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• China not forthcoming in Hawaii talks, but made commitment on trade: U.S. diplomat

  18-06-2020 23:58 via news.yahoo.com
  
  China's attitude in talks with the United States this week in Hawaii cannot be described as forthcoming, although it did commit to following through on Phase One of the U.S.-China trade deal, the senior U.S. diplomat for East Asia said on Thursday.David Stilwell, who spoke after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, in Hawaii on Wednesday, told reporters the next couple of weeks would show whether the talks were productive."The PRC (People’s Republic of
  
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• Fox News Analyst Peddles False ‘Bleach’ Claim About Cops’ Drinks

  18-06-2020 23:57 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell on Thursday pushed the false narrative that restaurant employees have intentionally poisoned police officers, likely referencing an infamous claim that was debunked by the New York Police Department.During an appearance on Fox News’ Your World with Neil Cavuto, Caldwell, who is Black, was asked by anchor Neil Cavuto about the growing push to make Juneteenth a national holiday, something Caldwell said he supported.“Honestly what people don&rs
  
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• US official says China not forthcoming in talks with Pompeo

  18-06-2020 23:56 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A senior State Department official said Thursday that the United States was disappointed by China’s attitude at a meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a top Chinese diplomat in Hawaii this week.Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell said the Chinese were not “really forthcoming” during Pompeo's closed-door talks on Wednesday with Yang Jiechi, the Chinese Communist Party's top foreign affairs official.Although he said the Chin
  
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• Friday's gossip: Arsenal to sort Luiz future

  18-06-2020 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Luiz future at Arsenal to be resolved by end of week, Chelsea prepared to sell Kante, Inter Milan in talks about extending Sanchez loan, plus more.
  
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• Coronavirus: American Airlines passenger removed for not wearing mask

  18-06-2020 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The conservative activist, who was flying with American Airlines, called their mask policy "insane".
  
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• Ex-officers involved in Rayshard Brooks killing turn themselves

  18-06-2020 23:54 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE UPDATES: 'What I witnessed was real horrific,' says Brooks shooting witness
  
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• Atlanta police call out sick after murder charge in Rayshard Brooks case

  18-06-2020 23:44 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Officers take a stand against Garrett Rolfe's charges; reaction and analysis on 'The Five.'
  
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• Trump team seeks 4th debate with Biden, cites voting by mail

  18-06-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  President Donald Trump's campaign is requesting a fourth debate with his presumptive Democratic rival, citing an expected surge in mail and absentee voting this fall because of the coronavirus.Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani made the request Thursday in a call with Frank Fahrenkopf, the co-chair of the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates.“We want fair debates,” Parscale said.
  
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• Justice Sotomayor cites Trump's remarks against Mexicans, immigrants behind decision to end DACA

  18-06-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  "I would not so readily dismiss the allegation that an executive decision disproportionately harms the same racial group that the President branded as less desirable," wrote Sotomayor.
  
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• Bernie Sanders criticises Republican policing bill and says ‘we need to abolish qualified immunity’

  18-06-2020 23:42 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has criticised the proposed Republican police reform bill, and has demanded the end to qualified immunity.On Wednesday, Republican senators announced a new bill that aims to reform police forces in the US, amid mass protests in response to the death of George Floyd, who died after being detained by a Minneapolis police officer.
  
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• African countries up in the air over call for UN panel to examine 'systemic racism' in US

  18-06-2020 23:42 via feeds.foxnews.com
  
  African countries on Thursday slowed down their call for the top human rights body of the United Nations to launch its most intense scrutiny on the hot-button issues of police brutality and systemic racism in the United States, after American officials led back-channel talks to air opposition to anti-West and anti-American ideas, diplomats said.
  
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• As Trump heads to Tulsa, foreboding grows among Black residents

  18-06-2020 23:38 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The mayor and police chief are 'honored' by Trump's visit to Tulsa, Okla. But Black residents fear violence: "Tulsa is not prepared."
  
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• US questions new China virus figures, seeks observers

  18-06-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The United States on Thursday questioned China's credibility on reporting fresh coronavirus cases in Beijing and called for neutral observers to assess the extent of the outbreak.China has locked down the capital as it seeks to prevent a second wave of COVID-19, reporting 158 cases since a fresh cluster was detected last week.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, an outspoken critic of China, urged greater transparency during talks Wednesday in Hawaii with senior Chinese official Yang Jiechi.
  
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• INTERVIEW: Malcolm Gladwell said George Floyd's death may be a 'tipping point' on how we address policing in America

  18-06-2020 23:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gladwell said he was "encouraged" by how debate has shifted from whether individual police officers are racist to large-scale, systemic racism.
  
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• Spurs 'not in same league' as other clubs in summer transfer market - Mourinho

  18-06-2020 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho says Tottenham are not going to be "in the same world" as other Premier League clubs in this summer's transfer market.
  
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• Paul Pogba: Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer looking for leadership from midfielder

  18-06-2020 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer wants to see some leadership on the pitch from record signing Paul Pogba.
  
