The Free Wales Army, or the FWA for short, () was a Welsh paramilitary organisation that wanted independence for Wales from the United Kingdom.
It was formed in 1963 in Lampeter, a small town in Ceredigion, by Julian Cayo-Evans.
They first appeared in public at a protest in 1965 against the construction of the Llyn Celyn reservoir.
The group's members used to march through historic towns, such as Machynlleth, wearing home-made uniforms.
Hasan al-Lawzi
Hasan Ahmad al-Lawzi (1952 – July 13, 2020) was a Yemeni politician and writer. He was the Minister of Information. He published several volumes of poetry and short stories. From June to August 2011, he was the Acting Prime Minister of Yemen.
Al-Lawzi died on July 13, 2020, at the age of 68, after being infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic in Yemen.
Eugene Chelyshev
Eugene Petrovich Chelyshev or E. P. Chelyshev (, 27 October 1921 – 13 July 2020) was a Russian indologist, academician and public figure. He was a full-time member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1987), and he was the Academician-Secretary of the Department of Literature and Language Sciences (1988–2002).
He was awarded two Orders of the Red Star (1944, 1949), Order of the Patriotic War II degree (1985), Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV Degree (1997), III degree (2007), II degree (2020), Order of Honour (2012).
Indology
Indology or Indian studies is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of India and other Asian studies.
There are two types of Indology, "Classical Indology" from "Modern Indology". Classical is about ancient India and Modern is about current-day India and its politics.
Alfie Allen
Alfie Evan Allen (born 11 September 1986) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Theon Greyjoy in the television series "Game of Thrones" (2011–2019).
Comet NEOWISE
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), or Comet NEOWISE, is a retrograde comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 27, 2020, by astronomers using the NEOWISE space telescope.
At that time it was a 10th magnitude comet, located away from the Sun and away from Earth.
The comet is notable for being one of the brightest visible to observers in the northern hemisphere since Comet Hale–Bopp in 1997.
Ren Zhengfei
Ren Zhengfei (; born 25 October 1944) is a Chinese entrepreneur and engineer. He is the founder and CEO of Shenzhen-based Huawei.
As of February 2019, he had a net worth of US$1.3 billion.
Meng Wanzhou
Meng Wanzhou (; born February 13, 1972; also known as Cathy Meng and Sabrina Meng) is a Chinese business executive. She is the deputy chair of the board and chief financial officer (CFO) of telecom giant and China's largest privately held company, Huawei, founded by her father Ren Zhengfei.
In December 2018, she was arrested in Vancouver for fraud charges.
Paul Schrader
Paul Joseph Schrader () (born July 22, 1946) is an American screenwriter, movie director, and critic. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He wrote or co-wrote screenplays for four Martin Scorsese movies: "Taxi Driver" (1976), "Raging Bull" (1980), "The Last Temptation of Christ" (1988), and "Bringing Out the Dead" (1999).
Ysbyty Ystwyth
Ysbyty Ystwyth (pronounced "us-but-ee ust-with") is a small village and community in Ceredigion, an area of Wales. In 2011, it had a small population of just 409. The community also includes the small hamlet of Pont-rhyd-y-groes.
It is located south-southeast of Aberystwyth.
Its name roughly translates into English as "Hospital of Ystwyth". The village's church was the property of the Order of the Knights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, hence the hospital name.
The village has an SY postcode, also known as a Shrewsbury postcode, the county town of Shropshire, England.
Death of Tina Fontaine
Tina Michelle Fontaine was a First Nations girl who went missing in Winnipeg in August 2014 and was found dead several days later. She is one of the many missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.
Tina was Ojibwe and Cree. Her grandfather from her dad's side survived the Canadian Indian residential school system. Because of his experiences, he was a violent alcoholic. Her father, Eugene Fontaine, left the Sagkeeng First Nation and moved to Winnipeg, where he too became addicted to alcohol.
Tina's mother was from Bloodvein First Nation, 250km north of Winnipeg. She was taken out of home at the age of 6 and was put into foster care. When she was 10, she was taken away from her family forever. At that point, she was sexually abused and started to use drugs. Her mother was 12 when she met her father, who was 23. She ran away from foster care in order to be with Tina's dad.
In 1996, Tina's older sibling was born. Tina's mom was 14. This child was taken away forever by family services.
Tina was born on January 1, 1999. Her other sibling was born in 2000.
When Tina was 1, she was taken away from her family by family services. She was taken away again when she was 2 and placed with her father. When Tina was 5, her father placed her and a younger sibling with a great-aunt. She lived much of her life on the Sagkeeng First Nations Reserve in rural Manitoba.
In 2011, Tina's father was beaten to death. Her aunt said that the death of Tina's father affected her. Even though Tina could have received grief counseling, she did not. Tina started to skip school, not do assignments, get into fights, and hurt herself. She was suspended from school and was reported missing three times. Her family kept asking for help from family services.
In June of 2014, Tina went to Winnipeg in order to meet her mother.
A woman named "Katrina" said she was with Fontaine before she disappeared. Here is her version of what happened:
In December of 2015, a man named Raymond Joseph Cormier was charged with Fontaine's murder. On February 22, 2018, he was found not guilty.
Ki Daophet Niuhuang
Ki Daophet Niuhuang () was a singer from Laos, by genre Mor lam. He was born in 1 July 1972. He was two older-brothers are Kosin and Bounkerd.
He started on stage in 1994, with his brothers from founded Mor lam music band Num Kosin, and he started to solo-artist in 1997.
He has many popular song include "Nam Ta Kway", "Jee Hoy", "Nam Ta Luk Phoo Chay", "Fa Oum Fon Kue Khon Oum Nong", "Miea Mak Phay", "Koy Nong Kuen Udom Xai". In 2014, Niuhuang and Pueng Rassamee released a studio album "Sao Mak Nao Bao Na Wang", and in 2018, Niuhuang and Prang Buppha relased single "Bao Vientiane Hak Xao Nongkhai".
He died in 24 April 2020.
Phillip Phillips
Phillip LaDon Phillips Jr. (born September 20, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He won the eleventh season of "American Idol" on May 23, 2012. His coronation song, "Home", became the best-selling song in "American Idol" history. He has released three studio albums.
Phillips was born in Albany, Georgia. He is married to Hannah Blackwell. The couple have a child.
Grant Imahara
Grant Masaru Imahara (October 23, 1970 – July 13, 2020) was an American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host. He was best known for his work on the television series "MythBusters". He starred in the Netflix series "White Rabbit Project". Imahara was born in Los Angeles, California.
Imahara died from a sudden intracranial aneurysm in Los Angeles on July 13, 2020 at age of 49.
William Wolff
William Wolff (13 February 1927 – 8 July 2020) was a German-British journalist and rabbi. He was born in Berlin. He worked as a department head at the Daily Mirror.
Wolff was responsible for domestic policy, but then switched to foreign policy with the special topic of Britain's entry to the European Economic Community. He was responsible for company news for four years. In Germany, he also appeared in the early 1970s on the television program Der Internationale Frühschoppen.