Trump backpedals after “shooting” threat to Minneapolis rioters
Washington, DCReuters US President Donald Trump on Friday tried to walk back a Twitter threat to respond with deadly force to three days of violent protests in Minneapolis over the police killing of an unarmed black man. After his online comment that “looting leads to shooting” drew a warning from Twitter and widespread condemnation from […]
Updated: Minneapolis police officer charged with murder in George Floyd case
Updated: 11.15amMinneapolis, USReuters A white former Minneapolis police officer was charged with murder on Friday after a bystander video showed him pinning his knee into the neck of an unarmed black man who later died, an incident that triggered three nights of violent protests. Derek Chauvin, the officer seen on the cellphone video footage kneeling […]
Twitter hides Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”
Singapore/Birmingham, EnglandReuters Twitter hid a tweet by US President Donald Trump behind a warning for the first time on Friday, accusing him of breaking its rules by “glorifying violence” in a message that said looters at protests in Minneapolis would be shot. Twitter’s decision to step in escalates a feud between Trump and tech companies. […]
Racially charged violence rages for third night in Minneapolis
Minneapolis, USReuters A third night of racially charged arson, looting and vandalism gripped Minneapolis as protesters vented rage over the death of an unarmed black man after a white police officer knelt on his neck as he lay on the ground following arrest. The latest unrest in Minnesota’s largest city went largely unchecked late Thursday, […]
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In Australia, New South Wales allows as many people in churches as pubs
Sydney, AustraliaAP An Australian state government has announced that as many people will be allowed in churches as in pubs after an archbishop complained of unfair pandemic rules. Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher on Thursday encouraged Catholics to sign a petition calling on the New South Wales government to treat churches the same as pubs by […]
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‘Lockdown generation’ looms as pandemic risks robbing young of future
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Economic fallout from COVID-19 is hitting young workers so hard they risk becoming a “lockdown generation” scarred for life, with women the worst hit, the United Nations said this week. A study by the UN’s International Labour Organization pointed to the “multiple shocks” young people now faced worldwide – […]
Closed borders give rise to new wave of trafficking in Cambodia
Phnom Penh, CambodiaThomson Reuters Foundation Cambodia is facing a new wave of human trafficking as desperate workers use illegal means to cross closed borders in the hope of finding work in Thailand, officials have warned. About 90,000 Cambodians returned from Thailand before borders were shut in March to stem the spread of the coronavirus and […]
Trump move could scrap or weaken law that protects social media companies
Washington DC, USReuters President Donald Trump said he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, in an extraordinary attempt to regulate social media platforms where he has been criticised. The proposed legislation is part of an executive order Trump signed on Thursday afternoon. […]