#San Salvador Department

[unteriors]

Ilopango, San Salvador Department, El Salvador.

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Five Years Gone: Neron 'Creeper' Vargas x Reader

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Brothers!Series:

Brothers - Neron's brother threatens his sobriety.

Wide Awake - Neron regrets his decision.

Out of Sight - Neron asks you a favour.

Slow Burn - Neron and you watch it burn.

Neron lets you sleep in; you usually need the rest after you’ve worked the convention circuit. It’s been three days of solid tattooing, of late nights and early mornings and that’s not including the travel to and from San Diego, the packing and unpacking of your equipment.

Currently you’re splayed out across the bed, tangled up in his sheets. You’re wearing his black wifebeater from last night and boy boxers that hug your ass just right. Your tattoos are on display, that beautiful artwork etched into your skin.

As he leans in the bedroom doorway, his coffee mug in his hand he can’t help but think how lucky he is. His world was dark, barren before he met you and now it’s a sea of colour.

There’s a rap on his front door and he frowns because it’s six in the morning and everyone else he knows it getting ready for work or sleeping. The last person he expects to see is his brother Mateo. He hasn’t spoken to the other man since he’d kicked him out for bringing coke into his home. Something he had vehemently denied until Neron had held up the vial.

His face is a bloody mask, he clutches his ribs as he practically falls through Neron’s door, spilling into the hallway. His palm comes to rest on the cream wall leaving a crimson handprint in its wake.

It’s as Neron cleans up Mateo in the kitchen that the story begins to unfold. Mateo’s in deep with his dealer, he owes 10k after his product got jacked last week and Salvadore Ortiz isn’t feeling forgiving. Neron gets the impression that this isn’t the first time that Mateo’s disappointed the drug lord. If he doesn’t pay up though it’ll be his last.

“I can’t help you.” He tells his brother as he applies the butterfly stitches to the cuts above his brow.

He isn’t lying, the last time he’d fallen off the wagon he’d blew through every single dollar of his savings. He’s just finished paying off Taza and Riz for his last two stints in rehab.

“I can.”

His heart fucking sinks when he lifts his head and sees you standing in the doorway. He doesn’t want you involved in this side of his life, cleaning up Mateo’s messes, having your sobriety challenged.

It comes with conditions; you tell Mateo as you pull on one of Neron’s hoodies and tie your hair back so you can retrieve the money from the safe at the tattoo shop. As soon as he’s paid his dealer, he checks himself into rehab. You’ll set it up but he has to meet you back here later in the day, you’ll walk him in yourself.

In that moment Neron doesn’t think he could love you more, because your compassion, it isn’t just reserved for him, it extends to his fucked-up family as well. As he watches his brother depart with the money, Neron thinks he might just do it this time. That Mateo will finally get himself clear of all the shit he’s involved in, and they can be brothers again.

He hopes for it as the two of you sit in his living room that night, watching the clock and waiting for Mateo to show. By the time midnight comes around Neron knows it’s over, that his brother has taken your money and used it to go on a bender.

“I’m sorry.” He tells you, rubbing his hands over his exhausted features. “He took you money, your trust…”

“We both know how hard it is,” You remind him as you sit down alongside of him. “You have to want to get clean and Mateo, he just doesn’t.”

The worst part is he knows that you did this for him, to give him back some connection to the family that he’s lost through addiction. His parents, his brother, himself, every single one of them has been tainted with it. The guilt cripples him. It eats away at his soul as he lies beside you that night, because you’re so wonderful and pure and he’s poison. He’s the toxin that’s bleeding into your life and you don’t even realise it.

It's the next day that he gets a visit from the police and the news, it devastates him. They found Mateo’s body in a motel outside of Santo Padre, a needle still in his arm. An O.D they tell him.

When he identifies his brother, he feels that numbness creeping in because Neron realises for the first time in his life he’s completely alone. His family is gone, eradicated by the illness that’s plagued them for generations.

The next night he finds himself sitting in a bar near the motel where Mateo died. He orders a vodka, watching as the clear liquid swirls around the glass before he throws his head back and drains it completely.

Five years of sobriety…

Gone, just like that.

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Regional Flag Wars: Round 1

Welcome to the Regional Flag Wars! It will focus on the flags of regions/administrative divisions, with one flag being allowed per country. This tournament has been a long time coming, as I’ve been holding many preliminary rounds to decide the best regional flags of various countries over the past year, including the tournaments the Japanese Prefecture Flag Wars and the Russian Federal Subject Flag Wars. This tournament is one of my largest, with 82 flags and six rounds. The first round will begin this week. I hope everyone is excited to vote for the greatest regional flag in the world!

Round 1:

1. Baja Verapaz Department, Guatemala vs. Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina

2. Yucatán, Mexico vs. Alexandria Governate, Egypt

3. Nakuru County, Kenya vs. Panevėžys County, Lithuania vs. San José Department, Uruguay

4. South Ostrobothnia, Finland vs. Hirshabelle, Somalia

5. Northern Territory, Australia vs. Vysočina Region, Czechia vs. Bali, Indonesia

6. Azores, Portugal vs. Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia vs. Lower Austria, Austria

7. Brod-Posavina County, Croatia vs. Olancho Department, Honduras vs. Chuvashia, Russia

8. Brest Region, Belarus vs. Sicily, Italy vs. Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan

9. Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria vs. Amambay Department, Paraguay

10. Sarawak, Malaysia vs. Bukidnon, Philippines vs. Bratislava Region, Slovakia

11. Kosrae State, Micronesia vs. South Darfur, Sudan vs. Saare County, Estonia

12. Mpumalanga, South Africa vs. Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand

13. Gagauzia, Moldova vs. Chontales Department, Nicaragua

14. Adjara, Georgia vs. Grande Comore, Comoros vs. Wallonia, Belgium

15. Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates vs. Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina vs. Magallanes Region, Chile

