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In UK, Police Response To Protests For Racial Equality Is Markedly Different

8:00am June 13, 2020

by Frank Langfitt

Police in Britain have been dealing with mass protests following the death of George Floyd. However, the way UK police manage demonstrations greatly differs from their American counterparts.

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Zoom acknowledged Thursday that it had suspended three accounts belonging to activists at China's request. Two of the accounts belonged to U.S.-based activists and the third to a labor leader in Hong Kong.

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Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts At China's Request

9:04pm June 12, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

The video conferencing company says Beijing had asked that four meetings and associated users be terminated. Two of the users were based in the U.S. and the third in Hong Kong.

U.S. soldiers walk alongside tanks from the U.S. 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, parked at Germany's Bremerhaven port on Feb. 21. The U.S. could be considering drawing down a portion of its armed forces based in Germany.

A Possible Plan To Pull U.S. Troops From Germany Causes A Stir In Both Countries

6:20pm June 12, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

Reports that the White House wants to pull 9,500 troops out of Germany have raised concerns among current and former officials. Russia welcomed the possible move.

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A protective covering was installed overnight to keep protesters from further damaging a statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Parliament Square in London.

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Statue Of Winston Churchill Is Covered Up In London

6:09pm June 12, 2020

by Jason Slotkin

The monument had previously been defaced amid anti-racism demonstrations. The U.K. is embroiled in a debate over monuments to noted British imperialists and slave traders.

French police unionists fire blue flares as they demonstrate with a banner reading" No police, no peace" down the Champs-Élysées in Paris on Friday.

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'We're Not Racist': French Police Say They're Being Unfairly Criticized

4:46pm June 12, 2020

by Eleanor Beardsley

Earlier this week, police gathered in front of precincts across France and threw down their handcuffs in a symbolic gesture.

Zoom Apologizes For Blocking Accounts Of U.S.-Based Chinese Activists

4:09pm June 12, 2020

by John Ruwitch

Zoom has apologized for blocking accounts of U.S.-based Chinese activists as they were marking the Tiananmen Square anniversary. It shows the challenges U.S. tech companies face working with China.

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A COVID-19 patient lies in a hospital bed at Papa Giovanni XXIII hospital, in Bergamo, Italy, in April. Prosecutors are investigating whether regional or national authorities mismanaged the response to the coronavirus as it quickly spread through northern

Prosecutors Question Italy's Top Leaders Over Coronavirus Response

3:16pm June 12, 2020

by Sylvia Poggioli

Italy's prime minister, health and interior ministers faced hours of questioning in Rome as prosecutors opened an investigation into possible mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with President Trump after taking part in a signing ceremony at the end of their historic U.S.-North Korea summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018.

2 Years After Singapore Summit, U.S.-North Korea Relations Back To Square 1

2:19pm June 12, 2020

In a statement marking the summit's anniversary, North Korea accused the Trump administration of using the historic meeting to score political points and to isolate Pyongyang.

Boys walk past shuttered businesses in the township of Khayelitsha in Cape Town, South Africa, during the coronavirus lockdown. This recession is the first triggered solely by a pandemic, and low-income countries are particularly hard-hit.

World Bank: Recession Is The Deepest In Decades

1:58pm June 12, 2020

by Joanne Lu

The World Bank issues a report this week detailing the extent of the recession, the first caused solely by a pandemic. Its findings are sobering — but do offer a glimmer of hope.

An Iraqi soldier stands guard near a U.S. military air carrier at the Qayyarah Airfield West, before the U.S. transferred the base to Iraqi forces in March.

Laid Off By U.S. Contractor, Iraqi Interpreters Fear ISIS Retaliation

1:57pm June 12, 2020

by Jane Arraf

A U.S. military contractor abruptly laid off most of the U.S.-led coalition's Iraqi interpreters. Some have gone into hiding. "We ... will be easily hunted down," a group wrote to the U.S. military.