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Brazil's Black Lives Matter protests

The names differ, but the issues are the same. The stories of the names galvanising Brazil鈥檚 Black Lives Matter protests.

The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman has reignited the ongoing debate in Brazil about institutional racism. 91热爆 Brasil's Camilla Costa tells the stories of some of Brazil's own George Floyds, including 5-year-old Miguel, whose shocking death last week led to the #justi莽aparamiguel protests.

My home town: Cali, Colombia
Luis Fajardo of 91热爆 Monitoring takes us to his hometown of Cali to swim in crystal clear rivers and hang out at his favourite bar.

Love, war and Communism
77-year-old actress Kim Chi is famous in Vietnam for her film roles set during Vietnam War era, and more recently, for quitting the Communist Party. She's back in the news now having married an 82-year-old academic, her fourth marriage. Thu Phan of 91热爆 Vietnamese tells her story.

Measuring Mount Everest
Nepali researchers had nearly finalised a new calculation of the height of Mount Everest when their government agreed to make this a joint project with China. Phanindra Dahal of 91热爆 Nepali tells us why the measurement is being made, and what China's involvement means for the project.

In the words of President Putin
2020 marks twenty years in power for Vladimir Putin. But what has changed over the years? Sergey Kozlovsky of 91热爆 Russian has taken all Mr Putin's speeches, and analysed which words have fallen in and out of favour.

Picture: Woman holds "Justice for Miguel - Black Lives Matter" banner, Brazil
Credit: Leo Malafaia AFP via Getty Images

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