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After Floyd killing in US, no sweeping police reform but small, local steps
An unarmed Black man George Floyd is seen pinned to the ground by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. PHOTO: Al Jazeera George Floyd’s death at the hands of
‘Pilgrim of peace’ Pope Francis heads to war-scarred Iraq
Pope Francis Pope Francis starts a historic trip to war-battered Iraq on Friday, defying security fears and the pandemic to comfort one of the world’s oldest and most persecuted Christian
China sets growth target of ‘above 6%’ for 2021
President Xi Jinping of China China’s leaders on Friday set a growth target “above six percent” for 2021, putting it back above pre-pandemic levels, after the virus was largely brought
Reading aloud of 628-page Covid bill delays debate in US Senate
The US Senate finally took up the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package Thursday but a brazen ploy by opponents — reading the entire 628-page bill aloud on the chamber floor
UK police rule out probe into 1995 Princess Diana interview
UK police on Thursday said they would not launch a formal probe into claims of underhand tactics by a BBC journalist to secure a 1995 television interview with the late
US House passes police reforms ahead of Floyd murder trial
Unarmed Black man George Floyd is seen pinned to the ground by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. PHOTO: Al Jazeera A sweeping police reform package that bans choke
Egypt’s ‘Scorpion King’ turns venom into money
PHOTO: AFP Surrounded by thousands of live scorpions in a laboratory deep in Egypt’s Western Desert, Ahmed Abu al-Seoud carefully handles one of the curved-tailed arachnids before extracting a drop
One dead in rocket attack on Iraq base hosting US troops
At least 10 rockets slammed into a military base in western Iraq hosting US-led coalition troops on Wednesday, security sources said, leaving one civilian contractor dead. The attack on the
Youngest Hong Kong protester sentenced for rioting
Protesters in Hong Kong A Hong Kong teenager became the youngest person so far to plead guilty to rioting during 2019’s huge pro-democracy protests on Wednesday, as he admitted throwing
Burkina Faso ambulance bomb blast kills four
Four people including a pregnant woman were killed in northern Burkina Faso on Tuesday when the ambulance they were in was blown up by an improvised bomb, sources told AFP.
