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Tuesday, 30 July 2019


A crowded field of Democratic presidential candidates will square off in a second round of debates Tuesday and Wednesday nights, with 20 contenders looking for a breakout moment to make the case they are the party’s best chance to win in 2020.

On This Day in American History

On July 30, 1619, the first elected legislative body in the New World meets in Jamestown, Virginia. The House of Burgesses, which convened in a small church, consisted of 22 locally elected members and was led by governor Sir George Yeardley. Only men could vote. While the House of Burgesses did give settlers some say in how the colony was run, the governor could veto any actions taken, and the London Company, which owned the colony’s charter, maintained overall control of the venture. Some of the first laws passed included setting a price for tobacco as well as prohibiting gambling, drunkenness and idleness.

A U.S. senator from Missouri has written the state university system and a private liberal arts university to express concerns about Chinese espionage and Confucius Institutes on campuses. Republican Senator Josh Hawley directed his concerns to the University of Missouri and Webster University, which both host Confucius Institutes.

The Islamic State terror group’s self-declared caliphate may be gone, but its leaders are hanging on in Syria and Iraq, dreaming of the day when they can again direct attacks on targets around the world.


She was married at 16 to a man nearly twice her age. They’ve been together for eight years, but according to the United Nations, she’s a victim of human rights abuse, despite the marriage being legal in the state of Missouri. VOA looks at child marriage in the United States as a part of its special report, “The Worth of a Girl.”

An international human rights group is accusing Turkey of forcibly deporting Syrians to their war-torn country. Ankara denies the accusation but is defending its ongoing crackdown on unregistered refugees.

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