Iraqi prime minister to resign
Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi speaks during a symbolic funeral ceremony of Major General Ali al-Lami, who commands the Iraqi Federal Police’s Fourth Division, who was killed in Salahuddin, in Baghdad, Oct. 23, 2019.
Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi says he will resign after one of the bloodiest days of anti-government protests. Also, French politicians and environmentalists say oui to banning Black Friday, maintaining that it really doesn’t save people money and it hurts the Earth. Plus, it’s been 400 years since the first Africans were brought to the English colonies as slaves. We’ll tell you how people in Ghana are still grappling with the role that their ancestors played in the slave trade.
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