16. Töv Province, Mongolia vs. Balochistan, Pakistan vs. Tocantins, Brazil

17. Amhara Region, Ethiopia vs. Covasna County, Romania vs. Canton of Bern, Switzerland

18. New Brunswick, Canada vs. Angaur, Palau

19. San Jose Province, Costa Rica vs. Macedonia, Greece vs. Occitania, France

20. Saga Prefecture, Japan vs. Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands

21. Greenland, Denmark vs. La Libertad Department, El Salvador

22. Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine vs. Central Equatoria, South Sudan

23. Valencia, Spain vs. Coclé Province, Panama

24. Mon State, Myanmar vs. Malampa Province, Vanuatu

25. Lublin Voivodeship, Poland vs. Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, Ecuador

26. Uva Province, Sri Lanka vs. Zulia, Venezuela vs. Agder, Norway

27. Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan vs. Friesland, Netherlands vs. Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

28. Leicestershire, United Kingdom vs. Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands

29. Bavaria, Germany vs. Kukës County, Albania vs. Kalmar County, Sweden

30. Department of Cuzco, Peru vs. Vojvodina, Serbia vs. Heves County, Hungary

31. Alaska, United States vs. Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon vs. Grand Gedeh County, Liberia

32. Otago, New Zealand vs. Boyacá Department, Colombia vs. Connacht, Ireland

[buddyhollyscurls]

i love ancient languages

looking at a wiki page for El Salvador's San Vicente department bc there's a volcano there called Chinchontepec

the wikipage says "Its almost perfect cone, as sugar pile, finishes off in two hill tops" which is why it has that name because in nahuatl it means "hill of two tits"

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 7.20 (after 1940)

1940 – Denmark leaves the League of Nations. 1940 – California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway. 1941 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrentiy Beria its chief. 1944 – World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. 1950 – Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs. 1950 – After a month-long campaign, the majority of North Korea's Air Force was destroyed by anti-communist forces. 1951 – King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem. 1954 – Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany. 1960 – Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government. 1960 – The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington, for the first time. 1961 – French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte. 1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children). 1968 – The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities. 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11's crew successfully makes the first human landing on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility. Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon six and a half hours later. 1969 – A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War". 1974 – Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios. 1976 – The American Viking 1 lander successfully lands on Mars. 1977 – The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments. 1977 – The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages. 1981 – Somali Airlines Flight 40 crashes in the Balad District of Somalia, killing 40 people. 1982 – Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses. 1985 – The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles. 1989 – Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest. 1992 – Václav Havel resigns as president of Czechoslovakia. 1992 – A Tupolev Tu-154 crashes during takeoff from Tbilisi International Airport, killing all 24 aboard and four more people on the ground. 1999 – The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide. 2005 – The Civil Marriage Act legalizes same-sex marriage in Canada. 2012 – James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others. 2012 – Syrian civil war: The People's Protection Units (YPG) capture the cities of Amuda and Efrîn without resistance. 2013 – Seventeen government soldiers are killed in an attack by FARC revolutionaries in the Colombian department of Arauca. 2013 – Syrian civil war: The Battle of Ras al-Ayn ends with the expulsion of Islamist forces from the city by the People's Protection Units (YPG). 2015 – The United States and Cuba resume full diplomatic relations after five decades. 2017 – O. J. Simpson is granted parole to be released from prison after serving nine years of a 33-year sentence after being convicted of armed robbery in Las Vegas.

[beardedmrbean]

Texas special agents discovered about 50 illegal immigrants hidden in a junkyard conex container and apprehended five suspected human smugglers accused of orchestrating the tractor trailer operation.  

At approximately 8:00 p.m. Monday, special agents from the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Investigations Division (CID) located a truck tractor semi-trailer suspected of concealing several illegal immigrants at a junkyard on State Highway 359 in Webb County. 

As CID special agents approached the trailer, several illegal immigrants absconded, and five adult males were apprehended, according to spokesman Christopher Olivarez. A search of the property resulted in the discovery of approximately 50 additional illegal immigrants hidden inside a conex container. 

Upon further investigation, the semi-trailer was reported stolen out of the Laredo Police Department. CID special agents are further investigating this case. The illegal immigrants, 35 males, 10 females, and eight juveniles from Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador were referred to the U.S. Border Patrol. 

TEXAS TRACTOR TRAILER DRIVER SMILES FOR BORDER PATROL CHECKPOINT CAMERAS HOURS BEFORE MIGRANTS FOUND DEAD 

CID special agents are criminal investigators with Texas DPS, separate from Border Patrol.

In what was considered the deadliest human trafficking incident in modern history, 53 migrants died after being abandoned in tractor trailer outside of San Antonio in late June’s scorching temperatures. 

Security cameras captured one of the accused human smugglers in that incident smiling behind the wheel of the big rig at a Border Patrol checkpoint as he entered the U.S. from Mexico hours before the gruesome discovery. 

Despite federal indictments in that case, the disturbing human smuggling practice has continued. 

Last month, Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies located 84 migrants as they unloaded from a tractor trailer just 12 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border in south Texas. 

Authorities pointed to a TikTok video that sought "someone who can drive an 18-wheeler right now" from McAllen, Texas to Houston for $70,000. At the time, Olivarez told Fox News Digital that law enforcement has seen an uptick in recruitment videos on social media sites since last year.

