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'Revolting': Trump condemned for saying George Floyd is praising US economy
Yahoo Daily News 05 Jun 2020
Donald Trump was condemned on Friday for making the “revolting, enraging, disrespectful” claim that George Floyd, an African American man killed by police, is looking down from heaven and praising the US economy ... US unemployment declines to 13.3% as economy restores 2.5m jobs in May....
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Biden clinches nomination to run for US presidency
Asiatimes 06 Jun 2020
Joe Biden said Friday he had secured the delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination and face Donald Trump in November’s US presidential election ... Leadership that can unite us. Leadership that can bring us together.” ‘Equal justice’ ... We need a president who cares about helping us heal – now,” he wrote....
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If We Aren’t Yet Antifa We Should Be-It’s The Only Thing Keeping Us From Fascism
WorldNews.com 05 Jun 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Fascism, understanding it and how we combat it, is as important today as it was in the past ... community ... Dr ... It is the only thing that is keeping us from full-fledged fascism and dictatorial rule.Dallas Darling (darling@wn.com)(Dallas Darling is the author of Politics 501 ... Garcia. May 31, 2020.....
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Teargassed, beaten up, arrested: what freedom of the press looks like in the US right now
The Guardian 06 Jun 2020
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Astronomers may have found an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star
CNN 06 Jun 2020
(CNN)Some 3,000 light years away from Earth, researchers believe they have found an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a sun-like star. The star is known as Kepler-160, and it was observed during NASA's exoplanet-hunting Kepler mission between 2009 and 2013. It's similar in size and temperature to our sun ... Read More ... Finding exoplanets ... ....
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Global alliance formed to counter China threat
The Guardian 05 Jun 2020
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French forces kill al-Qaida's North African commander
Stars and Stripes 06 Jun 2020
BAMAKO, Mali — French forces have killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of al-Qaida’s North Africa affiliate, the France’s defense minister announced late Friday, in what would be a major victory for France after years of battling jihadists in the Sahel ... It was not immediately clear how his identity was confirmed by the French ... ___ ... .......
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Justin Trudeau takes a knee at Black Lives Matter demonstration on Parliament Hill
CNN 05 Jun 2020
Some in the crowd shouted at him to stand up to US President Donald Trump, CTVnews reported. Though many celebrities have been outspoken about their support for protesters in the US, support from world leaders has been muted, despite global protests featuring the Black Lives Matter slogan. Read More ... During this silence, many took a knee, too ... ....
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Bolsonaro threatens WHO exit as virus kills 'a Brazilian per minute'
RTE 06 Jun 2020
Overall, more than 1.1 million Latin Americans have been infected ... Read more.. Analysis ... Latest coronavirus stories ... US President Donald Trump, an ideological ally of Mr Bolsonaro, said last month that the United States would end its own relationship with the WHO, accusing it of becoming a puppet of China, where the coronavirus first emerged ... ....
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UN seeking Mideast mediators meeting on Israel-Palestinians
Star Tribune 05 Jun 2020
The U.N. Mideast envoy is trying to arrange a meeting of key global mediators to discuss prospects and threats to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the United Nations said Friday ... ....
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First US air strikes on Taliban since ceasefire
Dawn 06 Jun 2020
The US launched its first air strikes against the Taliban since a rare ceasefire between the militants and Afghan forces, the US military said on Friday. The two assaults took place on Thursday and Friday in separate provinces in Afghanistan, US forces spokesman Sonny Leggett said on Twitter....
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Blockchain for medicine can curb scandals like Hydroxychloroquine
Cryptopolitan 06 Jun 2020
US President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro were the most prominent backers of this decade-old anti-malaria drug ... So, when ‘The Scientist,’ a science news site reached out to the hospitals all around the US to inquire whether they had participated, it was found that none of the hospitals as part of it ... the Solution....
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57 Buffalo police resign from response team in support of suspended officers
The Grio 05 Jun 2020
After they were shown on video shoving a 75-year old man to the ground who approached them during a protest, two Buffalo, New York police officers were suspended without pay. READ MORE. California police kill unarmed man who was kneeling with hands up ... Gugino was hospitalized in serious but stable condition ... #BREAKING ... @news4buffalo ... READ MORE ... ....
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Etats-Unis: Biden sera officiellement le candidat démocrate
Orange France 06 Jun 2020
Joe Biden a annoncé vendredi disposer de suffisamment de délégués pour sa nomination comme candidat des démocrates afin d'affronter le président républicain Donald Trump lors de l'élection présidentielle de novembre aux Etats-Unis ... M ... "Il s'agit d'un moment difficile dans l'histoire de l'Amérique ... Un leadership capable de nous réunir ... M ... ....
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Hong Kong’s last British leader: China’s agenda ‘Orwellian’
Detroit news 05 Jun 2020
“If they’ve broken the (Sino-British) Joint Declaration, if they’ve thrown it overboard, how can they then use the joint declaration as though it stops us doing something that’s a sovereign right of ours?” said Patten, now chancellor of the University of Oxford, in an online talk with reporters....
