The Daily Populous

Sunday June 11st, 2017 day edition

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Chris Evans has portrayed five different comic book characters across ten different movies in five different franchises over the course of twelve years.

“They said they had so many other characters to fit in – Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Ant Man – and couldn’t get them all into one movie.”.

Though he wouldn’t give any spoilers regarding his character’s eventual fate, Evans did reveal that he decided to sign on for the fourth Avengers movie “because it made sense.

“I’ve been on sets where you get a vibe that everyone’s making a different movie,” Evans said.

The movie is filming now under directors Anthony and Joe Russo, from a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.

The expansive confirmed cast includes Robert Downey, Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Holland, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bethany, Sebastian Stan, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Karen Gillan, Vin Diesel, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper, Pom Klementieff, and Josh Brolin as the villain Thanos.

Avengers: Infinity War and its as-yet-untitled sequel are filming back-to-back for a May 4, 2018 and May 3, 2019 release, respectively. »

TIL that James Buchanan, the 15th U.S. President, was morally opposed to slavery, but believed it was protected by the constitution, and so continuously brought slaves with his own money in order to free them

Authored by history.com

After being admitted to the bar in 1812, he opened a successful practice in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

A member of the Federalist Party, Buchanan began his political career by serving in the Pennsylvania legislature from 1814 to 1816.

During Buchanan’s time in the White House, his niece, Harriet Lane (1830-1903), assumed the social duties of first lady and became a popular figure. »

Venezuela's mass anti-government demonstrations enter third month

Authored by theguardian.com
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These injuries are not from rubber bullets to the limbs but from tear gas canisters shot to the chest and head.

“We have gone from an average of 30 wounded people to more than 65 in the last two weeks.

As the clashes between the demonstrators and security forces enter their third month, doctors say that they can no longer predict the type of violence to prepare for. »

Project retrains prostitutes as care workers for elderly people

Authored by ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Reasons for the shortage include a recent clampdown on Eastern Europeans working illegally as care workers and the reluctance of Germans to take on the work.

Rita Kuehn is from Diakone Westfalen, a Protestant welfare programme that runs nursing homes across the country and that is behind the novel retraining scheme.

She believes that prostitutes make excellent carers as they have “good people skills, aren't easily disgusted, and have zero fear of physical contact.”. »