Jun 08 France to abandon police chokeholds amid George Floyd protests By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press France's interior minister says police in the country will no longer be allowed to conduct chokeholds during arrests. The minister says the immobilization technique is now banned after it came under renewed criticism following George Floyd's death in the United… Continue reading
Jun 08 A U.S. recession began in February in the face of coronavirus, say economists By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The U.S. economy entered a recession in February, a group of economists declared Monday, ending more than a decade of steady if slow growth. Continue reading
Jun 08 BP to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide amid virus pandemic By Associated Press Chief Executive Bernard Looney said that the cuts will affect office-based roles in BP's global workforce of 70,000 people and come mostly this year. Continue reading
Jun 08 Restoration work resumes on Paris' fire-ravaged Notre Dame By Associated Press On Monday morning operations began to dismantle scaffolding that was already in place before the April 2019 fire amid previous restoration efforts on the old structures. Continue reading
Jun 07 Brazil govt yanks virus death toll as data befuddles experts By Diane Jeantet, Associated Press Brazil's government has stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infections in an extraordinary move that critics call an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease in Latin America's largest nation. Continue reading
Jun 07 World reaches 400,000 virus deaths as pope urges caution By Joseph Wilson, Associated Press Worldwide, at least 6.9 million people have been infected by the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University, whose aggregated tally has become the main worldwide reference for monitoring the disease. Its running counter says United States leads the world with… Continue reading
Jun 06 OPEC, allied nations extend nearly 10M barrel cut by a month By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Ministers of the cartel and outside nations like Russia met via video conference to adopt the measure, aimed at cutting out the excess production depressing prices as global aviation remains largely grounded due to the pandemic. It represents some 10%… Continue reading
Jun 06 Tropical Storm Cristobal advances toward US Gulf Coast By Associated Press A re-energized Tropical Storm Cristobal advanced toward the U.S. Gulf Coast early Saturday, bringing with it the heavy rains that already caused flooding and mudslides in Mexico and Central America. Continue reading
Jun 06 The loneliest of D-Day remembrances is hit by pandemic By Raf Casert, Associated Press Saturday's D-Day remembrance in Normandy has turned out to be one of the loneliest remembrances ever. Continue reading
Jun 06 Black Lives Matter protests in Australia, Asia and Europe By Frank Jordans, Associated Press BERLIN — Thousands of people rallied across Australia to honor George Floyd and voice their support for the Black Lives Matter movement Saturday, part of a worldwide wave of solidarity that has also sought to highlight racial discrimination outside the… Continue reading