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Three former police officers who responded to George Floyd call now face trial in August
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‘Racist lunatic’: Twitter lights up over Tucker Carlson’s diabolical laugh
Clip of Fox News host’s maniacal cackle goes viral and garners millions of views with social media users calling it ‘scary,’ ‘unhinged,’ and ‘unsettling’
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Republicans scramble to distance themselves from Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'America First' caucus
The congresswoman blames rogue staff for the platform document and said she never planned to launch anything
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Ma’Khia Bryant: Ohio police tell bystanders ‘blue lives matter’ after girl shot dead as Chauvin verdict delivered
Force releases body camera footage showing moment teenager was killed
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Australians hit back at Britain over 'bad tactics' ahead of trade negotiations
Australian Government insiders have hit back at Britain over "sledging" by Liz Truss’s allies ahead of trade talks this week. The Telegraph revealed on Tuesday that sources close to the International Trade Secretary were briefing that Dan Tehan, the Australian trade minister, was "inexperienced" in comparison. Allies of Ms Truss complained of "glacially slow" progress over a UK-Australian trade agreement, and warned that Mr Tehan "needs to show that he can play at this level" when the pair meet for negotiations on Thursday. They also claimed that the British cabinet minister was plotting to sit Mr Tehan "in the Locarno Room [in the Foreign Office] in an uncomfortable chair, so he has to deal with her directly for nine hours". An Australian minister told this newspaper that the remarks were "full of hubris" and hit back that Mr Tehan is "from the land" and "has the stamina" to see off Ms Truss’s tactics. Unimpressed, the frontbencher commented ironically: "I love it when Brits underestimate us." The minister, speaking on condition of anonymity, continued: "Sledging is a fine art, which we have mastered on the pitch. This is just the Brits gobbing off." Australian officials also weighed in to counter the UK Government briefing. An official at the country’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said: "If this was briefed by a member of Truss’s staff, that is very disrespectful." The official told the Sydney Morning Herald: "It’s also a very bad tactic. It won’t work." In response to the claim that Mr Tehan was "inexperienced" in trade talks, it was pointed out that while Mr Tehan only took on the post of trade minister in December, he first joined DFAT in 1995. He served as a diplomat between 1999 and 2001, and between 2002 and 2005 worked as a trade adviser to the minister, helping to negotiate Australia’s free trade deal with the US administration under George W Bush. Ms Truss is said to have texted Mr Tehan on Tuesday night to say she was looking forward to seeing him and hoped for a productive two-day dialogue in London. The UK High Commissioner Vicki Treadall faced questions over the UK briefing. She defended the sources close to Ms Truss, insisting that Australia is one of "our closest friends and allies", but that "this is a trade negotiation so there will be tactics on both sides". Some British politicians also took a dim view of the briefing. Alistair Carmichael, Lib Dem MP and home affairs spokesman, branded it "embarrassing" and tweeted: "It's also a reminder that the Government has chosen to turn trade negotiations with a supposed ally into another avenue for domestic politics, on the bet that no one will notice the long-term negative side effects."
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Rich Eisen didn't let combine cancellation stop his 'Run Rich Run' movement
NFL Network broadcaster Rich Eisen turned what was once a joke into a major philanthropic event with "Run Rich Run." This year, he's giving it a new twist.
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‘She was a child’: White House calls fatal police shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant ‘tragic’
Jen Psaki says killing of 16 year old ‘came just as America was hopeful for a step forward’ after Chauvin guilty verdict
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GOP pushes record number of anti-protest bills to ‘silence dissent,’ critics say
Some proposals would grant immunity to drivers who hit protesters, stop demonstrators from accessing unemployment aid and turn misdemeanours into felonies
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Basketball star Scottie Pippen pays emotional tribute after death of 33-year-old son
‘Antron suffered from chronic asthma and if he hadn’t had it, I truly believe he would’ve made it to the NBA’
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Val Demings and Jim Jordan clash over police funding
‘Law enforcement officers deserve better than to be utilised as pawns! And you and your colleagues should be ashamed of yourselves!’ Demings thunders at Jordan
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Joe Biden celebrates ‘some justice’ for George Floyd as AOC calls conviction not enough
President says it was ‘really important’ that former police officer found guilty on all counts
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Mike Lindell pranked on livestream by caller pretending to be Donald Trump
MyPillow CEO pushes debunked election fraud conspiracies during 48-hour ‘Frank-a-Thon’ for social media platform
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Commodities in supercycle 'for some time': trader
Vespula Capital's Jeff Tomasulo tells Reuters' Fred Katayama that investors should buy commodities on pullbacks. He says commodities are in a supercycle.
- LA Times
Architecture of the unsettled: Oscars' best picture nominees reveal an America in transition
"Minari," "Sound of Metal" and "Nomadland" depict environments that are transient and improvised, capturing our era of tumult and ambivalence.
- Miami Herald
Jackson hospital, major vaccinator of Miami-Dade residents, to end first doses soon
Miami-Dade’s public hospital cited dwindling demand.
- BBC
George Floyd death: Five key moments from the Derek Chauvin trial
Here are key elements of a trial that gripped the US.
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Ma’Khia Bryant: Everything we know about the police shooting of a teenage girl
Ohio’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation leading investigation into fatal police shooting
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Upbeat assessments buoy hopes for revival of Iran nuclear deal
Despite numerous obstacles, both Tehran and Washington shift to cautiously optimistic tone about nuclear deal
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From George to Breonna to Eric: What happens to police officers who kill Black people
String of law enforcement officers acquitted or not faced charges in high-profile killings
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US House condemns China over Hong Kong crackdown in near-unanimous vote
Republican Thomas Massie was the lone member to vote against the resolution