MINNEAPOLIS: Hundreds of mourners joined an emotional memorial service in Minneapolis on Thursday (Jun 4) for George Floyd, the black man killed by police last week, as civil rights leader Al Sharpton vowed mass protests will continue until “we change the whole system of justice” in the United States. Demonstrations, […]
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New charges have been announced against all of the sacked police officers present at the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis. The charge against Derek Chauvin has been elevated to second-degree murder, court documents show. The other three officers, previously uncharged, face counts of aiding and abetting murder. […]
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte offered a hopeful message as the country moved to its final stage in easing lockdown restrictions. “We deserve to smile, to be cheerful, after weeks of great sacrifice,” he said on Wednesday. He added that now was the time for the country to enact economic […]
At least one person died after Cyclone Nisarga struck India’s west coast near the densely populated city of Mumbai. The eye of the storm narrowly missed the city, while nearby coastal areas to the south bore the brunt. The extent of the damage is still being assessed. Officials moved tens […]
“I’m postponing it because I don’t feel that as a G7 it properly represents what’s going on in the world,” Trump said. It was unclear whether Trump’s desire to invite the additional countries was an effort to permanently expand the G7. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would […]
Trump’s announcement came amidst escalating confrontation between the US and China over trade, the origins of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Beijing’s security crackdown in Hong Kong and the communist giant’s aggressive military moves in the disputed South China Sea. US President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation banning the entry […]
Protesters have clashed with police in cities across the US over the killing of an unarmed African-American man at the hands of officers in Minneapolis. Hundreds of people rallied outside the White House, which was briefly put under lockdown on Friday, demanding justice over the death of George Floyd. Demonstrations […]
BEIJING: China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the country’s most senior generals said on Friday (May 29), a rhetorical escalation between China and the democratically ruled island Beijing claims as its own. Speaking at Beijing’s Great Hall of […]
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s government warned Washington that withdrawing its special US status, which has underpinned the city as a global financial hub, could be a “double-edged sword” and urged the United States to stop interfering in internal affairs. The statement came as US President Donald Trump is due to […]
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said he will give a press conference on Friday (May 29) on China amid spiraling US-Chinese tensions over Hong Kong and the coronavirus fallout. “We’ll be announcing tomorrow what we’re doing with respect to China,” he told reporters at an Oval Office meeting on Thursday, […]