| Protesters demand that cities 'defund the police.' Politicians are starting to listen. Posted: 07 Jun 2020 02:00 AM PDT  Leaders in Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York and San Francisco are considering downsizing their police departments. Is the movement about to go mainstream?
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| Treasure chest hidden in Rocky Mountains finally found Posted: 07 Jun 2020 11:58 AM PDT  A bronze chest filled with gold, jewels, and other valuables worth more than $1 million and hidden a decade ago somewhere in the Rocky Mountain wilderness has been found, according to a famed art and antiquities collector who created the treasure hunt. Forrest Fenn, 89, told the Santa Fe New Mexican on Sunday that a man who did not want his name released — but was from "back East" — located the chest a few days ago and the discovery was confirmed by a photograph the man sent him. "It was under a canopy of stars in the lush, forested vegetation of the Rocky Mountains and had not moved from the spot where I hid it more than 10 years ago," Fenn said in a statement on his website Sunday that still did not reveal the exact location.
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| Minneapolis City Council majority pledges to dismantle the city's police department in the wake of George Floyd's death Posted: 07 Jun 2020 04:14 PM PDT  Nine members of the Minneapolis City Council pledged their intention to dismantle the police on Sunday, giving them a veto-proof majority.
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| Iran says it is ready for more prisoner exchanges with U.S. Posted: 07 Jun 2020 10:44 AM PDT  Michael White, a U.S. Navy veteran detained in Iran since 2018, was freed last Thursday as part of a deal in which the United States allowed Iranian-American physician Majid Taheri to visit Iran - a rare instance of U.S.-Iranian cooperation. White's release came two days after the United States deported Sirous Asgari, an Iranian professor imprisoned in the United States despite having being acquitted of stealing trade secrets.
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| 2020 election: George W Bush, Mitt Romney, and other GOP establishment figures refuse to support Trump Posted: 07 Jun 2020 07:26 AM PDT  Several longtime Republicans who have held political and military offices as high up as secretary of state and even the presidency will not vote for Donald Trump in 2020, as criticism of the 45th president's handling of anti-police-brutality protests intensifies in the wake of the death of George Floyd and other black Americans.Former President George W Bush will not vote for Mr Trump this November, The New York Times has reported. His brother, former Florida Governor and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush, is still deciding who he'll vote for, the Times said.
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| New Zealand lifts all Covid restrictions, declaring the nation virus-free Posted: 08 Jun 2020 05:29 AM PDT  PM Jacinda Ardern says she "did a little dance" as it was confirmed NZ had no active virus cases.
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| A Brazilian health council has started releasing the country's full coronavirus count after Brazil wiped months of data from its official COVID-19 tracker Posted: 08 Jun 2020 01:27 AM PDT  President of CONASS Alberto Beltrame said the health council's decision was guided by "science, truth, and accurate and timely information."
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| U.S. protests prompt reflections on class, race and police violence in Mexico Posted: 06 Jun 2020 04:30 PM PDT  The civil unrest north of the border has transfixed many in Mexico. Hundreds have gathered in sympathy outside the U.S. Embassy in recent days.
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| CrossFit founder, dropped by Reebok, apologizes about tweet Posted: 08 Jun 2020 08:05 AM PDT  The founder of CrossFit is apologizing for a Twitter post he made about racial inequality protests after Reebok cut ties with his company. On Saturday, the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation tweeted: "Racism is a Public Health Issue." In a response, also on Twitter, CrossFit founder and CEO Greg Glassman said,"It's Floyd-19," a reference to COVID-19, the disease caused by coronavirus that has killed 400,000 people around the world this year.
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| Minneapolis City Council President Claims Fear of Dismantling Police ‘Comes From A Place of Privilege’ Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:50 AM PDT  Fears of dismantling local police forces come from a "place of privilege," Minneapolis City Council president Lisa Bender told CNN on Monday."What if in the middle of the night my home is broken into. Who do I call?" CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota asked Bender after the city council president laid out her vision for a post-police city."I hear that loud and clear from a lot of my neighbors, and I know — and myself, too, and I know that that comes from a place of privilege," Bender responded. "For those of us for whom the system is working, I think we need to step back and imagine what it would feel like to already live in that reality where calling the police may mean more harm instead."> Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender on the intent to defund and dismantle the city's police department: "[We] have looked up ways we can shift the response away from our armed police officers… the groundwork is laid already." https://t.co/h0eSepelHE pic.twitter.com/wBASgjsIbq> > -- CNN (@CNN) June 8, 2020Bender and eight other City Council members, who together form a veto-proof majority on the twelve-seat body, have already signed a pledge to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. Mayor Jacob Frey has backed reform but refused to defund the city's police force entirely.However, Bender appeared to temper a push to defund the MPD immediately, saying it would take "years" before police would not be necessary. She and other Council Members had come out in support of a "police-free future" in 2017."To me, [a police-free future] is a long way away, and it would take an enormous amount of investment in things that we know work to keep people safe," Bender said. "I know the statement was bold, and I stand by that bold statement, but the work ahead of us will be long."Calls to defund and dismantle police departments have grown after the death of George Floyd, an African American man killed during his arrest by four Minneapolis police officers. The city saw widespread demonstrations and riots following Floyd's death, with rioters looting and burning down buildings including the headquarters of the city's 3rd precinct, where the four officers were stationed.
