United States

Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Thousands demonstrate before the US Capitol yelling “silence is violence”

Thousands of demonstrators took to a knee in the grass outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, chanting “silence is violence” and “no justice, no peace,” just before a government-imposed curfew as rallies against police brutality swelled in major cities.
Wednesday, June 3rd 2020 - 08:36 UTC
New York upmarket retailers' shops in central Manhattan raided by looters

New York was under a curfew that would last until early Tuesday morning, officials said, after looters raided stores in central Manhattan, targeting some of the city's top retailers.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 09:02 UTC
“I can't breathe” chant favela residents in Rio protesting crimes committed by police against black people

Hundreds of demonstrators converged on the square in front of the Rio de Janeiro state government palace Sunday, protesting crimes committed by the police against black people in the Brazilian city’s poor neighborhoods, known as favelas.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Trump threatens to deploy thousands of “heavily armed” soldiers

US President Donald Trump on Monday said he was deploying thousands of “heavily armed” soldiers and police to prevent further protests in Washington, where buildings and monuments have been vandalized near the White House.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 08:08 UTC
Facebook staff criticize Zuckerberg for leaving Trump’s most inflammatory verbiage unchallenged

Facebook employees walked away from their work-from-home desks on Monday and took to Twitter to accuse Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg of inadequately policing U.S. President Donald Trump’s posts as strictly as the rival platform has done.
Tuesday, June 2nd 2020 - 07:44 UTC
Independent autopsy contradicts official document: George Floyd died from asphyxiation

Two doctors who carried out an independent autopsy of George Floyd, the black man whose death in Minneapolis police custody last week triggered nationwide protests, said on Monday that he died from asphyxiation and that his death was a homicide.
Monday, June 1st 2020 - 08:57 UTC
Trump delivers to his friend Bolsonaro two million doses of hydroxychloroquine

The United States has delivered two million doses of the anti-malarial medicine hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to Brazil to fight COVID-19, the White House said Sunday, though the drug has not been proven effective against the coronavirus.
Monday, June 1st 2020 - 08:49 UTC
Oil prices fall because of concerns about extended rioting in major US cities

Oil prices fell due to concerns about riots in major US cities that could staunch demand after trading higher on optimism that OPEC would extend or enhance production cuts at a meeting in June.
Monday, June 1st 2020 - 07:50 UTC
Violence and arson across major US cities on a sixth night of protests

Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd. Curfews have been imposed in nearly 40 cities, but people have largely ignored them, leading to tense stand-offs. There are unconfirmed rumors of five deaths because of the rioting and clashes.
Monday, June 1st 2020 - 07:49 UTC
Washington DC mayor and Secret Service, contradict Trump's tweets

US President Donald Trump said demonstrators protesting the death of a black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck would have been “greeted with the most vicious dogs, and most ominous weapons, I have ever seen.”