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George Floyd death: US cities order curfews amid widespread clashes
BBC News 31 May 2020
Large demonstrations have taken place in at least 30 cities across the US. In Chicago, protesters threw stones at riot officers, who responded by launching tear gas canisters. Several people were arrested on Saturday. Police in Los Angeles fired rubber bullets as they tried to disperse protesters who threw bottles and set fire to their squad cars ... ....
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Trump postpones G7 summit, wants to expand it to G10 or G11, including India
The Telegraph India 31 May 2020
US President Donald Trump has postponed the G7 Summit till September and expressed his desire to expand the "outdated" bloc to G10 or G11, including India and three other nations to the grouping of the world's top economies ... "I don't feel that as a G7, it properly represents what's going on in the world ... "Maybe I'll do it after the election ... ....
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The Hawaii navy base fueling Trump's quest for 'super duper' missiles
Yahoo Daily News 31 May 2020
Hawaii’s “garden island”, Kauai, is known for its breathtaking scenery and laid-back vibe, a place of plunging waterfalls and cliffs cloaked in green tropical forests. But beyond its beauty it is one of the Pentagon’s most valued testing and training sites in the Pacific ... Related. Can Hawaii open up to tourists without letting in the coronavirus? ... ....
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Trump threatens White House protesters with 'vicious dogs and most ominous weapons'
The Independent 30 May 2020
Donald Trump has threatened people protesting the death of George Floyd outside the White House with "vicious dogs" and "ominous weapons". "Great job last night at the White House by the U.S. @SecretService. They were not only totally professional, but very cool," Mr Trump tweeted on Saturday morning ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... Comments ... ....
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Crab blood to remain big pharma's standard as industry group rejects substitute
The Guardian 31 May 2020
Animal rights groups have been pushing a synthetic alternative to horseshoe crab blood in drug safety testing Horseshoe crabs’ icy-blue blood will remain the drug industry’s standard for safety tests after a powerful US group ditched a plan to give equal status to a synthetic substitute pushed by Swiss biotech Lonza and animal welfare groups ... ....
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NASA astronauts head for ISS on historic SpaceX flight
Manila Standard Today 31 May 2020
Two veteran NASA astronauts were headed for the International Space Station on Saturday after Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first commercial company to launch a rocket carrying humans into orbit, ushering in a new era in space travel ... AFP ... "I';m really quite overcome with emotion," Musk said ... The second stage also separated smoothly ... ....
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Who Are the Secret Puppet-Masters Behind Trump’s War on Iran?
GlobalResearch 30 May 2020
On May 6th, President Trump vetoed a specifying that he must ask Congress for authorization to use military force against Iran ... So what is it about Iran that makes it such a target of hostility for Trump and the neocons? There are many repressive regimes in the world, and many of them are close U.S ... A 2007 U.S ... If, despite all the evidence, U.S ... * ... etc....
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Iran's new parliament speaker says talks with US 'futile'
Manila Standard Today 31 May 2020
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said any negotiations with the United States would be "futile" as he delivered his first major speech to the conservative-dominated chamber on Sunday ... This, he said, would entail "the total expulsion of America's terrorist army from the region" ... ....
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World virus cases top six million as leaders disagree on pandemic response
RTE 31 May 2020
The number of coronavirus cases worldwide topped six million, with Brazil registering another record surge in daily infections as divisions deepened on how to deal with the pandemic ... The number of confirmed cases worldwide is more than six million, according to an AFP tally ... "Actions that weaken international results must be avoided." ... ....
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Immunity to coronavirus may be far more widespread than thought
The Spectator 30 May 2020
Two weeks ago I wrote here about a study by the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in California, which found that between 40 and 60 per cent of people who had never been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 – the virus which causes Covid 19 – nevertheless seemed to develop an immune response to the disease in their T Cells ... The usual caveats apply ... ....
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Could nearly half of those with Covid-19 have no idea they are infected?
The Guardian 30 May 2020
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China's Xi Jinping so nervous, he's risking Cold war: Hong Kong's last governor
Indiatoday 30 May 2020
The last British governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten said Xi Jinping’s ‘thuggish’ crackdown in Hong Kong risked triggering another Cold War ... ....
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Trump says US terminating relationship with WHO, accuses it of misleading world about coronavirus
The Telegraph India 30 May 2020
President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will terminate its relationship with the World Health Organisation, saying it had failed to undertake greatly needed reforms and "mislead" the world about the coronavirus when it emerged in China. Trump has accused the WHO of failing to hold Beijing to account over the coronavirus pandemic....
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Astronomers see ‘cosmic ring of fire’
West Hawaii Today 30 May 2020
Astronomers have captured an image of a super rare type of galaxy — described as a “cosmic ring of fire” — as it existed 11 billion years ago ... ADVERTISING. The study, which includes data from W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, was published in a recent issue of the journal Nature Astronomy ... ADVERTISING ... ....
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Taylor Swift Accuses Donald Trump Of ‘Stoking The Fires Of White Supremacy And Racism’
Huffington Post 30 May 2020
Taylor Swift has accused Donald Trump of “stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism” over the US president’s response to the death of George Floyd. A video of the unarmed 46-year-old Black man’s arrest on Monday showed him gasping for breath while a white police officer knelt on his neck before he died ... She added ... ....
