`Get your knee off our necks!’: Floyd mourned in Minneapolis

Guests gather at North Central University Thursday, June 4, 2020, before a memorial service for George Floyd in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hollywood celebrities, musicians and politicians gathered in front of the golden casket of George Floyd at a fiery memorial Thursday for the man whose death at the hands of police

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Kanye West donates $2 million, pays college tuition for George Floyd’s daughter

Kanye West Photo: Credit Associated Press by Evan Agostini By Chloe Melas, CNN Kanye West has made a $2 million donation to support the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbrery, and Breonna Taylor, a representative for West told CNN. The donation includes funding for legal fees for Arbery and Taylor’s families, along with black-owned businesses

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Libyan Army liberates Tripoli, heads towards Tarhuna

After retaking the country’s main airport, the Libyan Army on Thursday announced the complete liberation of the capital Tripoli, while its forces move into another city to the southeast, the last stronghold for warlord Khalifa Haftar in western Libya. “Tripoli has been liberated and fully secured, and we have reached the administrative borders of the

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Yemen: UAE is sending militias to destroy not help us

Yemeni’s step on the face of Crown Prince of UAE Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in protest against UAE’s involvement in the war on Yemen on 27 May 2018 [Elisabeth Kendall/Twitter] The United Arab Emirates has never helped Yemen but sent “insurgent militias” that worked to undermine the legitimate government, Anadolu quoted an official saying yesterday.

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Ex-defense chief Mattis rips Trump for dividing Americans

In this Sept. 3, 2019, file photo former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis listens to a question during his appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Mattis issued a statement Wednesday, June 3, 2020, on the recent protests around the United States. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) In an extraordinary rebuke, former

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Prosecutors charge 3 more officers in George Floyd’s death

This combination of photos provided by the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office in Minnesota on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, shows Derek Chauvin, from left, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao. Chauvin is charged with second-degree murder of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by him and the other Minneapolis police

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Thousands in Europe decry racial injustice, police violence

Police officers form a line to block protesters in central London on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 after a demonstration over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Protests have taken place across America and internationally, after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed

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All four former officers involved in George Floyd’s killing now face charges

    By Josh Campbell, Sara Sidner and Eric Levenson, CNN The former Minneapolis Police officer who pressed his knee into George Floyd’s neck was charged with second-degree murder and the three other officers on scene during his killing were charged with aiding and abetting, according to court documents. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s official

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Total UK deaths involving Covid-19 passes 50,000

© Hannah McKay Medical staff transfer a patient through a corridor at The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital in East Lancashire during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Hannah McKay/PA) By Ian Jones, PA The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK has now passed 50,000, according to the latest available data. Here is how

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‘Dangerous’: Around world, police chokeholds scrutinized

In this May 26, 2019, file photo, police detain a woman during a yellow vest protest with other groups in Brussels. The death of George Floyd has renewed scrutiny of immobilization techniques long used in policing around the world. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File) Three days after George Floyd died with a Minneapolis police officer choking

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