[gurutrends]

US lowers security alert for its citizens in El Salvador

The United States has lowered its security alert for its citizens traveling to El Salvador after noting a ” significant reduction ” in gang violence, the US embassy announced on Friday. “I am pleased to see that the State Department’s travel alert for El Salvador has been raised from Level 3 to Level 2 due to the reduction in crime rates in the country ,” US Ambassador to San Salvador William…

[brookston]

Holidays 6.22

Holidays

Anti-Fascist Resistance Day (Croatia)

American Radio Relay League Field Day

Auto Race Day

Balloon Duel Day

B Kinder Day

Captain America Conversion Day

Corrective Move Day (Yemen)

Day of Mourning and Commemoration of War Victims (Ukraine)

Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)

Day of the Farmer (Día del Campesino; Colombia)

Department of Justice Day (US)

Discovery Day (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)

Father’s Day (Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey)

Festival of Manifest Destiny

Festival of 1 Lithe (in The Hobbit)

Fixture Release Day (UK)

Flag Day (Finland)

Flaming of the Rose (Armenia)

Hal Day (Angry Birds)

Heroes’ Commemoration Day (Latvia)

Invisible Kegs Day (Scotland)

International Being You Day

International Day of Radiant Peace

International Fangirl Day

International Ragweed Day

Jimi Hendrix Day (Seattle, Washington)

Listen To A Child Day

Midsummer’s Day (Finland, Sweden)

Morat Commemoration Day (a.k.a. Solennität; Switzerland)

National HVAC Tech Day

National Counsellors’ Day (UK)

National Guild Day (Iran)

National Kissing Day

National Kitchen Porter Day (UK)

National Prevent Pet Choking Day

National Thanksgiving Day (Haiti)

No Panty Day

Organic Act Day (Virgin Islands) [original date]

Oscar Peterson Day (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)

Positive Media Day

Rare Chromo Day

Remembrance Day of Victims of the Great Patriotic War (Belarus)

Soap Microphone Day

Solmanudor (Iceland)

Speedwell Day (French Republic)

Stupid Guy Thing Day

Summersgiving

Summerween (Gravity Falls)

Teacher’s Day (El Salvador)

Windrush Day (UK)

World Bathing Day

World Camel Day

World Osteopathy Day

World Rainforest Day

World’s Largest Swim Lesson Day

Worldwide VW Beetle Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Chocolate Eclair Day

Dairy Queen Day

Hard Core Pub Crawl Day

National Limoncello Day

National Onion Rings Day

National Radler Day

Independence & Related Days

Arkansas (Readmitted to Union; 1868)

Dayane (Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]

Salanda (Declared; 2018) [unrecognized]

4th Saturday in June

ARRL Field Day [4th Saturday]

Get Into Your Sanctuary Day [4th Saturday]

Global Smurfs Day [Saturday closest to 6.25]

Great American Backyard Campout [4th Saturday]

International Ragweed Day [1st Saturday of Summer]

National Aerobatics Day [4th Saturday]

National Pride Prom Day [4th Saturday]

Weekly Holidays beginning June 22 (3rd Full Week)

ARRL (American Radio Relay League) Field Day (thru 6.23) [4th Full Weekend)

Festivals Beginning June 22, 2024

Atascadero Lakeside Wine Festival (Atascadero, California)

BBQ and Brew (Rutland, Vermont) [thru 6.23]

Blue Ribbon Cheese Tasting & Sale (Mukuwonago, Wisconsin) [thru 6.23]

Blues, Wine & BBQ (Mullica Hill, New Jersey) [thru 6.23]

Burlington Wine & Food Festival (Burlington, Vermont)

California Watermelon Festival (Lake View Terrace, California) [thru 6.23]

Cedarburg Strawberry Festival (Cedarburg, Wisconsin) [thru 6.23]

Flagstaff Beer Festival (Flagstaff, Arizona)

Food Truck Festival (Hopkins, Minnesota)

Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle (Washington D.C.) [thru 6.23]

Great Tastes of Pennsylvania Wine & Food Festival -(Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania) [thru 6.23]

Haines Community Fishermens Free Salmon Barbecue (Dalton City, Alaska)

Indian Market and Festival (Indianapolis, Indiana) [thru 6.23]

The Jersey Eats: NJ Pizza Festival (Monmouth Park, Oceanport, New Jersey)

Keystone Bacon & Bourbon Festival (Keystone, Colorado) [thru 6.23]

Lansdale Beer Tasting Festival (Lansdale, Pennsylvania)

Lazy River Beer & Wine Fest (Marquette, Iowa)

Los Angeles Culture Festival and Hollywood Carnival Parade (Los Angeles, California)

Maine Whoopie Pie Festival (Dover-Foxcroft, Maine)

New York Craft Brewers Festival (Buffalo, New York)

OB Street Fair & Chili Cook-Off (San Diego, California)

Pinconning CheeseTown Festival & Races (Pinconning, Michigan)

Reds Whites & Brews in the Boat (Steamboat Springs, Colorado)

Savor the Summit (Park City, Utah)

Supanova Pop Culture Expo (Sydney, Australia) [thru 6.23]

Taste of Highlands (Highlands, New Jersey)

Taste of Sonoma (Sonoma, California)

Terrace Lakes Resort Wine & Art Festival (Garden Valley, Idaho)

Watermelon Days Festival (Cordele, Georgia)

Whitesbog Blueberry Summer Fest (Browns Mills, New Jersey) thru 6.23]

Feast Days

Aaron of Aleth (Christian; Saint)

Alban (Anglican; Martyr)

Bouphoria (Ox Sacrifice symbolizing dissolving/restoring social order; Ancient Greece)

Eberhard of Salzburg (Christian; Saint)

Ed Paschke (Artology)

Elfin Music Festival (Shamanism)

Erich Maria Remarque (Writerism)

Eusebius of Samosata (Eastern Orthodox Church)

H. Rider Haggard (Writerism)

Humphrey Ocean (Artology)

Innocent V, Pope (Christian; Blessed)

John Fisher (Catholic Church)

Kali Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Marinara Sauce Day (Pastafarian)

Nicetas of Remesiana (Christian; Saint)

Octavia E. Butler (Writerism)

Oskar Fischinger (Artology)

Paulinus of Nola (Christian; Saint)

Skirophoria (Fertility Festival Ancient Greece; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Thomas More (Catholic Church)

Villers (Positivist; Saint)

Whiner Tutter (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Fortunate Day (Pagan) [24 of 53]

Prime Number Day: 173 [40 of 72]

Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]

Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [32 of 60]

Premieres

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Film; 2012)

Ace in the Hole (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1942)

American Gothic (TV Series; 2016)

Animal Liberation, by Peter Singer (Philosophy Book; 1975)

Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (WB Animated Film; 2021)

Battle Royal (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1936)

Blue, by Joni Mitchell (Album; 1971)

