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US police reform: Trump signs executive order on 'best practice' 17 June 2020 Share this with Facebook Share this with Messenger Share this with Twitter Share this with Email Share Related TopicsGeorge Floyd death Media captionTrump: 'Without police, there is chaos' US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order introducing several police reforms while rejecting calls to defund or dismantle the police. His order offers federal grants to improve practices, including creating a database to trace abuses by officers. It comes amid anger over the police killings of African Americans, though Mr Trump did not comment about the ongoing US racism debate. Several US cities have proposed more radical reforms. Speaking at the White House on Tuesday, Mr Trump began by saying he had met a number of African-American families who had lost loved ones, including the relatives of Antwon Rose, Botham Jean and Ahmaud Arbery - the black jogger killed in Georgia earlie...

ఒక్క అంగుళాన్ని కూడా చైనా వదులుకోదు.. చైనా మీడియా వ్యాఖ్యలివీ. న్యూఢిల్లీ: భారత్, చైనా మధ్య మరోసారి ఉద్రిక్తకర పరిస్థితులు నెలకొన్నాయి.. లద్దాఖ్‌లోని గాల్వన్‌లోయలో చైనా సైనికులు.. మన జవాన్లపై రాళ్లు విసిరి, రాడ్లతో దాడికి దిగారు. వారికి మన సైనికులు దీటుగా బదులిచ్చారు. ఈ హింసాత్మక ఘర్షణలో 20 మంది మన జవాన్లు వీరమరణం పొందారు. చైనా సైనికుల్లో మరణించినవారుగానీ, గాయపడినవారుగానీ 43 మంది దాకా ఉన్నట్టు తెలుస్తోంది.. సోమ, మంగళవారాల్లో వాస్తవంగా ఏం జరిగిందో మన ఆర్మీ అధికారులు ఎప్పటికప్పుడు వివరాలు చెబుతూనే ఉన్నారు.. మీడియా ద్వారా, సోషల్ మీడియా ద్వారా భారత ప్రజలంతా వాస్తవాలు తెలుసుకున్నారు. అయితే చైనా ఆర్మీ మాత్రం తమ సైనికుల్లో ఎంత మంది చనిపోయారన్నది..? ఎంత మంది గాయాలపాలయ్యారన్నది మాత్రం చెప్పలేదు. చైనా మీడియా కూడా తప్పంతా భారత్ దే అంటూ ప్రత్యేక కథనాలను రాస్తోంది.. చైనా అధికారిక పత్రిక పీపుల్స్‌ డైలీకి చెందిన గ్లోబల్‌ టైమ్స్.... గాల్వన్ లోయలో జరిగిన ఘటన గురించి ప్రత్యేకంగా ఓ సంపాదకీయం రాసింది.. వాస్తవాలను పాతరేసి.. తప్పులను కప్పిపుచ్చుకుంటూ చైనా ప్రజలను మభ్యపెట్టేందుకు ప్రయత్నించింది.. గ్లోబల్ ...

Young Communists hit the streets in New York with Black Lives Matter June 12, 2020 12:53 PM CDT  BY MAICOL DAVID LYNCH Share Email Young Communists hit the streets in New York with Black Lives Matter New York members of the Young Communist League Organizing Committee march through Manhattan. | Maicol David Lynch / PW NEW YORK—“How do you spell racist? NYPD!” the crowd chanted as it proceeded up Fifth Avenue towards Central Park from Washington Square Park in Manhattan. The Young Communist League Organizing Committee of New York wasted no time mobilizing its members to participate in and even lead the dozens of protests which have taken the streets of New York City over the past two weeks in light of the recent execution of George Floyd by a racist police officer in Minneapolis. The YCL Organizing Committee of N.Y. was already in the process of activating members and allies to build unemployment councils and provide mutual aid for neighbors and community members in the wa...

Obama condemns violence in U.S. protests Updated 01:40, 02-Jun-2020 CGTN Share Former U.S. President Barack Obama. /AP Photo Former U.S. President Barack Obama has condemned violence in the ongoing protests across the country, saying such actions “are putting innocent people at risk.” Obama made the remarks in a publication on Monday themed: “How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change.” “The overwhelming majority of participants have been peaceful, courageous, responsible, and inspiring. They deserve our respect and support, not condemnation,” said Obama. “On the other hand, the small minority of folks who’ve resorted to violence in various forms, whether out of genuine anger or mere opportunism, are putting innocent people at risk, compounding the destruction of neighborhoods that are often already short on services and investment and detracting from the larger cause.” The U.S. protests were sparked by the death of an unarmed black man last week as he wa...

Putin condemns 'mayhem and rioting' at U.S. anti-racism protests Updated 23:03, 14-Jun-2020 CGTN Share Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday criticized anti-racism protests in the United States for sparking crowd violence, in his first comments on the issue. "If this fight for natural rights, legal rights, turns into mayhem and rioting, I see nothing good for the country," Putin said in an interview with Rossiya-1 television to be broadcast in full on Sunday evening. "We have never supported this," he said. Protesters rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Portland, Oregon, U.S. June 13, 2020. /Reuters The Russian leader stressed he supported black Americans' struggle for equality, calling this "a long-standing problem of the United States." "We always in the USSR and in modern Russia had a lot of sympathy for the struggle of Afro-Americans for their natural rights," he insisted....

New Zealand minister says yes – Trump is racist amid George Floyd protests Green party co-leaders James Shaw and Marama Davidson both answer “I do” when asked if the US President is racist New Zealand minister for climate change, and co-leader of the Green Party, James Shaw. New Zealand minister for climate change, and co-leader of the Green Party, James Shaw. Photograph: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin @EleanorAingeRoy Published onFri 5 Jun 2020 06.48 BST 303 Two of Jacinda Ardern’s senior coalition partners have accused Donald Trump of racism after more than a week of global protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. James Shaw and Marama Davidson, co-leaders of the Green party, were asked their opinion of the US president following inflammatory comments on Twitter during protests over the death in police custody of George Floyd. Asked by press gallery reporters if they thought Trump was racist, both...

Green Party of the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Green Party of the United States Green Party of the United States Logo (2014).svg Governing body Green National Committee Founded April 2001; 19 years ago Split from Greens/Green Party USA Preceded by Association of State Green Parties Headquarters 6411 Orchard Avenue, Suite 101, Takoma Park, Maryland 20912 Newspaper Green Pages Youth wing Young Ecosocialists Women's wing National Women's Caucus LGBT wing Lavender Greens Latinx wing Latinx Caucus Black wing Black Caucus Membership (February 2020) Decrease 246,377[1] Ideology Green politics[2] Anti-capitalism[3] Communalism[3] Eco-socialism[3] Political position Left-wing[4][5] International affiliation Global Greens Continental affiliation Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas Colors      Green Seats in the Senate 0 / 100 Seats in the House 0 / 435 Governorships 0 / 50 State Upper House Sea...