America
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Amnesty International maps out US police brutality
Jun 24, 2020 09:48Police forces across the USA committed widespread and egregious human rights violations against people protesting the unlawful killings of black people and calling for police reform, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, as it launched an interactive map of incidents of police violence and a new campaign calling for systemic changes in policing.
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Global coronavirus death toll passes 479,000
Jun 24, 2020 09:48The global death toll from the novel coronavirus has surpassed 479,000 with some 9,359,372 infections worldwide, according to tallies on Tuesday
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US police attacks anti-racist rally in front of White House
Jun 24, 2020 08:18US Police in riot gear stormed a rally attacking and removing hundreds of protesters by force.
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260 million children miss out on education: UNESCO
Jun 24, 2020 06:03Over a quarter of a billion children have no access to education, a United Nations agency has found.
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Dozens of Republican former US officials to support Biden
Jun 24, 2020 02:04Dozens of Republican former US officials are making a group to support Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, in a further sign that President Donald Trump has alienated some members of his own party.
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46 million Americans are unemployed: Sanders
Jun 23, 2020 07:53In his Twitter account, Democratic senator from the state of Vermont, Bernie Sanders said that the plight of ordinary Americans was exacerbated by the outbreak of the Coronavirus.
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Two more Trump staffers test positive for Coronavirus after Tulsa rally
Jun 23, 2020 02:34Two staffers who attended President Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday tested positive for coronavirus, Trump's campaign said Monday.
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If people can protest, they can also vote: Trump
Jun 23, 2020 01:01The US President Donald Trump insisted on Monday that if Americans can protest on the streets, they can also physically go and vote in November's presidential elections.
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White House defends Trump's use of racist language
Jun 23, 2020 00:44White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany defended the US President Trump's use of a racist slur when he referenced Covid-19 at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the previous Saturday.
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Anti-racism protests in Los Angeles continue
Jun 22, 2020 10:55Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies fired non-lethal rounds Sunday into a crowd of demonstrators protesting the fatal shooting death of 18-year-old Andres Guardado by a deputy.
