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Violence against journalists covering George Floyd protests in US cities i
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 2 (ANI): Dozens of journalists covering the protests in US cities over the death of African American man George Floyd have claimed that they have been beaten, chased and even shot at.
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Madison Beer says she was tear-gassed while protesting George Floyd's deat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): American singer Madison Beer said she was tear-gassed while protesting the death of George Floyd in Santa Monica, California, over the weekend.
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Sony PlayStation 5 event delayed amid unrest in US
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): Sony has decided to postpone its streaming-only event, which was aimed to showcase games suitable for new-generation PlayStation 5 consoles.
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Trump criticised for St. John's photo-op amid protests
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): US President Donald Trump had to face widespread criticism after he stood outside St John church in Washington for minutes holding a Bible in his right hand on Monday -- just after police cleared his route from protesters demonstrating peacefully using te
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Floyd protests: 2 police officers severely injured after SUV rams into cro
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 2 (ANI): Some law enforcement officers were injured and two of them suffered serious wounds, on Monday night after an SUV car rammed into a crowd of protestors in Buffalo city in New York state which saw riots despite a curfew.
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Not the time to be silent: Daren Sammy urges ICC to stand up against socia
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Former West Indies skipper Daren Sammy on Tuesday made an appeal to the International Cricket Council (ICC) and other cricket boards to support the fight against social injustice and racism, following the death of a black man -- George Floyd -- in the United
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Black Lives Matter: Cole Sprouse says he was arrested while protesting
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Sharing his experience from the 'Black Lives Matter' protests, actor Cole Sprouse has said that he was arrested while staging protests.
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Spotify to add 8 minute 46 seconds track of silence to playlists, podcasts
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], June 2 (ANI): The music-streaming platform Spotify has announced that it will add an 8 minute and 46-second track of silence to select playlists and podcasts to pay tribute to George Floyd.
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Racism has to stop: Paul Pogba pays tribute to George Floyd
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Manchester United's Paul Pogba on Monday paid tribute to George Floyd, stressing that violent acts of racism can no longer be tolerated and they have to stop.
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Mayhem, widespread looting in New York for second night in a row, ahead of
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 2 (ANI): Looters targeted several shops and ransacked luxury stores from Manhattan to Soho and Midtown in New York City for the second night in a row, which forced mayor Bill de Blasio to announce to prepone a citywide curfew that went into effect from Monday at 8 p.m. r
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Officials concerned that crowded protests may spark a surge in Covid infec
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA], June 2 (ANI): US health officials are concerned that the angry protests which have gripped the entire nation against the injustices by law enforcement agencies and police crackdown may lead to a surge in the rate of coronavirus infections.
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Racism needs to be met with actions, not silence: F1 driver Leclerc on Geo
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Formula One racer Charles Leclerc said on Monday that racism needed to be met with "actions" and not silence, adding that it was everyone's responsibility to speak out against injustice, following the death of a black man, George Floyd, in the United States.
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