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George Floyd's friend who was in the car with him details his last moments
CNN 04 Jun 2020
(CNN)George Floyd pleaded with officers before his death in Minneapolis, asking them why and not resisting arrest in any way, a friend who was with him said. Maurice Lester Hall, 42, was with Floyd in the car during the arrest that led to his death, The New York Times reported ... "I could hear him pleading, 'Please, officer, what's all this for?' ... ....
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Four police officiers charged in Floyd death, one faces 2nd-degree murder count
Arab News 04 Jun 2020
MINNEAPOLIS. The white Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on the neck of a black man who later died will now be charged with second-degree murder, and his three colleagues will also face charges, court documents revealed Wednesday ... “This is another important step for justice.” ... .......
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Russia's Putin Declares State Of Emergency After Arctic Circle Oil Spill
Democratic Underground 04 Jun 2020
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency after 20,000 tonnes of oil leaked into a river within the Arctic Circle. The spill happened when a fuel tank at a power plant near the Siberian city of Norilsk collapsed last Friday ... ....
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Trump Hits Back at Mattis After Accusations of 'Deliberate Effort to Divide Americans'
Sputnik 04 Jun 2020
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Trump press secretary compares bizarre church photo op to Churchill touring Blitz bomb damage
The Independent 04 Jun 2020
Two days after Donald Trump walked from the White House across Lafayette Square to silently hold up a Bible in front of St John’s Church, his press secretary has compared the event to demonstrations of strength and solidarity by leaders in war – including Winston Churchill ... “This is not what defines America ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... ....
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Kim Yo-jong warns South Korea to tackle 'evil' propaganda balloons
The Guardian 04 Jun 2020
Her statement came after anti-Pyongyang leaflets were sent across the border earlier this week by a group of North Korean defectors ... .......
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In Zambia Covid 19 is a hoax – medical doctor
Zambian Watchdog 03 Jun 2020
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Giant asteroid taller than Empire State Building heading towards Earth this week
International Business Times 04 Jun 2020photo: Public Domain
Coronavirus: Former MI6 head claims pandemic ‘started as accident’ in Chinese laboratory
The Independent 04 Jun 2020photo: Creative Commons
Floyd tested positive for COVID-19 in April
The Siasat Daily 04 Jun 2020
Minneapolis. A full autopsy of George Floyd, the handcuffed black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police, was released Wednesday and provides several clinical details, including that Floyd had tested positive for COVID-19 ... Source. AP ... ....
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Obama calls for widespread policing reforms after protests
The National 04 Jun 2020
Former US president Barack Obama on Wednesday urged every American mayor to review and reform their police department's policies on use of force in consultation with their communities ... "And they offer an opportunity for us to all work together to tackle them, to take them on, to change America and make it live up to its highest ideals." ... ....
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Police clash with protesters after Black Lives Matter rally in London
The Irish Times 04 Jun 2020
Pockets of protesters clashed with police after thousands of people flooded into central London for a Black Lives Matter demonstration in response to the death of George Floyd. Activists held a peaceful demonstration in Hyde Park before tensions escalated later outside Downing Street ... Four police officers have been charged over his death ... Photograph ... ....
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40 students, teachers stabbed in primary school in China
The Siasat Daily 04 Jun 2020photo: AP / Yorgos Karahalis
Reimagining the world after Covid
CNN 04 Jun 2020
(CNN)The way we got here -- a Covid-19 contagion that has sickened more than six million people and killed nearly 380,000 globally -- is absolutely horrible, but the pandemic has awakened the world to at least one thing that's positive. Clean air and healthy cities are a blessing ... The famous smog in Los Angeles lifted ... Read More ... Emissions reductions ... ....
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Pregnant elephant killed in India’s Kerala’s forest likely ate a pineapple stuffed with explosives, officials say
Penn Live 03 Jun 2020
As India is dealing with “the double whammy of cyclone Nisarga along with the coronavirus pandemic, a horrific event of a pregnant wild elephant being killed in Kerala’s Silent Valley National Park (Palakkad) left many deeply saddened” according to a report by Business Insider India ... Wild elephants are a protected species under Schedule 1 of Act ... ....