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| 10-foot great white shark kills surfer in Australia Posted: 07 Jun 2020 08:09 AM PDT  A 60-year-old surfer was attacked and killed by a 10-foot great white shark off the coast of New South Wales state on Sunday, according to officials.
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| 80% of Americans feel that the country is 'out of control' these days, new poll finds Posted: 07 Jun 2020 12:37 PM PDT  The Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll comes amid protests over George Floyd's death, more than 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, and an uncertain economy.
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| New York Times opinion editor resigns amid fallout over op-ed calling on military to quell protests Posted: 07 Jun 2020 03:02 PM PDT  The opinion piece by Sen. Tom Cotton — titled "Send in the Troops" — incited a backlash from readers but also drew public rebukes from Times journalists.
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| North Korea: Call from South to North goes unanswered for first time Posted: 08 Jun 2020 12:01 AM PDT  Break comes after the North threatened to shut down the inter-Korean liaison office at the border.
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| Coronavirus: Far-right president Jair Bolsonaro forced into U-turn on releasing death figures following national uproar Posted: 08 Jun 2020 04:59 AM PDT  Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has been forced into a U-turn on releasing data showing Brazil's total number of Covid-19 cases and deaths following a national uproar.In a move officials said was personally ordered by the president, months' worth of coronavirus data vanished from Brazil's health ministry website overnight on Friday, with a supreme court judge describing the manoeuvre as "totalitarian".
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| Louisville demanded justice after police killed Breonna Taylor. Instead, it lost another black life Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:57 AM PDT  After Breonna Taylor was killed in her home by police with a 'no-knock' search warrant, Louisville's black community wanted justice.
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| 10-foot great white shark kills surfer in Australia Posted: 06 Jun 2020 08:24 PM PDT  A 60-year-old surfer was attacked and killed by a 3-meter (10-foot) great white shark off the coast of northern New South Wales state on Sunday, officials said. The man received a bite to the back of his thigh and was brought to the shore by other surfers who had fought off the shark, a surf rescue group, Surf Life Saving NSW, said in a statement. "A shark biologist assessed photographs and confirmed a white shark was responsible for the fatal attack," the state's Department of Primary Industries said.
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| Overnight curfew declared for NYC Posted: 07 Jun 2020 12:07 PM PDT  The curfew will be in effect from 11 p.m. Monday night until 5 a.m. Tuesday morning.
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| China demands proof from U.S. senator for COVID-19 accusation Posted: 08 Jun 2020 12:54 AM PDT  China on Monday challenged U.S. Senator Rick Scott to show evidence supporting his accusation that Beijing is trying to slow down or sabotage the development of a COVID-19 vaccine by western countries. U.S. President Donald Trump and other top officials in Washington have repeatedly criticised China's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 4 million people globally and killed more than 400,000.
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| Is the Confederate Flag Unconstitutional? Posted: 07 Jun 2020 04:30 AM PDT  For those who want the flag to come down, the message is a reminder of white supremacy and the war fought to maintain slavery.
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| Madera County Sheriff's Deputy fired after using racial slur on social media Posted: 06 Jun 2020 06:59 PM PDT  Madera County Sheriff's Deputy Damian Tabatabai has been fired from his position due to racially insensitive comments on social media accounts.
