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The American Empire Is Falling Apart. But Things Can Always Get Worse
GlobalResearch 04 Jun 2020
The American empire is in decay, but that doesn’t mean things can’t get worse. Protests that erupted over the police killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, continue to rage across the United States. Each new day sees another chunk of flesh torn from the face the nation shows the world, revealing the bone and blood underneath ... * ... etc ... ....
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George Floyd's friend who was in the car with him details his last moments
CNN 04 Jun 2020
(CNN)George Floyd pleaded with officers before his death in Minneapolis, asking them why and not resisting arrest in any way, a friend who was with him said. Maurice Lester Hall, 42, was with Floyd in the car during the arrest that led to his death, The New York Times reported ... "I could hear him pleading, 'Please, officer, what's all this for?' ... ....
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Madeleine McCann Assumed Dead by German Prosecutors
The Wrap 04 Jun 2020
Madeleine McCann, the 3-year-old girl who went missing during a family vacation in Portugal in 2007, is assumed dead by German prosecutors following the identification of a new suspect earlier this week ... Investigators said the case remains a missing persons case because there is no “definitive evidence” that McCann is actually dead....
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Libyan forces take over Tripoli airport
The Manila Times 04 Jun 2020
TRIPOLI. Forces of Libya’s United Nations (UN)-backed government announced taking over the former International Airport in the south of Tripoli from the rival eastern-based army, as the armed conflict between the two parties continues ... ....
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Giant asteroid taller than Empire State Building heading towards Earth this week
International Business Times 04 Jun 2020photo: AP / Courtesy of the White Family via AP
Detained U.S. Navy veteran freed by Iran, en route home
Pittsburgh Tribune Review 04 Jun 2020
WASHINGTON — A Navy veteran detained in Iran for nearly two years has been released and started making his way home, with the first leg on a Swiss government aircraft, U.S. officials said Thursday. “The nightmare is over,” his mother said. The U.S ... The two countries are at bitter odds over U.S ... Categories. News . U.S./World. Email Newsletters ... 8.46 ... .......
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Bernie-friendly DNC panel pushes Biden to back $16T climate plan
Politico 04 Jun 2020
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT Bernie-friendly DNC panel pushes Biden to back $16T climate plan. The council's proposals are collectively more ambitious than most of the Democrats who ran for president this year. Joe Biden. Scott Olson/Getty Images. By ZACK COLMAN. 06/04/2020 09.00 AM EDT. Facebook. Twitter. Link. Link Copied More Mail. Reddit. WhatsApp ... economy ... ....
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Twitter accuses President Trump of making 'false claims'
BBC News 04 Jun 2020
Twitter has accused the US president of making false claims, in one of the app's own articles covering the news ... ....
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Palestine's Fatah party forms committees to challenge Israel's annexation plan: official
Xinhua 04 Jun 2020
RAMALLAH, June 4 (Xinhua) -- A senior official in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Movement announced on Thursday that the movement formed committees to challenge Israel's plan of annexing Palestinian lands ... Enditem. ....
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Four police officiers charged in Floyd death, one faces 2nd-degree murder count
Arab News 04 Jun 2020
MINNEAPOLIS. The white Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on the neck of a black man who later died will now be charged with second-degree murder, and his three colleagues will also face charges, court documents revealed Wednesday ... “This is another important step for justice.” ... .......
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Snapchat to Stop 'Promoting' Trump Amid Uproar Over Tweets
Voa News 04 Jun 2020
Snapchat will stop "promoting" President Donald Trump on its video messaging service, the latest example of a social media platform adjusting how it treats this U.S. president. Last week, Twitter placed fact-check warnings on two Trump tweets that called mail-in ballots "fraudulent" and predicted problems with the November elections ... ....
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Turkey vows more support to secure gains in Libya conflict
Reuters 04 Jun 2020photo: AP / Emmanuel Mwiche
In Zambia Covid 19 is a hoax – medical doctor
Zambian Watchdog 03 Jun 2020
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Kim Yo-jong warns South Korea to tackle 'evil' propaganda balloons
The Guardian 04 Jun 2020
Her statement came after anti-Pyongyang leaflets were sent across the border earlier this week by a group of North Korean defectors ... .......
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The economic response to the coronavirus crisis should tackle global climate change too
The Independent 04 Jun 2020
The coronavirus crisis has prompted the biggest state intervention in the market in history ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... George Monbiot Author and Environmental Activist ... Members of the cabinet, who are subjugated shamefully to the party line, appear wilfully oblivious to what the actual public and businesses now want and justly demand ... ....