Boston Quackie (WB LT Cartoon; 1957)

Brave (Animated Disney Film; 2012)

Buddy’s Bug Hunt (WB LT Cartoon; 1935)

The Busy Beavers (Disney Cartoon; 1931)

Calypso Cat (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1962)

Classical Gas, by Mason Williams (Song; 1968)

Dippermouth Blues, recorded by King Oliver, with Louis Armstrong (Song; 1923)

Evan Almighty (Film; 2007)

Exile In Guyville, by Liz Phair (Album; 1993)

The Fast and the Furious (Film; 2001) [F&F #1]

Fingertips, by Little Stevie Wonder (Song; 1963)

Franks Wild Years, by Tom Waits (Stage Play; 1986)

Good For You, by Selena Gomez (Song; 2015)

The Guns of Navarone (Film; 1961)

Herbie: Fully Loaded (Film; 2005)

The Howdy Doody Show (TV Series; 1947)

I, The King, by Frances Parkinson Keyes (Historical Novel; 1966)

I Walk the Line, by Johnny Cash (Album; 1964)

John Wesley Harding, by Bob Dylan (Album; 1967)

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (Film; 2018)

The Karate Kid (Film; 1984)

Lady and the Tramp (Animated Disney Film; 1955)

Life on Mars, by David Bowie (Song; 1973)

The Lone Ranger (Film; 2013)

A Midsummer’s Night Dream (Film; 2015)

The Milky Way (MGM Cartoon; 1940)

The Muppet Movie (US Film; 1979)

New York, New York (Film; 1977)

The Night in Lisbon, by Erich Maria Remarque (Novel; 1962)

On the Waterfront (Film; 1954)

Portsmouth Point, by William Walton (Overture; 1924)

Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book (Religious Text; 1559)

The Queen of Hearts (ComiColor Cartoon; 1934)

The Rescuers (Animated Disney Film; 1977)

Rhinestone (Film; 1984)

Rust Never Sleeps, by Neil Young (Live Album; 1979)

Scooby-Doo! And the Loch Ness Monster (WB Animated Film; 2004)

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (Film; 2012)

Show Boat (Broadway Musical; 1927)

Significant Other, by Limp Bizkit (Album; 1999)

Simply Irresistible, by Robert Palmer (Song; 1988)

Skull Island (Animated TV Series; 2023)

Songs of Leonard Cohen, by Leonard Cohen (Album; 1967)

Top Secret! (Film; 1984)

Traffic (UK TV Mini-Series; 1989)

What’s New Pussycat (Film; 1965)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Animated Film; 1988)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Film; 1966)

Wild in the Country (Film; 1961)

Wild Strawberries (Film; 1959)

Wipe Out, by the Sufaris (Song; 1963)

Ye Olde Swap Shoppe (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1940)

Today’s Name Days

Paulinus, Thomas (Austria)

Goryan, Goryana (Bulgaria)

Ivan, Paulin, Toma (Croatia)

Pavla (Czech Republic)

Liina, Liine, Paula, Pauliine (Estonia)

Liina, Paula, Pauliina (Finland)

Alban (France)

Eberhard, Rotraud, Thomas (Germany)

Efsevios, Zinas (Greece)

Paulina (Hungary)

Flavio, Paolino (Italy)

Laimdots, Ludmila, Paija (Latvia)

Inocentas, Kaributas, Laima (Lithuania)

Håkon, Maud (Norway)

Achacjusz, Achacy, Agenor, Alban, Broniwoj, Flawiusz, Innocenta, Innocenty, Kirył, Paulina (Poland)

Eusebie, Grigorie (România)

Maria (Russia)

Paulína (Slovakia)

Albano, Paulino, Tomás (Spain)

Paula, Paulina (Sweden)

Alban, Albin, Albion, Nereida, Nerida, Nerissa (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 174 of 2024; 192 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 6 of week 25 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 14 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Geng-Wu), Day 17 (Ding-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 16 Sivan 5784

Islamic: 15 Dhu al-Hijjah 1445

J Cal: 24 Blue; Threesday [24 of 30]

Julian: 9 June 2024

Moon: 99%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 5 Charlemagne (7th Month) [Villers]

Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 3 of 94)

Week: 3rd Full Week of June)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 2 of 31)

[newstfionline]

Monday, June 3, 2024

Most US students are recovering from pandemic-era setbacks, but millions are making up little ground (AP) America’s schools have started to make progress toward getting students back on track after pandemic closures. But improvement has been slow and uneven across geography and economic status, with millions of students—often those from marginalized groups—making up little or no ground. Nationally, students made up one-third of their pandemic losses in math during the past school year and one-quarter of the losses in reading, according to the Education Recovery Scorecard, an analysis of state and national test scores by researchers at Harvard and Stanford. But in nine states, including Virginia, reading scores continued to fall during the 2022-23 school year after previous decreases during the pandemic. Clouding the recovery is a looming financial crisis. States have used some money from the historic $190 billion in federal pandemic relief to help students catch up, but that money runs out later this year.

2,000 Sea Lions Make San Francisco Dock Their Home (NYT) The number of visitors to San Francisco has not rebounded to its prepandemic level—not among humans, anyway. Sea lions, on the other hand, are swimming to the city in higher numbers than ever recorded. This week, sea lion counters—yes, they exist—tallied 2,000 of the whiskered, blubbery creatures in the water alongside Pier 39 on the city’s northern edge. That’s 600 more than the previous record of 1,400 set in the early 1990s, according to Sheila Chandor, who has been the harbor master at Pier 39 since 1985. The marine mammals were initially drawn to a large school of anchovies just outside the Golden Gate Bridge, though it is not clear what has kept them around. Adam Ratner, a sea lion expert at the Marine Mammal Center across the Golden Gate Bridge in Sausalito, described the surge as “truly remarkable.”

