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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 ... For decades, China has ripped off the US like no one has ever done before, he said ... ....
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Immunity to coronavirus may be far more widespread than thought
The Spectator 30 May 2020
There has been a widespread assumption that no-one has any immunity to SARS-CoV-2, and that unless suppressed by social distancing or by a vaccine it will go on to infect the majority of the population ... might explain why many people suffer only mild symptoms or no symptoms at all....
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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 ... Minneapolis ... Read More ... It said there was no physical findings to support strangulation as the cause of death....
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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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Trump threatens White House protesters with 'vicious dogs and most ominous weapons'
The Independent 30 May 2020photo: AP / Ringo H.W. Chiu
‘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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Obama on death of George Floyd: 'This shouldn't be 'normal' in 2020 America'
CNN 29 May 2020
... and women in law enforcement who take pride in doing their tough job the right way, every day -- to work together to create a 'new normal' in which the legacy of bigotry and unequal treatment no longer infects our institutions or our hearts," he writes....
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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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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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SpaceX's Starship Prototype Explodes in Fourth Failed Test
Gizmodo 30 May 2020
Like everything else in 2020, the fourth prototype of SpaceX’s next-generation rocket has gone up in flames. It’s the latest in a series of spectacular explosions to plague the company’s Starship programme ... Friday was the vehicle’s fifth static-fire test, and everything appeared to be going well at first ... Credit ... Featured image. LabPadre (YouTube) ....
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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 ... "China has no intention to escalate tensions and I think India also doesn't want a conflict ... ....
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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 is the first to give a firm no, while other world leaders have expressed vaguely positive responses ... GET IT. USA....
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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
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld later said that no gun was found in the area ... No Israelis were wounded in either incident ... The Palestinian Authority said last week that it was no longer bound by past agreements with Israel and the United States and was cutting off all ties, including longstanding security coordination....
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Britain, France, Germany Regret US Decision to End Waivers for Iran Civilian Nuclear Projects
Voa News 30 May 2020
Britain, France and Germany issued a joint statement Saturday in which they expressed “regret” about the United States decision to end sanctions waivers for Iranian civilian nuclear projects intended to prevent weapons development ... ....
