Editor’s Note: This listicle is part of a weekly series by The Ball State Daily News summarizing five stories from around the world. All summaries are based on stories published by The Associated Press.
The fall of the Berlin Wall celebrations, the statue unveiling of a former U.S. President at his Berlin Wall speech site, the Japanese Emperor’s enthronement parade, the Hong Kong protests and Iran producing more low-enriched uranium make up this week’s five international stories.
Visitors stay underneath the skynet artwork 'Visions In Motion' in front of the Brandenburg Gate as they attend stage presentations to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
More than 100,000 celebrate 30 years since fall of Berlin Wall
Police and organizers say more than 100,000 people took part in an open-air party celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Despite the cold and damp, crowds flocked to Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate late Saturday for music and fireworks. The boulevard leading up to the Brandenburg Gate was covered with a giant rainbow-colored net made of 100,000 streamers, many with messages of love and peace, created by American artist Patrick Shearn.
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In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1990 file photo, former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, center, uses a hammer and chisel on the defunct Berlin Wall to take symbolic swings at the old Cold War barrier, three years after he called the Soviets to tear down the wall in Berlin, Germany. The U.S. Embassy in Berlin is unveiling the statue of Ronald Reagan as a tribute to the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The larger-than-life statue is being installed Friday atop the embassy's terrace, at eye-level with the landmark Brandenburg Gate in downtown Berlin. (AP Photo)
Reagan statue unveiled in Berlin at Cold War speech site
The U.S. Embassy in Berlin unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan Friday at a site overlooking the location of the former president’s iconic speech imploring the Soviet Union to remove the Berlin Wall. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the inauguration of the work a “monumental moment” before helping remove the cover from the larger-than-life statue on the Embassy’s terrace, at eye level with the top of the landmark Brandenburg Gate.
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Japanese Emperor Naruhito, left, and Empress Masako wave to spectators during the royal motorcade in Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019.(Naoya Osato/Kyodo News via AP)
More than 100,000 greet Japan’s emperor at enthronement parade
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako waved and smiled from an open car in a parade Sunday to mark Naruhito’s enthronement. The parade, which started from the Imperial Palace, saw more than 100,000 well-wishers cheer, wave small flags and take photos from packed sidewalks. Naruhito succeeded his father, Akihito, in May following his abdication and formally ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne in a palace ceremony last month.
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Protesters with umbrellas and bottles of water to douse tear gas canisters form up during confrontation with police in Hong Kong on Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. A protester was shot by police Monday in a dramatic scene caught on video as demonstrators blocked train lines and roads during the morning commute. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Hong Kong police shoot protester, man set on fire
A Hong Kong anti-government protester was shot by police Monday in a dramatic scene caught on video. Elsewhere, a man was set on fire following an apparent dispute over national identity in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory, which has been wracked by five months of protests. The violence is likely to further inflame passions after a student who fell during an earlier protest succumbed to his injuries and police arrested six pro-democracy lawmakers over the weekend.
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In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a public gathering at the city of Yazd, some 410 miles (680 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country's south with over 50 billion barrels of crude oil, Rouhani said Sunday, a find that could boost the country's proven reserves by a third as it struggles to sell energy abroad over U.S. sanctions. (Office of the Iranian Presidency via AP)
Iran underground lab helps produce more low-enriched uranium
The head of Iran’s nuclear program said the country is now producing more low-enriched uranium daily after restarting an underground lab. Iran has broken out of the accord’s limits since President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal over a year ago. The head of the program said the country is now producing at least 12 pounds daily compared to what Tehran had been producing — about a pound of low-enriched uranium per day.
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Center for Peace offers academic opportunities
By Meghan Braddy and Grayson Joslin / 56 minutes agoOver the years, the center has offered a peace studies minor, conflict resolution training and grant funding.
AP: New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 conviction
By Staff Reports / 1 hours agoNew York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case, according to the Associated Press (AP).
AP: Hamas willing to enact ceasefire if an independent Palestinian state is established
By Staff Reports / 1 hours agoWednesday, April 24th, a top Hamas political official said the group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders, according to the Associated Press (AP).
