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George Floyd transcript reveals last moments: ‘Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I’m dead’

This combination of photos shows Derek Chauvin, left, J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao CREDIT: Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office Mr Floyd called out for his children and late mother and said officers would “kill” him before he died in police custody George Floyd said he couldn’t breathe more than 20 times, called out

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Kanye West breaks with Trump, claims 2020 run is not a stunt

Kanye West answers questions during a service at Lakewood Church Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, in Houston. West says he is no longer a Trump supporter. The rapper, who once praised President Donald Trump, tells Forbes in a story published Wednesday that he is “taking the red hat off” — a reference to Trump’s trademark red

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Ethiopia violence death toll rises to 239

Photo: Credit AFP. Demonstrators chant from atop of a car during an Oromo community protest after the death of musician and activist Hachalu Hundessa on July 1, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota. The death toll from demonstrations and ethnic violence that erupted in Ethiopia last week following the murder of a popular singer from the

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Foreign trawlers, illegal fishing, staff shortage deny Somalia $300m in revenue

Photo: Credit AFP After sharks are captured off the coast of Somalia, their meat is salted, sun-dried and transported overland to Kismayo for export to Mombasa, Kenya, the main market in East Africa. Shark fins, on the other hand, are flown to Hong Kong and Singapore, where they are regarded as a delicacy while liver

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At libel trial, Depp blasts Amber Heard’s ‘sick’ abuse claim

Actor Johnny Depp leaves the High Court in London, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The libel case by Depp against a British tabloid newspaper started Tuesday over a 2018 article that branded him violent and abusive to then-wife Amber Heard. Depp strongly denies the claim. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP) LONDON (AP) — Johnny Depp said Tuesday

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Tear gas, arrests as Kenyans protest police brutality

A Kenyan policeman running to arrest a protester slips and falls over just as he reaches him, before proceeding to arrest him, during a demonstration in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Kenyan police have fired tear gas and detained scores of protesters who were demanding an end to police brutality. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

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Somali Foreign Minister warns Taiwan and Somaliland

Photo/Somali Times The Somali government reiterated its commitment to maintaining China’s independence and territorial integrity, as Taiwan, Somaliland, has established diplomatic relations with the Somaliland administration. Somali Foreign Minister Ahmed Isse Awad, who attended the online forum at the China-Arab Cooperation Forum, said Somalia has a long-standing historical relationship, based on mutual respect and mutual

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Qassem Soleimani’s killing by US drone strike was ‘unlawful’, says UN expert

The attack on Soleimani’s convoy as it left Baghdad airport violated the UN Charter, Agnes Callamard wrote in her report (AFP) The January US drone strike in Iraq that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and nine other people represented a violation of international law, a UN human rights investigator said on Monday. The United

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Tensions heat up in South China Sea as US makes significant show of force

200706-N-VW723-1114 SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 6, 2020) Aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 5 and Carrier Air Wing 17 fly in formation over the Nimitz Carrier Strike Force (CSF). The USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Carrier Strike Groups are conducting dual carrier operations in the Indo-Pacific as the Nimitz CSF. (U.S.

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Somalia, China reiterate respect of each other’s sovereignty, territorial integrity

Somali President Mohamed Farmajo has held talks with Chinese Ambassador to Somalia Qin Jian, focusing on the respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the two countries. During the meeting held at the president’s office on Saturday, the two sides stressed the importance of strengthening the historical relationship between the two countries and their

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