July 12, 2021: Cuba protests, Florida collapse death toll, Robert E. Lee statue, Euro 2020, Haiti
Reuters, 12 Jul 2021
Five stories to know for July 12: Cuba protests, Florida collapse death toll, Robert E. Lee statue, Euro 2020, Haiti
1. Thousands of Cubans joined street protests from Havana to Santiago in the biggest anti-government demonstrations on the Communist-run island in decades.
2. The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condominium rose to 90 on Sunday from 86, as crews continued their grim search.
3. A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was taken down in Charlottesville, Virginia, nearly four years after white supremacist protests over plans to remove it led to clashes in which a woman was run down by a car and killed.
4. Italy inflicted heartbreak on England to win the Euro 2020 final after a penalty shootout at Wembley Stadium.
5. Haitian police said they had arrested one of the suspected masterminds in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, a Haitian man whom authorities accused of hiring mercenaries to oust and replace Moise.
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