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| Minneapolis city council vows to disband police force after George Floyd protests Posted: 08 Jun 2020 04:30 AM PDT  The Minneapolis City Council has pledged to abolish the city's police department in response to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was pinned to the ground by a white police officer. Mr Floyd's death sparked a global wave of protests over police brutality and brought to a head conversations on how police departments can adopt change in cities across the US. In an unprecedented move, nine members of the 13-person Minneapolis City Council pledged on Sunday to dismantle the police department and replace it with a community-led safety model. It represents the strongest action yet against a police department in America since the unrest began over Mr Floyd's death on May 25. Lisa Bender, the Minneapolis City Council president, said: "In Minneapolis and in cities across the US, it is clear that our system of policing is not keeping our communities safe. Our efforts at incremental reform have failed, period. "Our commitment is to do what's necessary to keep every single member of our community safe and to tell the truth: that the Minneapolis police are not doing that. Our commitment is to end policing as we know it and to recreate systems of public safety that actually keep us safe." Oversight of the city's police department usually falls on the Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, who has opposed moves to abolish the force. But the city council has management over the force's budget and policies, meaning it can dismantle the department through funding cuts and other measures. The council's nine-member vote in favour of dismantling the department represents a majority of the panel which Mr Frey cannot override. The Minneapolis Police Department is also currently facing civil rights charges and an investigation filed by the Minnesota Human Rights department, which the city council believes gives it more latitude to impact the police force's future. "A veto-proof majority of the MPLS City Council just publicly agreed that the Minneapolis Police Department is not reformable and that we're going to end the current policing system," said council member Alondra Cano. The city council has proposed shifting from a traditional police force into a broader public safety department. Under such a system, some of the incidents the police currently respond to would be handled instead by staff such as social workers or medics. However the city council has acknowledged that abolishing the police department will be a long, complex process and the body's members have not yet provided details on how it will proceed. Others cities across the US will be keeping a close eye on Minneapolis in the coming weeks to see how the city council enacts its vision of a police-free town. Speaking to The Telegraph last week, Miski Noor, from Black Visions Collective, which campaigns for abolishing the police, said: "It's really exciting to think about Minneapolis being a model for the country around moving forward and realising a police-free world". Other cities, like Los Angeles, are also considering drastic funding cuts to their policing units.
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| Coronavirus live updates: Protesters defy lockdown rules as U.S. death toll tops 110,000 Posted: 07 Jun 2020 08:23 AM PDT  Here are the latest coronavirus updates from around the world.
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| Coronavirus: The misinformation circulating in Africa about Covid-19 Posted: 07 Jun 2020 01:24 AM PDT  We examine claims of bribes and poison, a positive virus test that was not and anti-virus "badges".
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| 'Take a knee,' protesters ask black Secret Service officers in Washington Posted: 07 Jun 2020 01:22 PM PDT |
| Taliban say they are readying for talks with Kabul leaders Posted: 08 Jun 2020 05:00 AM PDT  The Taliban have started putting together their agenda for negotiations with the political leadership in Kabul, Taliban officials said, a significant first step toward talks seen as perhaps the most critical next phase in the Afghan peace process. Zalmay Khalilzad, the architect of Washington's deal with the Taliban, was in Pakistan over the weekend, meeting with the political and military leadership, according to a U.S. Embassy statement on Monday. The Taliban leadership council, meanwhile, began taking proposals from its members in preparation for the start of negotiations, Taliban officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
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| Coronavirus: Dozen new cases in Pennsylvania linked back to Jersey Shore beach parties Posted: 08 Jun 2020 02:50 AM PDT  Almost a dozen new coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania can be traced back to Jersey Shore beach parties, authorities have said.Health officials in Bucks County announced on Sunday that among the 33 new Covid-19 cases, one third had come into contact with a New Jersey resident who had attended multiple beach parties in the Jersey Shore area.
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| The UK steps up its fight with China by preparing tough new laws to prevent hostile takeovers of British firms Posted: 08 Jun 2020 02:57 AM PDT  New laws could make it compulsory for British firms to report attempted takeovers that could create risks to national security.
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| A US Marine veteran stood outside the Utah State Capitol with the words 'I can't breathe' taped over his mouth for so long that his shoes started melting into the ground Posted: 07 Jun 2020 10:31 PM PDT  Todd Winn, a two-time Purple Heart recipient, stood outside for three hours in complete silence as temperatures rose to 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
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| Feds press criminal case against Flynn partner Posted: 07 Jun 2020 08:28 PM PDT  The move occurs even amid ongoing efforts to drop charges against Michael Flynn.
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| Argentina ex-president Macri accused of spying on 400 journalists Posted: 07 Jun 2020 04:00 PM PDT  Argentina's Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) has called for an investigation into former president Mauricio Macri for allegedly spying on more than 400 journalists, a source told AFP on Sunday. Dozens of foreign journalists, including several representing AFP, appeared on a list of people to be investigated in relation to the G20 and World Trade Organization (WTO) summits held in Buenos Aires in recent years.
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| Small business owner: The looters who broke into my store weren't protesting Floyd death Posted: 07 Jun 2020 04:28 AM PDT  My heart goes out to all those who haven't had a fair shake and are victims of violence. But I'm delighted the National Guard is in Washington.
