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4 police officers fired after video shows Minneapolis police officer kneeling on neck of black man who died
ABC7 26 May 2020
MINNEAPOLIS -- MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Four Minneapolis police officers who were involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday after a bystander's video showed the man pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his neck. WARNING ... "Being Black in America should not be a death sentence ... Five minutes....
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US is number one enemy of free trade in world today: Analyst
Press TV 26 May 2020
An American political commentator says the “United States claims to be a defender of free trade but it is the number one enemy of free trade in the world today.” ... “Venezuela and Iran both want peace, and we have the right to trade freely,” Nicolas Maduro said in a state television address on Sunday ... www.presstv.ir. www.presstv.co.uk. www.presstv.tv. ....
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Trump uses dancing pallbearers meme on Biden campaign
The Daily Dot 26 May 2020
Twitter may be the president’s undisputed favorite social media platform, but he’s also known to throw the occasional bone to Facebook—as well he should. After all, Facebook did help carry Donald Trump into the White House in 2016 ... The meme has become a favorite for showcasing epic failures during the coronavirus pandemic ... READ MORE. ... ....
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The world sacrificed its elderly in the race to protect hospitals. The result was a catastrophe in care homes
CNN 26 May 2020
London (CNN)Three months ago, as the novel coronavirus began to gain a foothold in countries across Europe, officials in the UK said they were still confident that the risk to the British public remained low ... That guidance would remain in place over the next two-and-a-half weeks, as the number of coronavirus cases in the UK exploded ... Read More ... ... ....
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Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs struck Earth at 'deadliest possible angle', new study reveals
The Independent 26 May 2020
The asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago struck Earth at the “deadliest possible angle”, according to new simulations of the apocalyptic event ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... ....
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COVID-19 is a Chance for Africa to Have Its Own Marshall Plan—But Not as We Know It | Opinion
Newsweek 26 May 2020
After the nightmare of the Second World War, the economies of Western Europe were on their knees. And so, on 3rd April, 1948, the United States launched an economic recovery program unprecedented in its ambition. Over the next four years, the U.S. would extend a strong hand and lift these crippled nations out of the ruins of the world economy ... ....
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'I can't breathe': FBI, Minnesota BCA to investigate man's death after police stop
Grand Forks Herald 26 May 2020
ST. PAUL — State and federal investigators are launching separate probes into the Minneapolis Police Department after a man died after a police encounter, during which an officer pressed his knee against the man's neck for several minutes ... Minneapolis police responded to a report of a forgery in progress about 8 p.m ... Attorney ... Crump ... . ... Gov ... ....
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Russia sent warplanes to back mercenaries in Libya: U.S. military
Daily Star Lebanon 26 May 2020
Russia recently sent fighter jets to Libya to support Russian mercenaries fighting for strongman Khalifa Haftar, the US military command for Africa (Africom) said Tuesday, in a major escalation in the long-running conflict ... ....
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Military report on alleged abuse in Ontario long-term care 'deeply disturbing,' Trudeau says
Canada Dot Com 26 May 2020
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a Canadian Armed Forces report about long-term care in Ontario is “deeply disturbing.”. Ontario Premier Doug Ford called in military assistance last month for five long-term care homes dealing with COVID-19 outbreaks ... This report by The Canadian Press was first published on May 26, 2020. ....
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New Era of Spaceflight Set to Unleash Wednesday From Florida’s Space Coast
Space Coast Daily 26 May 2020
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program ... The specific duration of the mission is to be determined ... Born in St ... Air Force ... Born in St ... Air Force ... Marine Corps....
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France unveils £7.1 billion plan to rescue ailing car industry
Belfast Telegraph 26 May 2020
France’s Government is injecting more than eight billion euro (£7.1 billion) to save the country’s car industry from huge losses wrought by virus lockdowns. It wants to use the crisis to make France the number one producer of electric vehicles in Europe ... “Our country wouldn’t be the same without its great brands – Renault, Peugeot, Citroen,” he said....
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‘Complete and total disaster’: Trump slams Biden over H1N1 response despite larger Covid-19 death toll
Russia Today 26 May 2020
US President Donald Trump is using Joe Biden’s handling of H1N1 as his latest excuse to go after the former vice president, whom he will presumably face off against in November’s presidential election. “Joe Biden’s handling of the H1N1 Swine Flu was a complete and total disaster,” the president tweeted on Tuesday morning ... ....
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Even 2C Warming Could Push Tropical Rainforests above Their 'Heat Threshold'
Newsweek 26 May 2020
As they photosynthesize and grow, tropical forests remove enormous amounts of carbon from the atmosphere, reducing global warming. However, forests are also themselves affected by this warming. If it gets too hot or too dry, trees will grow less and may start to die faster, decomposing and releasing that carbon back into the atmosphere ... iStock ... ....
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Here's the *real* reason Donald Trump is attacking mail-in ballots
CNN 26 May 2020
(CNN)On Tuesday morning, Donald Trump tweeted this.. "There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed ... This will be a Rigged Election. No way!" ... THE POINT -- NOW ON YOUTUBE! ... Click to subscribe! ... ....
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"US data on influenza deaths are false and misleading."
WorldNews.com 25 May 2020
Compounding these problems is a marketing of fear, a CDC communications strategy in which medical experts "predict dire outcomes" during flu seasons." ... 2M Deaths In US, 500K Deaths in UK ... No one mentions SARS, which began in 2003 and was far more dangerous than Covid 19, according to most reports and for which there is still NO Vaccine on the market....
