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As anti-police brutality protesters march across the nation, two black women in the music industry have created a movement for social media users to go dark for a day of protest. #TheShowMustBePaused is an industry-wide call to action for social media users to acknowledge “the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other black…
Politics|Protesters Dispersed With Tear Gas So Trump Could Pose at Church“He did not pray,” said Mariann E. Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington. “He did not mention George Floyd, he did not mention the agony of people who have been subjected to this kind of horrific expression of racism and white supremacy for hundreds of…
Asia Pacific|Philippines Backs Off Threat to Terminate Military Pact With U.S.In February President Rodrigo Duterte had angrily sought to end the Visiting Forces Agreement, seen as a buffer against Chinese power. Analysts saw the reversal as a sign of new wariness toward China.The aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt anchored off Manila Bay in 2018.Credit…Bullit Marquez/Associated PressJune…
Posts on Instagram using the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. Screenshot by CNET Social media sites, particularly Instagram, have been flooded with images of black squares today as part of Blackout Tuesday, as people aim to show solidarity with the black community and protests over racial injustice. Activists and organizers, however, are urging people not to use the…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo slammed Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday for not deploying enough police officers to stem looting in the state’s most populous city after a night of widespread property destruction and hundreds of arrests. “I believe the mayor underestimates the scope of the problem. I believe he underestimates the duration of the…
Toyota Motor estimates that U.S. sales of new vehicles in May were “beyond expectations” but still down compared with a year ago due to the coronavirus pandemic.Bob Carter, executive vice president of sales for Toyota Motor North America, said the pace of sales picked up in May, averaging 12 million vehicles on an annualized basis.…
Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday said protests in the U.S. are an example of “double standards” held by foreign governments who are criticizing Beijing’s push for national security legislation that will impact the semi-autonomous territory.“We have recently seen these kind of double standards most clearly with the riots in the United States,” Chief Executive Carrie…
Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese government for sharing the genetic map of the virus “immediately,” and said its work and commitment to transparency were “very impressive, and beyond words.”But behind the scenes, it was a…
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Many Hong Kong people will find their own way to mark the 31st anniversary of Chinese troops opening fire on protesters in and around Tiananmen Square, after an annual candlelight vigil was cancelled for the first time because of the coronavirus. Office worker Daisy Lam speaks to Reuters about her experience…
Media|Tucker Carlson of Fox News Accuses Trump of Being Too Lenient on ProtestsIn a sign of partisan divide, his monologue came as Anderson Cooper of CNN criticized Mr. Trump for calling protesters “thugs.”Tucker Carlson, the host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Fox News, argued on his Monday broadcast that President Trump’s response to the protests…
Published on Jun 1, 2020President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying thousands of heavily armed soldiers and law enforcement to halt violence in the U.S. capital and vowed to do the same in other cities if mayors and governors fail to regain control of the streets.Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribeReuters brings you the latest business, finance…