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• Six Hangings and a Cop Shootout: Questions Surround ‘Disturbing’ Spate of Deaths

  18-06-2020 23:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The half-brother of Robert Fuller, a Black man found dead by hanging in California last week, was killed in a police-involved shooting on Wednesday, compounding the grief and unanswered questions surrounding what appears to be a spate of hanging deaths amid nationwide protests against police brutality and racism. Six people of color have died by hanging in the last month. And while authorities were quick to label each a suicide, family and community leaders have pushed for deeper probes, fe
  
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• Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz reveals he lives with a 19-year-old Cuban immigrant whom he calls his son

  18-06-2020 23:26 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Gaetz made the announcement after shouting at a Black lawmaker over whether he understood the racism people of color face in America.
  
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• President Trump's bad run keeps getting worse

  18-06-2020 23:19 via cnn.com
  
  With mounting coronavirus concerns for his upcoming Tulsa rally, two major Supreme Court losses and his former national security adviser John Bolton's book, President Trump has had a rough week. CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports.
  
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• Opinion: Why Nancy Pelosi is wrong to remove four portraits from the Capitol

  18-06-2020 23:19 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Pelosi has requested portraits of former speakers of the House be removed from the Capitol because they were part of the Confederacy. She should rethink that.
  
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• The Tulsa arena that's hosting Trump's rally is asking the campaign for its plan to keep people safe from the coronavirus because they still haven't received one 2 days before the event

  18-06-2020 23:13 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Public-health experts warn the rally could be a coronavirus super-spreader event since thousands of people are expected to spend hours in an arena.
  
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• FBI use social media papertrail to charge Philadelphia protester with arson of two police cars

  18-06-2020 23:08 via news.yahoo.com
  
  A woman who allegedly set fire to two police cars during protests in Philadelphia was tracked down by the FBI using information from social media including Etsy, Instagram, and LinkedIn, reports have said.Prosecutors announced on Wednesday that Lore-Elisabeth Blumenthal had been charged with arson for allegedly setting two police cars alight amid George Floyd protests on 30 May.
  
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• 'Whitewashed and erased': There's a reason Juneteenth isn't taught in schools, educators say

  18-06-2020 23:04 via news.yahoo.com
  
  On the eve of Juneteenth, educators said the history of systemic racism in this country and the contributions of Black people have been erased.
  
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• Coronavirus' return to Beijing disrupts life and rattles nerves

  18-06-2020 22:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  While residents of China's capital feel like they're living under "soft lockdown," it's still a limited outbreak, and authorities are determined to keep it that way.
  
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• Galwan Valley: China and India clash on freezing and inhospitable battlefield

  18-06-2020 22:39 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Galwan Valley, where China and India fought a deadly brawl, is known for its harsh climate and terrain.
  
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• Coronavirus: Florida reports record one-day spike in Covid-19 cases of 3,207

  18-06-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  The number of coronavirus cases in Florida has hit a new daily record, amid a rise in positive results in states across the US.On Thursday morning, Florida’s Department of Health announced 3,207 new coronavirus cases, setting a new daily record for the state.
  
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• Close ally of Brazil's Bolsonaro leaves education ministry

  18-06-2020 22:36 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Brazilian Education Minister Abraham Weintraub, a close ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, gave up his Cabinet post Thursday, saying in a video that he is leaving to become one of the directors at the World Bank.The move came a day after Brazil’s top court decided to keep investigating Weintraub in a case involving Bolsonaro supporters and purported threats, insults and falsehoods leveled at Supreme Court justices and their families.Weintraub was one of the leaders of the administration&rsq
  
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• Wounded, bruised protesters testify to decry New York City police violence

  18-06-2020 22:35 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Dana Kopel testified that New York City police kicked her in the jaw and bound her wrists so tightly with zipties her hands turned blue, leaving one hand numb with nerve damage weeks after she marched through the Bronx to protest the killing of George Floyd.Jeffrey Castillo displayed cuts on his knees, bruises on his arms and a scar on his shoulder he said was caused after six officers knocked him off his bike while he chanted against police violence in Manhattan's West Village.One by one, some
  
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• Curtains for Camelot: Last Kennedy sibling's death ends era

  18-06-2020 22:33 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Camelot's inner circle is just about gone — though its spirit, some say, is very much alive.Wednesday's death of Jean Kennedy Smith, an acclaimed former U.S. ambassador to Ireland and the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy, virtually erases those who were closest to the assassinated 35th U.S. president.“This is sort of bringing down the curtain on one of America’s three political dynasties — the Adamses, the Roosevelts and now the Kennedys,” said Pa
  
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• Trump is about to land his 200th federal judge. The impact will last 'generations.'

  18-06-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Most of his nominees are likely to remain on the bench for decades to come — with an impact, noted one conservative, that “will last generations.”
  
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• Kathryn Wheelbarger, Pentagon’s top foreign policy official, resigns

  18-06-2020 22:31 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Wheelbarger had her nomination for a top intelligence job pulled last week.
  
