Australian officials move to block Black Lives Matter protest in Sydney over coronavirus outbreak concerns
SYDNEY : Australian authorities are taking legal action to try stop a Black Lives Matter protest scheduled to take place in Sydney on Saturday, citing the risk of an outbreak of COVID-19 given the large numbers expected to attend. The last-minute move by the New South Wales state government on Friday came after Prime Minister […]
Fire tears through Amazon distribution center in Redlands, California
LOS ANGELES: A fire early Friday destroyed a Southern California distribution facility that was used to ship items to Amazon customers. Authorities said employees got out and there were no reports of injuries. A half-dozen fire departments were unable to stop flames from destroying the sprawling structure in Redlands, about 60 miles east of Los […]
Joe Biden wins enough delegates to secure Democratic nomination
Former US Vice President Joe Biden secured enough delegates to formally clinch the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, setting the stage for a challenge to President Donald Trump in the November election. A candidate needs at least 1,991 delegates to secure the nomination. Biden crossed the threshold when results came late on Friday after seven […]
Maharashtra: Man kills bar manager, another for torture during lockdown
The Thane police on Saturday solved a sensational double murder case of a hotelier and his assistant in Mira Road town nabbing the accused holed up in Pune within 12 hours, a top official said here. The accused, Kallu Yadav turned out to be a serial offender, who had been jailed earlier for two more […]
Largely peaceful protests against police brutality march on in US
Demonstrators in Washington and other US cities for racial justice following the death of George Floyd, as the movement triggered by his killing at police hands entered a second weekend. Protests took place from New York to Los Angeles but Washington was at the epicenter, as thousands of people — black, white and brown — flooded downtown […]
Minneapolis cop charged in George Floyd’s killing was hired despite having a criminal record with seven convictions and a slew of traffic violations
One of the three former police officers charged with aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd had a string of criminal offences and traffic violations before he became an officer of the law. Thomas Lane, 37, of St. Paul, was charged in relation to Floyd’s death, which happened when he was on his fourth […]
2 Buffalo police charged with assault in shoving
Two Buffalo, New York, police officers are now facing criminal charges in connection with the graphic caught-on-video shove of a 75-year-old man during a protest, prosecutors said. Officers Aaron Torgalski and Robert McCabe were charged with second-degree assault during their video arraignments on Saturday and were released on their own recognizance. They both entered not guilty pleas and […]
George Floyd fallout: Chicago begins reopening, restrictions lifted on access to downtown, curfew remains in effect
Chicago is proceeding with plans to reopen Wednesday, even as tensions remain high after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the threat from the coronavirus still looms.
Bloodied store manager describes life in the age of COVID-19
For weeks Samantha Clarke calmly listened to the insults and threats directed daily at her and her employees by people who learned they couldn’t enter the Modesto, California, store without wearing a mask and following other coronavirus-related rules. But never, says the 17-year veteran of retail sales, did she expect she’d be sucker-punched and knocked […]
India reopens more public spaces despite record virus infections
Malls and temples reopened in several cities across India on Monday despite the country recording a record daily number of new coronavirus infections, with the pandemic expected to ravage the country for weeks to come. After a 10-week lockdown the government has risked lifting some restrictions in a bid to ease the devastating blow to […]
