A Columbus, Ohio, police officer shot and killed a Black teenage girl after she allegedly attempted to cut two females with a knife, according to officials and body camera footage. The bodycam footage has been put in slow motion and blurred by the Columbus Division of Police.
Pep Guardiola, manager of Manchester City – one of the 12 founding clubs of the so-called European Super League -, strongly criticised the new idea at a press conference in Manchester on Tuesday. "It's not a sport when the relationship between the effort and the success, the effort and reward, doesn't exist.
The only way for 13-year-old Adam Toledo to get justice, activists say, is with a federal probe into the Chicago police officer who shot him during a foot chase down a darkened alley. (April 20)
Associated Press reporter Steve Karnowski says former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin showed "very little emotion" when he was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (April 21)
Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden says the guilty verdict in the racially charged murder by a policeman of a Black man is "much too rare". "I can't breathe. Those were George Floyd's last words. We can't let those words die with him," the US president warns in a televised address to the nation.
Chiayi City (Taiwan) (AFP) – In the foothills of Taiwan's mountainous spine, reservoirs are running dry as the island experiences its worst drought in decades — a crisis that risks deepening an already acute global semiconductor shortage.
Indigenous communities protest in the capital Brasilia a bill proposed by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's government that would allow commercial mining on their land. "We know that once mining is allowed, it brings not only mining, it brings illegal mining, prostitution, all the problems they cause in our territory.
President Joe Biden convenes a climate summit with 40 world leaders confronted by Donald Trump's legacy of climate inaction. Responding to public sentiment, many U.S. states, cities and companies have taken action into their own hands. (April 21)
Minneapolis (AFP) – George Floyd's brother, Rodney, expresses his relief after Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted of murdering the African-American after a racially charged trial seen as a pivotal test of police accountability in the United States.
Members of George Floyd's family expressed relief and joy following the conviction Tuesday of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin. (April 20)
Apple used a virtual event to unveil improvements to its iMac and iPad and a gadget called AirTags that can be attached to backpacks, purses and other accessories so they can be easily found if ever misplaced or lost with an iPhone or iPod.
The mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Tuesday reflected on the conviction of former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin for murder and manslaughter of George Floyd. Melvin Carter, who is Black, is mayor of St.
