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Trump says US terminating relationship with WHO, accuses it of misleading world about coronavirus
The Telegraph India 30 May 2020
President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will terminate its relationship with the World Health Organisation, saying it had failed to undertake greatly needed reforms and "mislead" the world about the coronavirus when it emerged in China. Trump has accused the WHO of failing to hold Beijing to account over the coronavirus pandemic....
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Outrage spills across the US after officer is charged in the death of George Floyd
CNN 30 May 2020
Minneapolis (CNN)Nationwide outrage over the death of George Floyd in police custody sparked another night of protests across the US on Friday. Anger boiled over in major cities including Minneapolis, Atlanta, New York, Dallas and Los Angeles. Protesters smashed windows, set police vehicles and buildings ablaze, and clashed with police in riot gear ... ....
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US 'very saddened' by what happened to the relationship with China: Donald Trump
Deccan Herald 30 May 2020
President Donald Trump has said the US is "very saddened" by what happened to its relationship with China, hours after he announced a series of decisions against it and blamed the Chinese government's "malfeasance" for the death and devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide ... They should have never allowed this to happen ... GET IT ... China ... ....
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Immunity to coronavirus may be far more widespread than thought
The Spectator 30 May 2020
Two weeks ago I wrote here about a study by the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in California, which found that between 40 and 60 per cent of people who had never been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 – the virus which causes Covid 19 – nevertheless seemed to develop an immune response to the disease in their T Cells ... The usual caveats apply ... ....
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Obama on death of George Floyd: 'This shouldn't be 'normal' in 2020 America'
CNN 29 May 2020
(CNN)Former President Barack Obama on Friday weighed in on the death of a black man, George Floyd, in police custody that has sparked protests across the country. "This shouldn't be 'normal' in 2020 America ... Read More. This story is breaking and will be updated. ....
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Historic SpaceX rocket must launch at just the right second Saturday — or be postponed again
The Arizona Republic 30 May 2020
NASA and SpaceX teams are targeting exactly 45 seconds after 3.22 p.m. for Saturday's historic launch from Kennedy Space Center in Florida ... ....
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Pentagon puts military police on alert to go to Minneapolis
Inquirer 30 May 2020
As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George Floyd sparked the widespread protests ... Read more ... @inquirerdotnet on Twitter . inquirerdotnet on Facebook. ....
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‘A national crisis’: how the killing of George Floyd is changing US politics
Yahoo Daily News 30 May 2020
Riots in Minneapolis and across the US triggered by video footage showing George Floyd, a black man, killed under the knee of a police officer, has caused a dramatic shift in the national political debate in America and thrust race to the center of the stage ... Related ... “This is no time for incendiary tweets. This is no time to encourage violence ... More ... ....
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China-India border: Why tensions are rising between the neighbours
BBC News 30 May 2020
There are several reasons - but competing strategic goals lie at the root, and both sides blame each other ... India's decision to ramp up infrastructure seems to have infuriated Beijing. Chinese state-run media outlet Global Times said categorically. "The Galwan Valley region is Chinese territory, and the local border control situation was very clear."....
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Derek Chauvin, Officer Involved in George Floyd's Death, Arrested After Four Days of Protests
Newsweek 29 May 2020
Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety John Harrington announced Friday afternoon that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been taken into custody by state authorities. Chauvin was one of four police officers involved in the death of George Floyd ... Harrington did not say where Chauvin was when arrested ... ....
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Israeli police kill unarmed Palestinian in Jerusalem
The Times of India 30 May 2020
JERUSALEM. Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian near Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday who they had suspected was carrying a weapon but turned out to be unarmed. The police say he was carrying “a suspicious object that looked like a pistol” and ran away when ordered to stop. The police say they chased him on foot and opened fire ... Download ... ....
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Merkel a 'no' for Trump's in-person G7 summit owing to pandemic worries
Deccan Herald 30 May 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an in-person summit of G7 leaders that US President Donald Trump has suggested he will host despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, a German government spokesman said Saturday ... Merkel, a scientist by training, has declined ... Japan's Shinzo Abe, also 65, is several months younger than Merkel ... USA ... ....
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China Adds Cryptocurrency to Inheritable Assets
Coin Idol 30 May 2020
According to the new Chinese civil code, the government has included cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) in its legally inheritable list of assets ... Giving tokens a chance to thrive. The passed bill revised the civil law enacted in 1985 ... The measure will go into effect on January 1, 2021 ... Still cautious ... ....
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If Biden And Trump’s Mental Health Is Ignored, Could The U.S. End Up With Another Stalin?
WorldNews.com 29 May 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. On Friday, March 5, 1953, Joseph Stalin’s breathing slowed, then almost stopped. At noon he vomited blood as his stomach started to hemorrhage. According to his daughter, he “literally choked to death. His agony was terrible … At the last minute, he opened his eyes ... Something else struck doctors ... 366....
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US Turns Away Two Ships Carrying Iranian Fuel From Venezuela Under Sanctions Threat
Sputnik 29 May 2020
Iran has been supplying petroleum products to Venezuela as the Latin American country is facing a severe shortage of gasoline and is struggling to procure it abroad because of US sanctions ... ....