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• Why a gun shop owner banned masks for walk-in customers

  18-06-2020 22:24 via cnn.com
  
  Florida gun shop owner Alex Shkop, talks to CNN's Brianna Keilar about why he's choosing to ban masks for walk-in customers from his store amid a pandemic.
  
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• Not all black people are African American. Here's the difference.

  18-06-2020 22:24 via news.yahoo.com
  
  In most cases, it's OK to just say "black."
  
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• Facebook removes Trump ad over 'Nazi hate symbol'

  18-06-2020 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech giant says a campaign ad featuring a red triangle used in Nazi Germany violated its policy.
  
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• Fauci warns of 'anti-science bias' in US

  18-06-2020 22:19 via cnn.com
  
  The White House coronavirus task force has been out of public view as President Donald Trump has shown an urgency to move past the pandemic, downplay recent surges in Covid cases in some states, and get Americans back to work.
  
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• How to care for dry, cracked heels this summer

  18-06-2020 22:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  Dermatologists explain what causes our heels to crack — and what we can do to heal and protect them.
  
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• Maurice the noisy French cockerel dies aged six

  18-06-2020 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The rooster's early-morning crowing led to a legal battle over noise pollution last year.
  
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• Lawyer who spat on Black teen at George Floyd protest charged with hate crime and felony

  18-06-2020 21:59 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Stephanie Rapkin, a Wisconsin attorney, is facing charges of battery to a law enforcement officer and disorderly conduct with a hate crime enhancer.
  
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• Ex-officers turn themselves in on charges in Brooks killing

  18-06-2020 21:54 via cnn.com
  
  • LIVE UPDATES: 'What I witnessed was real horrific,' says Brooks shooting witness
  
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• Facebook takes down Trump ads for using symbol that looks like one used by Nazis

  18-06-2020 21:52 via cnn.com
  
  Facebook on Thursday said it had take action against ads run by President Trump's re-election campaign for breaching its policies on hate. The ads, which attacked what the Trump campaign described as "Dangerous MOBS of far-left groups," featured an upside-down triangle.
  
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• Thousands Of Homeless People Living Near LA Freeways To Be Moved Into Shelters Under New Deal

  18-06-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  After months of wrangling and ongoing negotiations, Los Angeles county and city officials have reached a deal in federal court to relocate an estimated 7,000 homeless people who live near freeways into shelters and permanent housing. Katie Johnston reports.
  
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• Ari Fleischer says John Bolton 'should have waited' until Trump was out of office to release book

  18-06-2020 21:49 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Bolton details accusations against Trump in memoir; Fox News contributor Ari Fleischer weighs in.
  
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• Statue of Spanish governor removed from New Mexico park

  18-06-2020 21:46 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Crews in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Thursday removed a statue of a Spanish territorial governor from a city park and two other markers were slated to come down as monuments to historical figures were being dismantled across the country.The statue of Don Diego de Vargas was taken down ahead of a rally in Santa Fe organized by indigenous advocates.In calling for the removal of the statue and two historical markers, Democratic Mayor Alan Webber also vowed to revive a commission that will evaluate all
  
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• Unsubscribe: The $0-budget movie that ‘topped the US box office’

  18-06-2020 21:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  By exploiting a loophole, two friends hit the top of the charts with a film made entirely on Zoom.
  
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• Saudi Authorities Consider Canceling Hajj Pilgrimage

  18-06-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Two-and-a-half million people make the trip to Mecca annually but the coronavirus may force cancelation of Hajj.
  
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• Florida shatters daily record with 3,207 new coronavirus cases

  18-06-2020 21:34 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Florida shattered its previous record of daily cases and is emerging as an alarming hot spot among places grappling with a resurgence.
  
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• California orders residents to wear masks outside the home

  18-06-2020 21:29 via news.yahoo.com
  
  California on Thursday ordered residents to wear masks at nearly all times outside the home, saying the strict new rule was necessary because too many Californians were failing or refusing to cover their faces during the coronavirus pandemic.“Simply put, we are seeing too many people with faces uncovered, putting at risk the real progress we have made in fighting the disease," Governor Gavin Newsom said.Newsom did not say how the state intended to enforce the order, which recommends masks
  
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• How have these tumultuous times affected your thoughts about the election?

  18-06-2020 21:20 via news.yahoo.com
  
  Between the pandemic, the economic fallout and the recent protests on policing and racial inequality, it's been a very busy few months. We want to know: How have these tumultuous times affected your thoughts about the election?
  
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• Watch Don Lemon react to Trump's Juneteenth claim

  18-06-2020 21:19 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Don Lemon responds to President Trump saying he made Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery, famous.
  
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• Referees' body to review goalline technology error that denied Sheff Utd

  18-06-2020 21:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Premier League referees will review the goalline technology error that denied Sheffield United a goal in their draw at Aston Villa, BBC Sport understands.
  
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