Claudia Sheinbaum set to become president of Mexico (AP) Former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum holds an irreversible lead in the 2024 Mexico election that would make her the country’s first female president, according to an official quick count. The National Electoral Institute’s president said Sheinbaum had between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to a statistical sample. Opposition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez had between 26.6% and 28.6% of the vote. Mexico City’s central plaza, the Zocalo, erupted in applause and cheers early Monday morning as Sheinbaum spoke and pumped her fist before the crowd. “We women have landed in the presidency,” she said amid a roar from supporters. “We are going to govern for everyone.” Mexico now joins a list of 11 Latin American nations that are or have been governed by women: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. The country, with 129.5 million inhabitants and the second largest economy in Latin America, is known for its “machismo” and violence against women. But Sunday Sheinbaum broke through that longstanding ceiling in an election where the ruling party won by a wide margin.

US dampens criticism of El Salvador’s president as migration overtakes democracy concerns (AP) In 2021, the Biden administration turned down a meeting request with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, on a trip to Washington, snubbing the self-proclaimed “world’s coolest dictator” for fear a photo op would embolden his attempts to expand his power base. A little more than three years later, it’s the United States that’s courting Bukele. A high-level delegation led by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and senior White House and State Department officials, attended Bukele’s inauguration in San Salvador on Saturday to a second term. The visit—unthinkable until recently—caps a quiet, 180-degree shift in Washington’s policy toward the small Central American nation of 6 million that reflects how the Biden administration’s criticisms of Bukele’s strong-armed governing style have been overtaken by more urgent concerns tied to immigration—a key issue in this year’s U.S. presidential election. The 42-year-old Bukele, who was reelected with 85% of the vote, has been wildly popular at home for his frontal attack on powerful gangs, which has converted what was once the world’s murder capital into one of Latin America’s safest countries. The improvement in public security is credited with a more than 60% drop in migration from the Central American country to the U.S. since Bukele took office in 2019.

Basic training in Ukraine is barely covering the basics, commanders say (Washington Post) As Ukraine prepares to mobilize tens of thousands of men to address a critical shortage of soldiers amid intensified Russian attacks, Ukrainian commanders in the field say they are bracing for most of the new troops to arrive with poor training. Ukrainian commanders have long griped about lackluster preparation for recruits at training centers. But with Russia on the offensive, the persistent complaints are a reminder that a newly adopted mobilization law intended to widen the pool of draft-eligible men is just one step in solving the military’s personnel problems. Ukrainian field commanders said that because training is so deficient, they must often devote weeks to teaching new recruits basic skills, such as how to shoot. With Kyiv’s forces critically understaffed and losing ground, the failure to provide adequate basic training for soldiers underscores the dire situation Kyiv is facing more than two years after Moscow’s invasion.

Russian Missiles Hit Ukraine’s Energy System, Again (NYT) Russian forces struck several of Ukraine’s energy facilities with drones and missiles early Saturday, in a major air assault that targeted cities across the country, including some near the borders with NATO members. The Ukrainian Air Force said that Russia had fired 53 missiles at its territory, that it had shot down two-thirds, and that some had been heading toward the western Zakarpattia and Lviv regions, which border Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, countries that are part of NATO. The Polish Army said its fighter jets and those of other allies had been scrambled to protect their borders in case a Russian weapon crossed them, as has happened in the past. The strike on Saturday was Russia’s sixth attack on energy facilities in Ukraine since March, part of a wider campaign seemingly aimed at cutting off power to swaths of the country and making life miserable for civilians.

A Chinese spacecraft lands on moon’s far side to collect rocks in growing space rivalry with US (AP) A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. The mission is the sixth in the Chang’e moon exploration program, which is named after a Chinese moon goddess. It is the second designed to bring back samples, following the Chang’e 5, which did so from the near side in 2020. The moon program is part of a growing rivalry with the U.S.—still the leader in space exploration—and others, including Japan and India. China has put its own space station in orbit and regularly sends crews there.

North Korea sends hundreds more trash-carrying balloons to South Korea (AP) North Korea launched hundreds more trash-carrying balloons toward the South after a similar campaign a few days earlier, according to South Korea’s military, in what Pyongyang calls retaliation for activists flying anti-North Korean leaflets across the border. Between Saturday night and Sunday morning, about 600 balloons flown from North Korea have been found in various parts of South Korea. The balloons carried cigarette butts, scraps of cloth, waste paper and vinyl, but no dangerous substances were included, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday. In a statement on Wednesday, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, confirmed that the North sent the balloons to make good on her country’s recent threat to “scatter mounds of wastepaper and filth” in South Korea in response to leafleting campaigns by South Korean activists.

After Biden’s Push for Truce, Netanyahu Calls Israel’s War Plans Unchanged (NYT) A day after President Biden called on Israel and Hamas to reach a truce, declaring that it was “time for this war to end,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday reiterated that Israel would not agree to a permanent cease-fire in Gaza as long as Hamas still retains governing and military power. In his statement, Mr. Netanyahu did not explicitly endorse or reject a proposed cease-fire plan that Mr. Biden had laid out in an unusually detailed address on Friday. Two Israeli officials confirmed that Mr. Biden’s proposal matched an Israeli cease-fire proposal that had been greenlit by Israel’s war cabinet. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations. But the timing of Mr. Netanyahu’s remarks, coming first thing the next morning, seemed to put the brakes on Mr. Biden’s hopes for a speedy resolution to the war, which has claimed the lives of more than 36,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. “Israel’s conditions for ending the war have not changed: the destruction of Hamas’s military and governing capabilities, the freeing of all hostages and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel,” Mr. Netanyahu’s office said in the statement released on Saturday morning.

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The Only Country Named After Jesus – Can You Guess Which?

There are 195 countries today: 193 member states of the United Nations and 2 observer states, the Holy See & Palestine.

Of that 195, only one country is named after Jesus Christ – can you guess which?

El Salvador.

The story of El Salvador begins with Spanish Conquistador Pedro de Alvarado. On the 6th of June in 1524, he and some 5,500 soldiers crossed the Paz River into what is today the Ahuachapán Department to find it abandoned.

