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Protests Continue Nationwide Over George Floyd Killing In Minneapolis

After days of unrest, the white officer who knelt on the Black man’s neck was charged with third-degree murder. Floyd’s family wants the other officers arrested, too. By Lydia O’Connor Lee Moran Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, HuffPost US Nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd — the Black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police […]

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Protests flare around the United States over Minneapolis killing

Brendan O’Brien, Carlos Barria MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Violent protests flared overnight in several U.S. cities as demonstrators vented their anger over the killing of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis this week after a white police officer knelt on his neck. From Minneapolis to New York City, Atlanta and Washington, protesters clashed with […]

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Coronavirus: Trump terminates US relationship with WHO

US President Donald Trump has announced that he is terminating the country’s relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO). The president has accused the WHO of failing to hold Beijing to account over the coronavirus pandemic. “China has total control over the World Health Organization,” the president said while announcing measures aimed at punishing Beijing. […]

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China-India border: Why tensions are rising between the neighbours

By Anbarasan Ethirajan and Vikas PandeyBBC News The armies of the world’s two most populous nations are locked in a tense face-off high in the Himalayas, which has the potential to escalate as they seek to further their strategic goals. Officials quoted by the Indian media say thousands of Chinese troops have forced their way […]

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Exclusive: Oil marketing firm Eighty-Eight oil declares force majeure –

Oil MarketingDevika Krishna Kumar NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. crude marketing company Eighty-Eight Oil LLC has declared force majeure after oil producers across the Rockies and North Dakota shut production as the coronavirus eroded demand and sent prices plunging, four sources familiar with the matter said. The company declared force majeure after producers selling oil […]

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Monkeys steal coronavirus blood samples in India

LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – A troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical official and snatched away blood samples of patients who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, authorities said on Friday. The attack occurred this week when a laboratory technician was walking in the campus of a state-run medical college in Meerut, 460 […]

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Some options open to Trump in response to Hong Kong

(Reuters) – China’s parliament is moving forward with national security legislation on Hong Kong after mass protests last year, raising fears the territory will lose the autonomy that enabled it to remain a global financial center after British rule ended in 1997. U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed a strong response and said he will […]

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No call between Trump and Modi on China border tension

Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump about the south Asian nation’s military standoff with China, a government source said on Friday, after Trump suggested Modi was upset about border tension. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to U.S. President Donald Trump during […]

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Covid-19 plunges Indians’ study abroad dreams into turmoil

By Nikita MandhaniBBC News Delhi Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionInternational students are uncertain of the future in the wake of Covid-19 Two years ago, 29-year-old Raunaq Singh started working towards his dream of pursuing an MBA from one of the world’s top business schools. In January 2020, he was waitlisted by UC Berkeley’s Haas School of […]

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Twitter hides Trump tweet for ‘glorifying violence’

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Twitter has hidden one of President Donald Trump’s tweets from his profile, saying it violates rules about glorifying violence. But instead of being deleted, it has been replaced with a warning and can be viewed by clicking on it. The warning says “Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s […]

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