Protests flare across U.S.
Protests over the killing of George Floyd
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'He didn't deserve to die over $20': George Floyd's brother decries 'a modern-day lynching' in testimony to Congress
“They lynched my brother. That was a modern-day lynching in broad daylight,”George Floyd’s younger brother took his grief to the U.S. Congress with an impassioned plea that lawmakers not let his brother’s death be in vain, lamenting that he “didn’t deserve to die over $20” in a what he called a lynching.- Full text of Philonise Floyd's statement to U.S. Congress
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'I can't breathe' protests heat up as curfews imposed in several U.S. cities
Civil unrest flared and curfews were imposed in several major U.S. cities on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets to vent outrage at the death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white Minneapolis policeman knelt on his neck. Read more -
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Secret Service uniformed division officers holding riot shields stand among a crowd demonstrating against the death of African-American man George Floyd, as the officers keep demonstrators away from the White House during a protest in Lafayette Park in Washington, May 30, 2020. 📷 REUTERS/Tom Brenner -
Google said it has postponed next week's planned unveiling of the beta version of its latest Android 11 mobile operating system in light of protests and unrest in the United States. Read more."We are excited to tell you more about Android 11, but now is not the time to celebrate."- Google, in a message posted on its Android developers website.
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Trump says protesters would have met 'vicious dogs' if White House fence breached
President Donald Trump said demonstrators would have been “greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen” had they breached the White House fence. Read more -
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Trump says military could respond quickly to Minneapolis unrest
President Donald Trump said the military could deploy troops to Minneapolis “very quickly” to respond to violent protests. Read more -
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At a little past midnight on Saturday as smoke billowed and flames rose from the tops of a nearby bank and a post office building, Minneapolis grocery store owner Mohammad Abdi knew he had a critical business decision to make. Either go out into the street and confront the dangerous vandals and looters who were preparing to torch his Tawakal Halal Grocery or standby and watch them destroy his livelihood. -
REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon Slideshow: Protests across America after Minneapolis police killing
A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest in Los Angeles, California, May 30. -
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Campaign staff for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden are advertising their donations to a group that pays bail fees in Minneapolis after the city’s police jailed protesters. Read more
Saudi King Salman assails Iran in United Nations debut
NEW YORK/DUBAI Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz took aim at Iran during his debut on Wednesday at the annual United Nations meeting of world leaders, calling for a united front to contain Riyadh's rival and stop it from getting weapons of mass destruction.