He declared the new territory for New Spain as such: Provincia De Nuestro Señor Jesus Cristo, El Salvador Del Mundo meaning Province of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the World. The name was subsequently shortened to what we see today.

El Salvador also holds another first: they have the only nation capital named after Jesus also!

Alvarado also founded the the Villa de San Salvado shortly before May of 1525, becoming today the country’s capital city of San Salvador meaning Holy Savior. His nephew also happened to found the country’s 3rd most populous city, San Miguel meaning Saint Michael.

The rich Catholic history of El Salvador is evident today: a majority of the country today are practicing Roman Catholics.

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[ad_1] TOOn the shut of 3Q23 of the 12 months that's about to finish, the inflow and gross sales of buying facilities, shops devoted to retail and fibers specialised within the sector, affirm that for this sector the results of the Covid-19 pandemic are far-off. A report on attendance at buying facilities and shops within the July-September interval states that mentioned indicator grew 9.9% in comparison with the identical quarter in 2022. It highlighted that Area 3, which incorporates Mexico Metropolis and the State of Mexico, elevated by 12% visited them within the comparability interval. Whereas in Area 4, which considers Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Morelos, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Tlaxcala, Veracruz and Zacatecas, the indicator confirmed a mean growth of 11% in buying facilities and shops devoted to retail. It must be famous that seashore and border institutions rose 9 and 4%, respectively. In 3Q23, buying facilities with and with out cinemas behaved very equally, with a 9% progress in visits. Shops at road degree elevated 7%. It stands out that the Clothes and Sports activities Footwear class confirmed will increase of 12% and 13%, respectively, in accordance with information from the consulting agency Pogen. The above figures are according to the outcomes from July to September launched by Fibra Danhos, which reported that the registered inflow to whole properties in its portfolio reached 32.6 million individuals, an addition of 34.4% in comparison with the identical interval in 2022. and above pre-pandemic ranges. “The Occupancy Charge registered a degree of 86.2%, sustaining the rising pattern that we've got been observing in earlier quarters,” talked about Salvador Daniel Kabbaz Zaga, common director of Fibra Danhos, within the report comparable to the third quarter of the 12 months despatched to the Inventory Change. Mexican Securities Firm (BMV). And though the customer numbers already point out a restoration in comparison with the pre-pandemic degree, it may be mentioned that the 2023 gross sales information replicate a slightly variable improve, even contemplating particular seasons akin to Sizzling Sale or Again To Faculty. Ups and downs of retail Getin analysts keep that the excessive inflation that Mexico skilled within the final two years induced the worth of merchandise to change into costlier, together with these of primary necessity, so "retailers should take in the rise in these prices and improve costs." costs for patrons.” This value adjustment has induced individuals's consumption habits to vary: they spend extra time searching for gives that go well with them, they like e-commerce when it comes to practicality, velocity and ease, along with having a predilection on value and never for high quality and, additionally, a customized buy. All retailers face this panorama, which is why restoration has not been straightforward for giant self-service and department shops. Particularly, Walmart de México and Central America's whole income expanded 7.3% in 3Q23 in comparison with the earlier quarter (2Q23), reaching 213,065 million pesos (mp). It must be famous that in 2Q23, Mom's Day, Father's Day and the Sizzling Sale marketing campaign drove the corporate's optimistic outcomes. “As well as, we surpassed the Mexican marketplace for self-service and golf equipment measured by ANTAD by 150 foundation factors (bps), which represents the best differential in eight quarters,” Walmart highlighted in its report. Within the case of Chedraui, it recorded 0.7% much less web gross sales in 3Q23 (in comparison with 2Q23) as a result of influence of the appreciation of the peso in opposition to the greenback on the figures of the shops it has in america, for which it bought 64 thousand 294 million pesos in opposition to the 64 thousand 758 million pesos in 3Q22. In Mexico alone, same-store gross sales grew 9.5%, to achieve 29,768 million pesos, 17.3% greater than in 3Q22.

These will increase have been as a result of evolution of personal consumption and the opening of shops. For Intercam Banco, though the outlook appears to be like complicated, with inflation that may stay excessive, nonetheless robust consumption is predicted, extra so within the first half of 2024, so the stable progress in Mexico will likely be maintained within the brief time period, linked to better social assist, elections and remittances, added Grupo Financiero Bx+. One other self-service case that we should point out is that of Soriana, which since 2Q23 the consensus of analysts maintained that it continued to report weak ends in the sector, although in 3Q23 it obtained revenues of 42,930 million pesos, 3.1% greater than in 2Q23. And in 2Q23, the opening of shops additionally benefited gross sales. The excessive inflation that Mexico skilled within the final two years induced the worth of merchandise to change into costlier. Bx+ highlighted that the efficiency of the third quarter is weak regardless of every part and that it carried out the gross sales of the strongest promotional marketing campaign within the 12 months: Julio Regalado. On this sense, Soriana nonetheless doesn't stand out among the many competitors, which is why there's a lack of market that may restrict ends in the brief time period. La Comer achieved gross sales of 9,612 million pesos, a rise of 15.0% in comparison with the identical interval in 2022, however a deduction in comparison with 2Q23, when it recorded gross sales of 9,741 million pesos. These metrics replicate that, regardless of the setting, it continues to replicate optimistic growth in gross sales, in all its codecs and in all areas. The meals class stands out, which continues to rise considerably. For that reason, specialists say that it has a 'Optimistic Perspective' and that will probably be capable of maintain the outcomes noticed as a consequence of the market acquire it has achieved, better visitors and gross sales efficiency. Shops, resisting Shops within the nation are the right instance that resilience is the one choice and the most suitable choice that exists is retail gross sales. Ten months of this 12 months have proven that they've resisted the decrease dynamism in gross sales, however on the similar time they predict that 2024 will likely be higher than in 2022, 2021, 2020 and to not point out 2019. In response to the Nationwide Affiliation of Self-Service and Division Shops (ANTAD), gross sales to similar shops, that's, to properties with greater than a 12 months of operation, closed September with a rise of 4.8% in comparison with the same month of 2022, which for a number of analysts is an indication that transactions stay steady. Making a similarity between the ninth month of the present 12 months (which was recorded with a smaller improve than in earlier August and July) with final January, gross sales to related shops of these related to the ANTAD confirmed a notable drop, as a consequence of the truth that in January 2023 the event was 10.3%, in items with a couple of 12 months of operation. In September, whole gross sales in shops open within the final 12 months grew 7.8%. Within the reference interval, Vicente Yáñez left the presidency of ANTAD, after 20 years, a time throughout which he targeted on strengthening formal commerce and confronted the disaster of retailer closures as a result of well being disaster. Already in the midst of the 12 months –June–, the nation's self-service and department shops registered a 9.3% improve in gross sales to similar shops, and 12.4% to whole shops, each indicators in comparison with June 2022. As will be seen, the figures They replicate a variable improve, as a result of in Might the rise was 1.3% and in April 6.2 p.c. Thus, we've got that Liverpool reported revenues of +9.6% in 3Q23 as a consequence of a very good efficiency in same-st

