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Atlanta Police officer who killed Rayshard Brooks charged with felony murder

Garrett Rolfe, left, was charged with felony murder, and Devin Brosnan was charged with aggravated assault in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks. By Eric Levenson and Christina Maxouris, CNN The Atlanta Police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks at a Wendy’s parking lot last week was charged with felony murder, and the other

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China urges India to investigate into border clash

Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi Beijing reportedly calls on New Delhi to investigate into Ladakh military clash which killed 20 Indian troops China on Wednesday called on India to “restrain its military to prevent any provocative” actions in the region. In a phone call with his Indian counterpart, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged India

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UAE: We can disagree with Israel and still have ties with it

UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash yesterday called for greater cooperation with Israel despite its ongoing attempts to expand its occupation over the occupied West Bank, news agencies reported. Addressing the annual Global Forum of the American Jewish Committee, Gargash justified his country’s rapprochement with Israel despite its plan to annex large

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Kenya counting on AU support to clinch Security Council seat

Photo: Credit AFP Kenya is banking on repeated endorsements by the African Union and Nairobi’s own networks to clinch a seat at the UN Security Council when a vote comes up this evening. The elections for non-permanent seats on the UN’s most powerful organ are usually routine. Today’s will, however, be historic because it will

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Great power rivalry in the Red Sea

By Zach Vertin China’s experiment in Djibouti and implications for the United States China’s growing presence in Djibouti has thrust unprecedented attention upon the little-known African port nation and made it a touchstone in the debate over Beijing’s expanding global aims. In 2017, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) opened its first-ever overseas military base there,

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Trump signs executive order on police reform

Law enforcement officials applaud after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on police reform, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, June 16, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (AP) — Following weeks of national protests since the death of George Floyd, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on policing

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‘He looks like Bin Laden’: Ex-cop accuses UK police of racism over airport stops

Kevin Maxwell: ‘We know racial discrimination is a real thing in the police’ (Photo supplied) By Richard Assheton British police “deliberately” targeted Black and Asian airport passengers for questioning based on their race and perceived religion using powerful stop-and-search powers, a former counter-terrorism police officer has told Middle East Eye. Kevin Maxwell, a former detective

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U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s father dies from coronavirus complications

By Phil Helsel U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar said Monday that her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, had died from complications from the coronavirus illness COVID-19. “No words can describe what he meant to me and all who knew him,” Omar, D-Minn., said in a statement. Omar, who asked for privacy, said her father died Monday. She

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Feds: eBay staff sent spiders, roaches to harass couple

Photo: Credit/Associated Press /Ben Margot, File/ Six former eBay Inc. employees have been charged with waging an extensive campaign to terrorize and intimidate the editor and publisher of an online newsletter with threats and disturbing deliveries to their home, including live spiders and cockroaches, federal authorities said Monday. Executives were upset about the newsletter’s coverage,

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Britain’s Johnson to launch cross-government commission on racism

Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits the M&S clothing department and other retail outlets in Westfield Stratford to see the COVID-19 measure taken before reopening tomorrow, in London, Britain June 14, 2020. John Nguyen/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said a cross-government commission would examine racism and the disparities experienced by

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