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Michael Gove visits Israel to learn about its 'Green Pass' Covid passport scheme amid speculation ...
The Daily Mail 20 Apr 2021
Michael Gove is holding talks with Israeli ministers about introducing a UK version of the country's Covid passport scheme. The Cabinet Office minister arrived in Israel last night accompanied by deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van Tam for three days of talks ... Israel has hailed its scheme as a 'world class experiment' ... RELATED ARTICLES ... .
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I was a Boston police officer for 27 years. I know how Derek Chauvin became a murderer
The Independent 21 Apr 2021
Most police officers in the Unites States likely saw nothing amiss in the video depicting a police encounter in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, with then-police officer Derek Chauvin, in the company of three of his fellow officers, pressing his knee into the neck of the Black man lying on the ground, 46-year-old George Floyd ... .
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The Postal Service is running a running a 'covert operations program' that monitors Americans' social media posts
Yahoo Daily News 21 Apr 2021
The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has been quietly running a program that tracks and collects Americans’ social media posts, including those about planned protests, according to a document obtained by Yahoo News ... A mailbox in New York City. (John Smith/VIEWpress via Getty Images) ... Update your settings here to see it ... The U.S ... “The U.S ... .
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India rattled by US Afghanistan withdrawal, experts say
The National 21 Apr 2021
The official announcement of the upcoming withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan has put India on edge, raising fears that a power vacuum could destabilise the region ... Read More. India hospital oxygen leak kills 22 Covid-19 patients. How India's second wave risks causing global scramble for vaccines ... “I don’t think the Taliban mindset has changed ... .
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Police Officer Shoots Dead Black 16-Year-Old Girl in Columbus, Ohio - Reports
Urdu Point 21 Apr 2021
The police were called to the scene of the incident on Tuesday evening due to order violations ... ....
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Just did it: Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, ends 18-year Nike partnership despite wanting ‘lifelong deal ...
Russia Today 21 Apr 2021
The widow of Kobe Bryant, Vanessa, has ended the late basketball legend's 18-year relationship with sports apparel giant Nike, telling fans that she will "continue to fight" for fans to be able to wear his hugely popular shoes. Their partnership began in 2003 when the LA Lakers star, then the NBA's hottest property, left Adidas ... That says everything.
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More than 180 reported arrested in Navalny demonstrations
Pittsburgh Tribune Review 21 Apr 2021
MOSCOW — Police across Russia have arrested more than 180 people in connection with demonstrations Wednesday in support of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a human rights group said. Many were seized before protests even began, including two top Navalny associates in Moscow ... and moved west across the sprawling country ... Petersburg ... AP.
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Seoul court rejects wartime sexual slavery claim against Japan
The Los Angeles Times 21 Apr 2021
SEOUL — . A South Korean court Wednesday rejected a claim by South Korean sexual slavery victims and their relatives who sought compensation from the Japanese government over their wartime sufferings ... They said the plaintiffs would appeal. It wasn’t immediately clear how the ruling would affect relations between the estranged U.S. allies ... J.
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USA: Justice Dept to investigate Minneapolis police says AG Garland after Chauvin verdict
Ruptly 21 Apr 2021
US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a Justice Department investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department, in Washington DC, on Wednesday ... He highlighted that this investigation is separate and independent from the federal criminal investigation into the death of George Floyd ... .
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US-backed Afghan peace meeting postponed, as Taliban balk
The Independent 21 Apr 2021
Turkey announced early Wednesday that a conference Washington had hoped would move Afghanistan’s warring sides to a final peace agreement was postponed, as fresh violence rattled the Afghan capital ... The U.S ... 11, no matter what ... .
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China, Middle East dominate 2020 list of top executioners: Report
Al Jazeera 21 Apr 2021
While the year 2020 witnessed an overall decline in the number of global death penalties, some countries increased the number of executions they carried out ... But authorities in 18 countries continued executing last year ... Commenting on the findings, Agnes Callamard, the secretary-general of Amnesty International, said in a statement ... .
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SpaceX flight to ISS postponed by one day due to weather
Gulf News 21 Apr 2021
Kennedy Space Center, United States. A crewed SpaceX mission to the International Space Station has been postponed by a day due to weather concerns downrange of the launch site, NASA said on Wednesday ... NASA's immediate goal is to be able to reuse booster rockets at least five times for human space flights. Sleepover party ... Science goals ... .
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Chad rebels threaten to depose slain president's son
San Francisco Chronicle 21 Apr 2021
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Rebels in Chad threatened to depose the son of the country's slain president after he was named interim leader of the central African nation, raising the specter Wednesday of a potentially violent power struggle ... “Chad is not a monarchy,” said a statement from the group known as the Front for Change and Concord in Chad ... .
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Seoul court delivers shock ‘comfort women’ verdict
Asiatimes 21 Apr 2021
SEOUL – In a surprise, if not shock, judgment that will infuriate locals but may placate neighboring Japanese, a South Korean court on Wednesday rejected a compensation suit filed by 20 former “comfort women” against Tokyo. The same court had earlier reached the opposite judgment in a near-identical case in January ... Surprise decision ... Photo ... Photo ... ....
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Nadal struggles past world number 111 Ivashka in Barcelona opener
The Times of India 21 Apr 2021
BARCELONA. had to fight back from a set down to defeat Belarus qualifier Ilya Ivashka on Wednesday as the Spaniard survived an early test in his bid to win the Barcelona title for the 12th time ... It was Nadal's 62nd win in the tournament against just four defeats ... Fiery Italian Fabio was defaulted from the event for verbally abusing a line judge ... .
