Obama calls on all U.S. mayors to pursue policing reforms in wake of protests
(Reuters) - In his first live remarks on the unrest gripping dozens of U.S. cities, former President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged every American mayor to review their police department’s use-of-force policies in consultation with their communities. The country’s...
read moreAfter long silence, Mattis denounces Trump and military response to crisis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After long refusing to explicitly criticize a sitting president, former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis accused President Donald Trump on Wednesday of trying to divide America and roundly denounced a militarization of the U.S. response to civil...
read moreAll four Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Wednesday leveled new criminal charges against four Minneapolis police officers implicated in the death of an unarmed black man who was pinned by his neck to the street during an arrest caught on video, sparking nine days of...
read moreU.S. defense chief opposes deploying troops to quell protests, despite Trump threats
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Wednesday he does not support invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy active-duty forces to quell civil unrest for now, despite President Donald Trump’s threats to militarize America’s response to mass...
read moreACLU sues Minnesota police, alleging harassment of journalists at protests
(Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union has accused Minnesota law enforcement of wrongly arresting, injuring and harassing journalists covering unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, in Minneapolis police custody. FILE PHOTO: Police...
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Lockdown helps fuel rise in cybercrime
Credit: Philipp Katzenberger on Unsplash Take extra care before buying face masks or testing kits online, or responding to texts apparently sent to you by the UK government or the NHS. Because while lockdown has helped reduce the spread of the coronavirus, it is also...
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How to avoid disinformation and misinformation on Facebook and Twitter
Credit: CC0 Public Domain George Floyd is not really dead. Billionaire philanthropist George Soros is supplying bricks to protesters. Hoaxes, conspiracy theories and other falsehoods like these are surging on Facebook and Twitter following Floyd's death in police...
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A diversity consultant says real change may hit the tech industry due to the George Floyd protests and the coronavirus crisis. Silicon Valley hasn’t changed much after past scrutiny, but this time…
ReadySet Silicon Valley has long had a diversity problem, but in the past the industry has largely been able to evade addressing it. But a combination of the coronavirus crisis and the protests over the death of George Floyd have led to a new moment in the Valley...
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AutoCanada Reports 2020 First Quarter Results
EDMONTON, AB, June 3, 2020 /CNW/ - AutoCanada Inc. ("AutoCanada" or the "Company") (TSX: ACQ), a multi-location North American automobile dealership group, today reported its financial results for the three month period ended March 31, 2020. "In response to the...
read moreAkumin Inc. Announces First Quarter 2020 Financial Results and Amendment to Credit Facility
TORONTO, June 3, 2020 /CNW/ -Â Akumin Inc. (TSX: AKU.U) (TSX:Â AKU) ("Akumin" or the "Corporation") announced today its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 ("Q1 Fiscal 2020") and an amendment to its existing credit agreement effective June 2, 2020....
read moreAkumin Inc. Announces First Quarter 2020 Financial Results and Amendment to Credit Facility
TORONTO, June 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -Â Akumin Inc. (TSX: AKU.U) (TSX:Â AKU) ("Akumin" or the "Corporation") announced today its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 ("Q1 Fiscal 2020") and an amendment to its existing credit agreement effective June 2,...
read moreALG Student Loan Trust II — Moody’s downgrades and places on review for downgrade certain FFELP student loan ABS
Rating Action: Moody's downgrades and places on review for downgrade certain FFELP student loan ABSRead the full article at...
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George Floyd death: New charges for all four sacked officers
New charges have been announced against all of the sacked police officers present at the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis.The charge against Derek Chauvin has been elevated to second-degree murder, court documents show.The other three officers,...
read moreCurtis Hayes: Man behind the protest plea that moved America
In a viral video from Charlotte, North Carolina, Curtis Hayes implored two generations of protester to "find a better way" to express their pain over police killings of African Americans. Hayes spoke to the BBC about why he believes the next generation will have to...
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George Floyd death: Trump denies protests forced him into bunker
Media playback is unsupported on your device US President Donald Trump has denied reports he was rushed to the White House bunker on Friday night during anti-racism protests.Mr Trump told Fox News radio he went down during the day for a "tiny period of time" for an...
read moreWhite House likens Trump to Churchill in WW2
The White House compares President Donald Trump to Winston Churchill during World War Two.
read moreUS to ban passenger flights from China
The US is to ban passenger flights from China from 16 June, in the latest sign of tensions between the two economic giants.The Department of Transportation said it is punishing Beijing for refusing to let US airlines resume flights to China as its pandemic subsides....
read moreProtesters march again in U.S. cities despite curfews, Trump vow to crack down
WASHINGTON/MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - 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...
read moreAfrican, Haitian migrants in Honduras defy border closure in attempt to reach U.S.
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - African, Cuban and Haitian migrants stranded in Honduras after borders were closed due to the coronavirus pandemic began trekking northward on Tuesday in an attempt to reach the United States, migration authorities said. Migrants from Africa,...
read moreGeorge Floyd, a ‘gentle giant,’ remembered in hometown Houston march
HOUSTON (Reuters) - George Floyd’s hometown of Houston held a memorial march for him on Tuesday, where attendees recounted a “gentle giant” whose legacy had helped the city largely avoid the violent protests seen elsewhere in the United States. The mayor’s office said...
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