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Hollywood actor Russell Crowe has made a donation to a fundraiser to help repair a restaurant destroyed in last week's Beirut explosion.

Le Chef, an iconic restaurant, is located in Gemmayze, the neighborhood closest to the blast site.

"The restaurant has survived war and economic crises, but the port explosion left it in shambles," according to its GoFundMe page on Aug. 13. 

Protesters stirred by the death of George Floyd vowed on June 5 to turn an extraordinary outpouring of grief into a sustained movement as demonstrations shifted to a calmer, but no less determined focus on addressing racial injustice.

The tenor of the protests set off by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police has taken a turn from the explosive anger that has fueled the setting of fires, breaking of windows and other violence to a quiet, yet more forceful, grassroots call for more to be done to address racial injustice.

The hero of "The Man Who Came Uptown," Michael Hudson, is an ex-con who returns to a changed Washington, DC, after being released from prison. Despite the city's hipster makeover, what hasn't changed is Hudson's dilemma between being drawn back into a life of crime and doing the right thing, as he struggles to find his place in this new world.

It is nice - and unfortunately rare - to see so much praise for Greece in the international media as we are seeing right now over the country's response to the coronavirus crisis.

The most recent such plaudits came from Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman, who mentioned Greece as an example of a country that has successfully dealt with this new threat.

American economist Paul Krugman, one of the more vocal proponents of a Greek exit from the euro during the 2009-2019 debt crisis, is pointing to Greece as one of the countries that have successfully managed to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Bernie Sanders endorsed Joe Biden's presidential campaign on April 13, encouraging his progressive supporters to rally behind the presumptive Democratic nominee in an urgent bid to defeat President Donald Trump.

Australian Interior Minister Peter Dutton has announced that he has been infected with the new coronavirus, world agencies have reported.

Elizabeth Warren drops out of the US presidential race election after disappointing finishes in primary contests across the country on Super Tuesday.

Warren, a 70-year-old Massachusetts senator, will have a conversation with her campaign staff, AFP reports. She announced that she was withdrawing her candidacy for the party's presidential nomination.

US media tycoon Michael Bloomberg said he is leaving the presidential race and instead supports Joe Biden's candidacy.

"Three months ago, I entered the race for President to defeat Donald Trump," Bloomberg said in a statement.