system of racially segregated homelands had been a core of apartheid, but between 1990 and 1994, negotiations were taking place between the government of South Africa and the African National Congress (ANC) to end the apartheid system. The negotiations would likely lead to multi-racial democratic elections. For this reason, the ANC wanted to organise and mobilise its supporters in the Ciskei, because it lay in the Eastern Cape area. The Eastern Cape area had been a stronghold for ANC supporters. Its military leader Brigadier Oupa Gqozo resisted this and prevented the ANC from organising. In 1991, Gqozo formed the African Democratic Movement to counter the ANC in Ciskei. In December of the same year, he was part of the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (Codesa) negotiations. Codesa was a forum made up of government (National Party) and non-government
The Heidelberg Tavern massacre occurred in Observatory, Cape Town on 30 December 1993. Three people associated with the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) entered the tavern and shot at the crowd. They killed four students and the owner of a restaurant which was close. The owner had gone outside to investigate, because he had heard gunshots. An unexploded bomb (with nails strapped to it) was found in the restaurant, close to the main entrance. Massacre. During the years of apartheid, Observatory was one of the few "de facto" "grey" suburbs where all races lived together. On the evening of 30 December 1993, three men entered a popular student venue on Station Road, called the Heidelberg Tavern and opened fire, killing four people and injuring five. The three APLA operatives - Humphrey Luyanda Gqomfa, Vuyisile Brian Madasi and Zola Prince Mabala - were convicted in November 1994 for what became known as the Heidelberg Massacre. On 16 July 1998, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission granted the three amnesty.
Scrotifera is a group of living things in the class Mammalia. It is a proposed clade, meaning that not all scientists use it when they talk about how living things are related to each other. The orders Carnivora (carnivores), Chiroptera (bats), Perissodactyla (hoofed animals with odd numbers of toes, for example horses and rhinos), Cetartiodactyla (hoofed animals with even numbers of toes), Philodota (pangolins), and Meridiungulata are all in Scrotifera.
Tsutomu Yamazaki (8 May 1947 – 2 June 2021) was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the House of Councillors from 1995 until 2007 and again from 2010 until 2017. Yamazaki was born in Aomori, Japan. Yamazaki died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Aomori on 2 June 2021, aged 74.
is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles in "The Funeral" and "Farewell to the Ark". Yamazaki also played Nenbutsu no Tetsu on the television series "Hissatsu Shiokinin" and "Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin".