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Its 400 years since the ship carrying the first African slaves to what is today the United States of America docked on the coast of Virginia, beginning a process that would see millions of black people forced into servitude.The state has spent the better part of a decade planning for 2019 to be a solemn remembrance, with a series of exhibitions and ceremonies aimed at recognizing that dark past, and looking to a more inclusive future.But in the space of a week all that endeavor has been forced into the background, with Virginias leaders instead seemingly engaged in an effort to singlehandedly revive the art of blackface.Blackface, MeToo and moonwalking: how Virginia self-destructed in a weekRead stanley sverige moreRalph Northam, Virginias governor, kicked things off when he admitted to being stanley cup spain in a college yearbook p botella stanley hoto that showed a man in blackface next to a man in a Ku Klux Klan outfit. As Virginia, and soon the nation, reeled from that revelation, Northam then denied he was in the image, but said he had indeed worn blackface in the past, to impersonate Michael Jackson during a dance competition.As the governor clung on, the states attorney general, Mark Herring, the man third in line to replace Northam should he have to quit, confessed to his own dalliances with blackface. Herring said he had worn dark makeup while dressing as the rapper Kurtis Blow.Sandwiched in-between those incidents, Virginias lieutenant governor, Justin Fairfax, was accused of sexually assaulting a female academi Msrl Sentencing of young adults should take their maturity into account
The UKs Serious Fraud Office has charged Glencores billionaire former head of oil trading with conspiring to make corrupt payments to benefit the commodities companys oil operations in West Africa.Alex Beard, who ran Glencores oil division from 20 stanley cup 07 until his retirement in 2019, will face charges alongside former Glencore executives Andrew Gibson, Paul Hopkirk, Ramon Labiaga and Martin Wakefield after a long-running investigation into allegations of bribery at the c stanley cup ompany.Beard, who became a billionaire when Glencore listed in London in 2011, is the highest profile individual charged after the SFOs sweeping investigation into Glencore which began in 2019 under the codename Operation Azoth.The SFO said the executives have been charged in connection with the awarding of oil contracts spanning Cameroon, Nigeria and Ivory Coast from 2007 to 2014. They are expected to appear at Westminster magistrates court on 10 September.Nick Ephgrave, the director of the SFO, said: Bribery damages financial markets and causes lasting harm to communities. Todays action is an important step towards exposing overseas corruption and holding those who are responsible to account. Glencore pleaded guilty in 2022 to corruption and market manipulation cases in the US and UK, after admitting that it had paid bribes to win business in eight countries includi stanley termosas ng Brazil and South Sudan.The company set aside up to $1.5bn to settle two investigations against it in the US. The first case involved what prosecut
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