ore gross sales of the Liverpool and Suburbia codecs; though industrial gross sales maintained their slowing pattern (+7.7% y/y vs. +9.8% in 2Q23, whereas in 1Q23 it was +15.4 p.c). For its half, income from the Leasing enterprise elevated by +15.8% in 3Q23, and occupancy ranges in comparable buying facilities on the finish of the quarter have been noticed at 91.8%, +210 bps above 3Q22. By persevering with with logistics and distribution efficiencies in warehouses, the corporate will drive outcomes ahead. 3Q23 was optimistic for firms within the sector, with a rise in income and good efficiency in gross sales. Resilient Sector The analyst consensus categorised 3Q23 as optimistic for firms within the sector, with a rise in income; They evaluated that the higher gross sales efficiency and the displacement of merchandise with the next margin allowed them to offset the impact of upper labor bills. On this approach, revenue would profit from a good financial setting that retains household spending in optimistic territory, highlighting a development in GDP, job creation, a rise in wages, a slowdown in inflation and better assist. social, reads a BX+ evaluation. “These elements would offset the adverse influence on household revenue from remittances as a result of 15.7% depreciation of the greenback in opposition to the peso within the quarter,” and contemplating that the tip of 2023 is simply across the nook, it is vitally probably that the expansion in gross sales and footfall in retail institutions is steady. The above, supported by the necessity for recreation of Mexican households, however above all to take care of it, so the choices that some buying facilities already implement akin to these for cultural actions will likely be a plus, whereas customer support in department shops It should make the distinction between attending the bodily retailer or not. Textual content:Rocio Alavez Photograph: PALACIO DE HIERRO / GREEN ROOM / PAMDA SOLUCIONES [ad_2] Supply hyperlink

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El Salvador votes with Nayib Bukele poised for second presidential term

Voters in El Salvador are casting their ballots in presidential and legislative elections that are largely about the tradeoff between security and democracy.

With soaring approval ratings and virtually no competition, President Nayib Bukele is almost certainly headed for a second term.

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For the first time since civil war ended in 1992, the Central American country will vote under a state of emergency imposed for Bukele’s gang crackdown that slashed homicide rates but drew criticism for human rights violations.

Bukele, who polls as Latin America’s most popular leader, is also expected to expand his hold over the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador in Sunday’s elections.

An estimated 69.9 percent of voters approve of his re-election bid, despite questions about its constitutionality: Before Bukele, presidents in El Salvador had historically been limited to one term.

  With little need to campaign for himself, Bukele focused on promoting his Nuevas Ideas party, which holds 56 seats in the 84-member assembly.

The overall number of seats has been reduced to 60 under a reform he led, which critics say will make it much harder for smaller parties to get enough votes to get in.

In 2022, the legislature also approved a law allowing Salvadorans to vote abroad. Under that reform, all foreign ballots – which tend to favour Bukele – will count towards the department of San Salvador, which has the most undecided seats, according to the Washington Office on Latin America, an NGO promoting human rights.

Alternating in power for some three decades, the conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) and leftist Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) were discredited for corruption and inefficacy. Their presidential candidates have been polling in the low single digits.

Bukele, who often spars with foreign leaders and foes on social media, came to power in 2019, trouncing El Salvador’s traditional parties with a vow to eliminate gang violence and rejuvenate the stagnant economy.

He has campaigned on the success of his draconian security strategy that saw authorities suspend civil liberties to arrest thousands of suspected gang members without charge. The detentions led to a collapse in nationwide murder rates and transformed the poor Central American nation that was once among the world’s most dangerous.

“I would vote for Bukele because of the work he has done so far,” Juan Carlos Rosales, 44, a systems engineer in the capital San Salvador told the Reuters news agency. “The improvement in security is palpable.”

Still, despite Bukele’s solid base, some analysts question how long voters will back his strongman approach, particularly as more people feel its sting.

Under his rule, El Salvador has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world, with an estimated two percent of its adult population behind bars.

Bukele has credited his “mano dura” or “iron fist” tactics for causing that number to tumble to just 7.8 homicides out of every 100,000 people — the lowest in Central America.

Rights groups have warned El Salvador’s democracy is under attack.

Bukele has largely dismissed those concerns, at one point changing his profile on X, to say: “World’s coolest dictator”.

His biggest challenge is the state of the economy, Central America’s slowest growing during his time in power. More than a quarter of Salvadorans live in poverty.

The International Monetary Fund, which is negotiating a $1.3bn bailout with El Salvador, in late 2023 described the country’s fiscal situation as “fragile”.

In a post on X this week, Bukele pledged to bring about changes. “There is still a huge amount to do,” he said, “but, step by step, we will resolve entire decades of looting and neglect.”

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Overseas Security Advisory Council, El Salvador Country Security Report (09/30/2022)

CW: Human Rights Violations/Sexual Assault

“The U.S. Department of State has assessed San Salvador as being a CRITICAL-threat location for crime directed at or affecting official U.S. government interests.”

