US unrest: Minneapolis council agrees to replace police with community model

MINNEAPOLIS, June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Minneapolis leaders voted unanimously Friday to disband the US city’s police force and replace it with a “community” safety department, a reaction to transformational changes demanded in mass protests against racial injustice. The plan comes three weeks after the death of African-American George Floyd while…

Covid-19: US companies sack 44.2 million workers

WASHINGTON, June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Total US layoffs caused by the Coronavirus pandemic reached 44.2 million even as businesses try to reopen, and analysts warn of continuing damage to the world’s largest economy as COVID-19 shows few signs of abating.Wall Street stocks plunged Thursday, reversing recent momentum as traders became spooked by…

US unrest: Pres Trump says police choke holds should be banned in most instances

WASHINGTON, June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Friday that he would like to see a ban on police choke holds in most instances, although he suggested their use would be understandable in some one-on-one situations. “I don’t like choke holds … (but)…

Racism: Kenya celebrates removal of Britain’s Queen Victoria statue

NAIROBI, June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The removal of a prominent reminder of Kenya’s British colonization is being celebrated – five years later. The statue of Britain’s Queen Victoria outlasted several of statues from before Kenya’s independence from Britain in 1963. It was beheaded and thrown into a nearby bush in…

Russian most-advanced nuclear-powered sub enters service amid arms control fears

MOSCOW, June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s most-advanced new nuclear-powered submarine entered service on Friday, the defence ministry said, at a time of growing arms control tensions between Moscow and the West. The Knyaz Vladimir (Prince Vladimir) – designed to carry Bulava intercontinental nuclear missiles – was enrolled into the navy…

Spotlight: Iraq, U.S. Launch Strategic Dialogue To Discuss Future Of U.S. Troops, Bilateral Ties

by Jamal Hashim BAGHDAD, June 13 (NNN-NINA) – Baghdad and Washington launched an initial session of strategic dialogue, with the aim of discussing bilateral ties and deciding the future of the presence of U.S. forces in Iraq. A joint statement of the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that, senior…

Racism: International Cricket Council to use ‘common sense’ if players protest at Floyd death

DUBAI (UAE), June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cricket’s world body has said it will take a “common sense approach” to on-field protests over the killing of black American George Floyd when the sport resumes next month. Cricketers have joined other top sports stars in speaking out against racism and backing the…

International Criminal Court slams US sanctions move

THE HAGUE, June 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) hit back at a decision by US President Donald Trump to authorise sanctions against any official investigating American troops over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. Trump said earlier that the United States would block US property and assets of…

Covid-19: Brazil deaths top 40,000, 1.5m cases in Latin America

Activists from the Brazilian NGO Rio de Paz (Peace Rio), dig 100 mock graves on Copacabana beach symbolizing deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro RIO DE JANEIRO, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil has surpassed 40,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus and 800,000 cases, according to the latest…

Covid-19: Chile’s cases climb past 154,000 in 100 days

SANTIAGO, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chile on Thursday exceeded 154,000 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus and 2,600 deaths, one hundred days after the outbreak began and with the health service straining under massive admissions numbers. “It has been a very hard 100 days,” health minister Jaime Manalich told reporters…
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