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Sprawling bike graveyard from China’s failed share-cycle scheme

04/21/2021 04/21/2021 / AFP, UK

Sprawling bike graveyard from China’s failed share-cycle scheme Handlebars tight in snaking rows of colour, thousands of abandoned bicycles line an open field outside the city of Shenyang, relics of a shared bike mania that has overwhelmed China’s cities. Low cost-shared bikes, which users can unlock using apps and park virtually anywhere, burst onto Chinese …

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Joe Biden says George Floyd trial verdict is ‘much too rare’

04/21/2021 04/21/2021 / AFP, UK

Joe Biden says George Floyd trial verdict is ‘much too rare’ 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 …

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Indigenous groups protest bill that would allow mining on their land in Brazil

04/21/2021 04/21/2021 / AFP, UK

Indigenous groups protest bill that would allow mining on their land in Brazil 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 …

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‘We might actually breathe a little bit better’: George Floyd’s brother after Chauvin verdict

04/21/2021 04/21/2021 / AFP, UK

‘We might actually breathe a little bit better’: George Floyd’s brother after Chauvin verdict 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.

UK: 'It's not a sport' – Man City coach Guardiola slams Super League

04/21/2021 04/24/2021 / Newstag, UK

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.

Group seeks DOJ probe into shooting by Chicago cop

04/21/2021 04/24/2021 / Newstag, UK

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)

AP Reporter: Chauvin showed 'very little emotion'

04/21/2021 04/24/2021 / Newstag, UK

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)

Joe Biden says George Floyd trial verdict is 'much too rare'

04/21/2021 04/24/2021 / Newstag, UK

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.

Taiwan's worst drought in decades deepens chip shortage jitters

04/21/2021 04/24/2021 / Newstag, UK

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 groups protest bill that would allow mining on their land in Brazil

04/21/2021 04/24/2021 / Newstag, UK

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.

Cities, companies chart own climate action paths

04/21/2021 04/24/2021 / Newstag, UK

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)

'We might actually breathe a little bit better': George Floyd's brother after Chauvin verdict

04/21/2021 04/24/2021 / Newstag, UK

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.