“The U.S. Department of State has included a Crime ‘C’ indicator on the travel advisory for El Salvador, indicating that there may be widespread violent crime and/or organized crime present in the country, and/or that local law enforcement may have limited ability to respond to serious crimes.”

“There is only one national police service: The Policía Nacional Civil (PNC). Each major city, municipality, or town has a PNC delegation.”

“The government continues to extend its State of Emergency, originally enacted in early April 2022. The decree limits freedom of association, makes it easier for police to arrest and detain people … and gives the police and attorney general the right to intercept communications without a warrant.” “Significant human rights issues include credible reports of unlawful killings of suspected gang members and others by security forces; forced disappearances by military personnel; torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment by security forces; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; arbitrary arrest and detention; serious problems with the independence of the judiciary; serious restrictions on free expression and media, including violence or threats of violence against journalists and censorship; substantial interference with the freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association; serious acts of government corruption; lack of consistent investigation and accountability for gender-based violence; significant barriers to accessing reproductive health; and crimes involving violence by security forces against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex individuals.”

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Here is a list of the flags that will appear in the Regional Flag Wars, which will begin after the Russian Federal Subject Flag Wars. The only flag still to be determined is the Russian regional flag. The first round of the Russian Federal Subject Flag Wars will begin Saturday.

Alaska, United States

New Brunswick, Canada

Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Occitania, France

Bavaria, Germany

Tocantins, Brazil

Yucatán, Mexico

Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina

Saga Prefecture, Japan

Vysočina Region, Czechia

To be determined, Russia

Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

Töv Province, Mongolia

Bratislava Region, Slovakia

South Ostrobothnia, Finland

Valencia, Spain

Azores, Portugal

Sicily, Italy

Mon State, Myanmar

Department of Cuzco, Peru

Magallanes Region, Chile

San José Department, Uruguay

Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Friesland, Netherlands

Wallonia, Belgium

Northern Territory, Australia

Otago, New Zealand

Agder, Norway

Brod-Posavina County, Croatia

Kosrae State, Micronesia

Panevėžys County, Lithuania

Canton of Bern, Switzerland

Connacht, Ireland

Kalmar County, Sweden

Brest Region, Belarus

Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia

Boyacá Department, Colombia

Grande Comore, Comoros

Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador

Alexandria, Egypt

Saare, Estonia

Adjara, Georgia

Macedonia, Greece

Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan

Sarawak, Malaysia

Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands

Gagauzia, Moldova

Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Balochistan, Pakistan

Angaur, Palau

Coclé, Panama

Enga Province, Papua New Guinea

Zulia, Venezuela

Bukidnon, Philippines

Lubin Voivodeship, Poland

Covasna County, Romania

Vojvodina, Serbia

Mpumalanga, South Africa

Central Equatoria, South Sudan

Darfur, Sudan

Uva Province, Sri Lanka

Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Malampa Province, Vanuatu

Grand Gedeh County, Liberia

Nakuru County, Kenya

Heves County, Hungary

Kukës County, Albania

Lower Austria, Austria

Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina

San Jose Province, Costa Rica

La Libertad Department, El Salvador

Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon

Baja Verapaz Department, Guatemala

Olancho Department, Honduras

Chontales Department, Nicaragua

Amambay Department, Paraguay

Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands

Hirshabelle, Somalia

South Darfur, Sudan

Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand

Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Greenland, Denmark

Bali, Indonesia

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Top 5 @Wikipedia pages from yesterday: Sunday, 19th November 2023

Welcome, Selam, שלום, Bienvenida 🤗 What were the top pages visited on @Wikipedia (19th November 2023) 🏆🌟🔥?

1️⃣: Cricket World Cup "The Cricket World Cup, officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds..."

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2️⃣: 2023 Cricket World Cup "The 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup was the 13th edition of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament was hosted by India. It started on 5 October and..."

3️⃣: Miss Universe 2023 "Miss Universe 2023 was the 72nd Miss Universe pageant, held at the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in San Salvador, El Salvador on 18 November 2023.At the end of the event, R'Bonney Gabriel of the United States crowned Sheynnis Palacios of Nicaragua as Miss Universe 2023, marking the country's..."

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4️⃣: Australia national cricket team "The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. As the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first ever Test match in 1877, the team also plays One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, participating in..."

5️⃣: Jimmy Carter "James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and as a Georgia state senator from 1963 to..."

Image by Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center

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Events 11.5 (before 1940)

1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. 1499 – The Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary. 1556 – Second Battle of Panipat: Fighting begins between the forces of Hem Chandra Vikramaditya, the Hindu king at Delhi and the forces of the Muslim emperor Akbar. 1605 – Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is arrested in the cellars of the Houses of Parliament, where he had planted gunpowder in an attempt to blow up the building and kill King James I of England. 1688 – Prince William III of Orange lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham to challenge the rule of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland). 1757 – Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach. 1768 – The Treaty of Fort Stanwix is signed, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies. 1780 – French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle. 1811 – Salvadoran priest José Matías Delgado rings the bells of La Merced church in San Salvador, calling for insurrection and launching the 1811 Independence Movement. 1828 – Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula. 1834 – Founding of the Free University of Brussels by Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen. 1862 – American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac. 1862 – American Indian Wars: In Minnesota, 303 Dakota warriors are found guilty of rape and murder of whites and are sentenced to death. Thirty-eight are ultimately hanged and the others reprieved. 1872 – Women's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100. 1881 – In New Zealand, 1600 armed volunteers and constabulary field forces led by Minister of Native Affairs John Bryce march on the pacifist Māori settlement at Parihaka, evicting upwards of 2000 residents, and destroying the settlement in the context of the New Zealand land confiscations. 1895 – George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. 1898 – Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros. 1911 – After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica. 1912 – Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft. 1913 – King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III. 1914 – World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire. 1916 – The Kingdom of Poland is proclaimed by the Act of 5th November of the emperors of Germany and Austria-Hungary. 1916 – The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police. 1917 – Lenin calls for the October Revolution. 1917 – Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church. 1925 – Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.