George Floyd death: Violence erupts on sixth day of protests
Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd.
Curfews have been imposed in nearly 40 cities, but people have largely ignored them, leading to tense stand-offs.
Riot police clashed with protesters in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, firing tear gas and pepper bullets to try to disperse the crowds.
Police vehicles were set on fire and shops were looted in several cities.
Australia’s NRL fan cardboard cut-out scheme turns sour after use of Hitler and mass murderer Harold Shipman
- League says screening process is being reviewed
- Fox Sports issues apology for ‘poor taste’ TV sketch
What started out as a fun and inclusive initiative has turned sour after the NRL’s scheme to put cardboard cut-outs of fans in stadiums was hijacked.
Over the weekend a photograph of mass murderer Harold Shipman made an appearance in the stands, then a TV sketch featured an image of Adolf Hitler, prompting furious criticism from Australia’s Jewish community.
The broadcaster and the show’s host subsequently apologised, while the NRL said it would review its screening process.
Hydroxychloroquine: US sends Brazil 2 million doses of drug to treat coronavirus despite link to deaths
White House also announces joint research plan to find out whether the medicine is actually effectiveJon Sharman
Donald Trump’s administration says it has sent 2 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to Brazil to help fight coronavirus, despite a lack of solid evidence for its efficacy and even some suggestions it could be harmful.
The US president claimed last month that he was taking the anti-malarial drug as a prophylactic, after weeks of touting it from his White House podium as a magic bullet.
Trials are underway to determine whether hydroxychloroquine can in fact help prevent or treat Covid-19, while some research has already reported that it can be dangerous for some patients, potentially increasing their risk of death. The World Health Organisation temporarily suspended its own trial of the drug over safety concerns.
Will coronavirus help 'greedy' pharma reset reputation?
The pharmaceutical industry has often been castigated, especially in the US, for being profit-driven. Now, many are saying the coronavirus crisis offers a perfect opportunity to the industry to boost its image.
As drug companies around the world work at breakneck speed to develop coronavirus vaccines and treatments, there are expectations that the industry, often accused of being brazenly profit-centric, could redeem its reputation by not engaging in price gauging or profiteering and ensuring the eventual vaccines and treatments are widely available, even in poorer countries.
More than 120 vaccines are under development and nearly as many drugs are being examined, with some of them now entering clinical trials.
From Berlin to New Zealand, protests against death of George Floyd spread internationally
As demonstrations against the police killing of George Floyd spread across the United States in recent days, protesters in cities around the world also took up the mantle to decry systemic racism and police brutality in the United States and at home.
Many people have watched with growing unease at the civil unrest in the US after the latest in a series of police killings of unarmed black men and women. Floyd died on May 25 in Minneapolis after a white police officer kneeled on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes, including several minutes after he became unresponsive. The officer, Derek Chauvin, has been fired and charged with murder. The three other officers with him were also fired.
Some 4,000 people marched in New Zealand's largest city Auckland on Monday to protest the killing of George Floyd as well as to stand up against police violence and racism in their own country. Demonstrators marched to the US consulate, where they kneeled in protest holding banners with slogans like, “I can’t breathe” (words spoken by Floyd just before his death), “The real virus is racism” and "Black Lives Matter". Hundreds more joined peaceful protests and vigils elsewhere in New Zealand, where Monday was a public holiday.
How Saudi piracy station beoutQ could sink Newcastle takeover bid
Saudi Arabia's $370m bid to buy an English football club appears to be foundering on the rocks of the WTO.
It's shots curled into the top corner in the dying seconds. It's jumpers for goalposts in the local park. It's Ronaldinho at the Bernabeu in 2005. It's a soggy Tuesday evening in a windy town, far from home, desperately warming your hands holding hot, flavourless coffee as your team loses again. It's the glories that are multiplied and the tragedies that are shared by being part of a scarved, polyester-clad tribe of like-minded fans.
And it's money.
And now a $370m deal hatched in the northeast of England, to sell the historic - if currently less than stellar - Newcastle United Football Club might be scuppered due to a Middle Eastern pirate TV station.
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