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| Thieves use hammer to steal $29K in jewelry from NYC Macy's Posted: 07 Jun 2020 03:03 PM PDT  New video shows two burglars using hammers to break a glass display at a store in Brooklyn before stealing $29,000 worth of jewelry.
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| Japan hopes to draft G7 formin statement on China security legislation on Hong Kong: source Posted: 07 Jun 2020 08:38 PM PDT  Japan hopes to draft a joint statement on China's new security legislation on Hong Kong at the next Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers' meeting, a Japanese government source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said earlier that Japan is watching the situation in Hong Kong with "deep concern" following the passage by China of a new law for the Hong Kong which could endanger the city's special autonomy and freedoms.
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| Deputy killed in California ambush by Air Force sergeant Posted: 07 Jun 2020 09:39 AM PDT  A Northern California sheriff's deputy was killed and two law enforcement officers wounded Saturday when they were ambushed with gunfire and explosives while pursuing a suspect, authorities said. The U.S. Air Force confirmed Sunday that the suspect was an active duty sergeant stationed at Travis Air Force Base. Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, was shot and killed in Ben Lomond, an unincorporated area near Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart said.
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| ICE special agents detain Floyd protester in NYC Posted: 06 Jun 2020 01:01 PM PDT  "The fact that he's a man of Puerto Rican descent is really concerning because it raises questions about racial profiling," said Terry Lawson, of the Immigrant Defense Project.
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| New York City is relaxing its coronavirus restrictions after 78 days. These are the businesses that can reopen. Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:26 AM PDT  Beginning to reopen the largest city in the US means bringing back construction and allowing some non-essential stores to offer curbside pick-up.
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| An Australia surfer died after he was attacked by a 3-meter great white shark that fellow boarders had to chase away so they could drag him back to shore Posted: 07 Jun 2020 07:07 AM PDT  A 60-year-old man was pulled from the water off Salt Beach in South Kingscliff at 10 a.m. local time on Sunday, according to New South Wales Police.
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| Yes, the Air Force Will Arms Its Jets With Hypersonic Missiles Posted: 06 Jun 2020 12:30 PM PDT  Here's what they can do.
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| Palestinians fear expulsion for Jerusalem high-tech hub Posted: 08 Jun 2020 01:51 AM PDT  Palestinian business owners in occupied east Jerusalem are worried they will be forced to shut up shop by Israeli authorities over plans to build a vast high tech hub in their neighbourhood. The main thoroughfare through the Wadi el-Joz area, close to Jerusalem's Old City, is lined by mechanic workshops and usually hums with the sound of car horns.
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| Marines order Confederate flags removed in ban that includes bumper stickers and clothing Posted: 06 Jun 2020 06:30 PM PDT  The order directs Marine Corps commanders to find and remove displays of the Confederate flag in public areas, including bumper stickers and clothing.
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| As White House's strong-arm tactics get pushback, Trump takes credit for peaceful protests Posted: 07 Jun 2020 04:11 PM PDT  The White House faced growing opposition Sunday as it doubled down on calls for a "law-and-order" crackdown on protests against police abuses and endemic racism.
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| Malaysia to reopen most economic activity with virus outbreak 'under control' Posted: 07 Jun 2020 01:05 AM PDT  Malaysia on Sunday said it would reopen nearly all economic activity and allow interstate travel starting June 10, lifting coronavirus restrictions imposed nearly three months ago as it moves to revive an economy battered by the pandemic. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced in a televised address the novel coranvirus outbreak was "successfully" under control and Malaysia would begin a new recovery phase until Aug. 31. "I am aware the government cannot control your lives forever to control the virus," Yassin said.
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| Bangladesh arrests at least 19 suspected people smugglers Posted: 08 Jun 2020 04:25 AM PDT |
| Bollywood actors called out for protesting racism while promoting skin whitening creams Posted: 06 Jun 2020 03:44 PM PDT  Actors like Priyanka Chopra were slammed for posting in the wake of George Floyd's death despite advertising so-called "fairness" products in India.
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| Black Lives Matter protesters in the UK toppled a 125-year-old slave trader statue and sank it in a river Posted: 07 Jun 2020 10:19 AM PDT  Cheers and applause from protestors accompanied the toppling of the controversial statue of Edward Colston, a former slave trader.
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| Murders and shootings increased dramatically in New York City last week, according to reports Posted: 08 Jun 2020 07:39 AM PDT  The number of shootings and murders in New York City last week rose dramatically, according to the authorities.There were 13 people murdered from Monday 1 June to Sunday 7 June, compared to only five in the same period in 2019.
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