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Turkey, US nearing new era in ties in handling of Libya

Turkey stands by Libya’s UN-recognized government against putschist Haftar and those supporting him, says President Erdogan Turkey and the US are approaching a new era in ties over the handling of the situation in Libya, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. A new era can begin in bilateral relations on the transition process in Libya,

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Biden promises police changes without stripping funding

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event in Dover, Del., Friday, June 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Joe Biden diverged Monday from activists pushing to “defund the police” in the United States, arguing that an overhaul of policing in America can be accomplished within existing law enforcement agencies. A Biden

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Lewis Hamilton supports protesters who tore down statue of slave trader in UK anti-racism protests

Lewis Hamilton Photo: Credit ( Associated Press/Chuck Burton) By Ben Church, CNN Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has backed anti-racism demonstrators who tore down a statue of 17th-century slave owner Edward Colston in Bristol, southwest England, on Sunday. While the scenes have been criticized by members of the UK government — Home Secretary Priti Patel

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Man drives car into Seattle protest crowd, shoots bystander: police

Photo: Credit (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times) A man drove his car into a crowd of protesters in Seattle on Sunday, then shot and wounded a demonstrator who confronted him as he came to a stop, according to police and eyewitness video. Seattle police said firefighters took the man who was shot to the

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Joe Biden to meet George Floyd’s family before funeral

© Matt Rourke Former vice president Joe Biden (Matt Rourke/AP) By Will Weissert, Associated Press Former vice president Joe Biden plans to travel to Houston to meet with the family of George Floyd, and will provide a video message for Mr Floyd’s funeral service. A Biden aide described the plans of the Democratic presidential candidate.

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Black Lives Matter protesters topple slave trader Edward Colston statue, kneel on its neck & throw it in Bristol river

The statue has now been chucked in the riverCredit: SWNS:South West News Service By Holly Christodoulou The Sun newspaper BLACK Lives Matter protesters have pulled down a statue of a 17th Century slave trader in Bristol. The controversial Edward Colston monument was ripped from its plinth using rope as crowds cheered. The protesters could then

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Egypt announces initiative to end war in Libya

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi declared his initiative in a ceremony in Cairo Saturday, June 6, 2020. (John MacDougall/Pool via AP, File) CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s president Saturday announced a unilateral initiative to end the civil war in neighboring Libya, a plan that was accepted by Khalifa Hifter, commander of the eastern forces that have suffered

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Largely peaceful protests against police brutality march on

Demonstrators protest Saturday, June 6, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive protests against police brutality nationwide capped a week that began in

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Australia, Asia protests embrace ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement

People kneel down as they march on the street in solidarity with protests against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd in Seoul, South Korea June 6, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran Thousands took to the streets across Australia on Saturday, as did hundreds in Tokyo and Seoul to support U.S. protests against police brutality,

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Libyan army seizes weapons supplied by UAE

Government forces liberated capital Tripoli, strategic city of Tarhuna from Haftar militias over last 3 days Libyan army seized on Friday weapons, ammunition, and vehicles purchased by the UAE for warlord Khalifa Haftar. This was revealed after the Libyan Army announced the complete liberation of the capital Tripoli along with the strategic city of Tarhuna

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