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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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Who Are the Secret Puppet-Masters Behind Trump’s War on Iran?
GlobalResearch 30 May 2020
But after decades of inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and despite the U.S.’s of the IAEA, the Agency has repeatedly confirmed that Iran a nuclear weapons program ... UANI tried to distance itself from the meeting after the fact, but the published program listed UANI as the event organizer....
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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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Immunity to coronavirus may be far more widespread than thought
The Spectator 30 May 2020
They appeared to have a cross-reactive immunity which had been gained through exposure to other coronaviruses – those which cause the common cold. Now comes another providing more evidence of the same phenomenon from a team at the Emerging Infectious Diseases Program from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore ... The usual caveats apply ... ....
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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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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 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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Britain, France, Germany Regret US Decision to End Waivers for Iran Civilian Nuclear Projects
Voa News 30 May 2020
Wednesday the United States announced the end of the waivers, which had allowed the continuation of projects related to Iran’s civil nuclear program, even though the Trump administration abandoned the 2015 international plan of action in 2018 ... ....
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SpaceX's Starship Prototype Explodes in Fourth Failed Test
Gizmodo 30 May 2020
Like everything else in 2020, the fourth prototype of SpaceX’s next-generation rocket has gone up in flames. It’s the latest in a series of spectacular explosions to plague the company’s Starship programme ... Friday was the vehicle’s fifth static-fire test, and everything appeared to be going well at first ... Credit ... Featured image. LabPadre (YouTube) ....
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‘A national crisis’: how the killing of George Floyd is changing US politics
Yahoo Daily News 30 May 2020
Riots in Minneapolis and across the US triggered by video footage showing George Floyd, a black man, killed under the knee of a police officer, has caused a dramatic shift in the national political debate in America and thrust race to the center of the stage ... Related ... “This is no time for incendiary tweets. This is no time to encourage violence ... More ... ....
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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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Hong Kong leaders say Trump ‘completely wrong’ for curbing ties
The Irish Times 30 May 2020
Senior Hong Kong government officials lashed out on Saturday at moves by US president Donald Trump to strip the city of its special status in a bid to punish China for imposing national security laws on the global financial hub ... The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong said Saturday marked “a sad day” for China’s freest city ... “Many of us ... ....
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Atlanta police chief says 'black lives being diminished' as Floyd protests grow
Yahoo Daily News 30 May 2020
After hours of peaceful protest over the death of George Floyd, some demonstrators in downtown Atlanta turned violent on Friday night, smashing police cars, spray-painting a sign at CNN headquarters and breaking into restaurants and stores. The crowd pelted officers with bottles, chanting “Quit your jobs.” ... “This is not a protest ... Go home, go home.” ... ....
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Boris Johnson has to stand up to Netanyahu’s annexation plans – for the sake of the Palestinians and peace
The Independent 30 May 2020
Whatever Boris Johnson’s troubles, he can always comfort himself that unlike the prime minister of a British ally 3,000 miles away, he’s not running the country while simultaneously being tried on corruption charges ... staying in office and out of prison (Netanyahu denies all charges against him) ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... ....
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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 ... ....
