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The four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd are in court Monday for a hearing that could deal with bail amounts and other issues. It’s the second pretrial hearing for the men, who were fired after Floyd’s May 25 death. Derek Chauvin, 44, is charged …

Donald Trump may drop out of the 2020 presidential race if he believes he has no chance of winning, a Republican Party operative reportedly told Fox News. The claim comes in a report in the president’s favorite news outlet that cites a number of GOP insiders who are concerned about …

Boycotts can be extremely effective – as Facebook is finding out. In the late 18th century, the abolitionist movement encouraged British people to stay away from goods produced by slaves. It worked. Around 300,000 stopped buying sugar – increasing the pressure to abolish slavery. The Stop Hate for Profit campaign …

A white couple pointed guns at protesters in St. Louis as a group marched toward the mayor’s home to demand her resignation after she read the names and addresses of several residents who supported defunding the police department during an online briefing. A social media video showed the armed couple …

Fighting erupted in Taiwan’s parliament on Monday as lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) broke through barricades erected by the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) who had occupied it to protest against government “tyranny”. Taiwan is a rambunctious democracy and fights and protests inside the parliament building are not …

A police car was caught on camera driving into protesters following a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Detroit, with at least four people reportedly injured. One of the protesters posted a clip on Facebook which shows the 4×4 vehicle driving through protesters who appear to have blocked its way, Mirror …

The Mississippi state legislature voted on Sunday to replace its state flag, the last in the nation to display the Confederate battle emblem. The removal of the flag marks the latest Confederate symbol to topple in the weeks following George Floyd’s death as activists have called for a reexamination of …

Gilead Sciences Inc has priced its COVID-19 drug candidate remdesivir at $390 per vial for the United States and governments of other developed countries, it said on Monday, setting the price of a five-day course at $2,340 per patient. The price for U.S. private insurance companies will be $520 per …

Iraq reported 1749 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Monday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa 241 Baghdad / Al-Karkh 184 Baghdad / Medical City 2 Najaf 87 Sulaymaniyah 94 Erbil 40 Dohuk 4 Kerbala 84 Wasit …

Iran has issued an arrest warrant and asked Interpol for help in detaining US President Donald Trump and dozens of others it believes carried out the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, a local prosecutor reportedly said Monday. While Trump faces no danger of arrest, the …

The EU and Britain have launched an intense five weeks of negotiations on a deal to define their post-Brexit relations, with London keen to wrap things up quickly. The new round of talks which began in Brussels on Monday was the first to be held face-to-face since the coronavirus shutdown …

At least 30  civilians were killed in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province after rockets fell on a cattle market. Afghan government and Taliban officials immediately traded blame for the deaths on Monday in the open-air weekly cattle market in the Sangin district. Hundreds of villagers from neighbouring districts had gathered to …

At least 23 ferry passengers have been killed in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka when the vessel sank after a collision, officials have said. The ferry reportedly carrying about 100 passengers capsized in the Buriganga river that runs along with southwest Dhaka, officials said on Monday. The dead include six women …

China has decided to impose visa restrictions on U.S. individuals who have acted viciously on issues related to Hong Kong, a foreign ministry spokesperson said Monday. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a press briefing in response to the U.S. imposition of visa restrictions on Chinese officials. The U.S. …

Heavy flooding triggered by monsoon rains has forced more than a million people to flee their homes in the northeast Indian state of Assam, authorities said on Monday, warning that the crisis was becoming more critical by the hour. The Brahmaputra River, one of the largest rivers in the world …

Gunmen attacked the Pakistan Stock Exchange building in the city of Karachi on Monday killing two guards and a policeman before security forces killed all four of the attackers, police said. Separatist insurgents from Balochistan province – the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) – claimed responsibility in a post on Twitter …

Oil prices slid for a second straight session on Monday as coronavirus cases rose in the United States and other places, leading some countries to resume partial lockdowns that could hurt fuel demand. Brent crude LCOc1 dropped 83 cents, or 2%, to $40.19 a barrel by 0456 GMT, while U.S. …

Poles voted in a presidential election Sunday that was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic and was taking place amid deep cultural and political divisions in the European Union nation. President Andrzej Duda, a 48-year-old conservative backed by the nationalist ruling Law and Justice party, was running against 10 other candidates …

US President Donald Trump on Sunday tweeted approvingly of a video showing one of his supporters chanting “white power,” a racist slogan associated with white supremacists. The video appeared to have been taken at The Villages, a Florida retirement community and showed dueling demonstrations between Trump supporters and opponents. “Thank …

Lebanese media broadcast interviews with the U.S. ambassador on Sunday, ignoring a ruling by a judge who banned the diplomat from television for a year over meddling in Lebanese internal affairs In an interview with Saudi-owned AlHadath television on Friday, U.S. ambassador Dorothy Shea said Hezbollah’s behavior was preventing Lebanon …