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Politicians weigh in on overnight violence around Old City that left over 120 wounded, 50 arrested; security forces on high alert amid running ethnic tensions

MANILA (Reuters) – The daughter of Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has topped the latest opinion poll on preferred presidential candidates for an election next year, a contest she insists she has no interest in joining. The survey by the independent

Greta Thunberg has changed her Twitter description to “bunny hugger” in an apparent dig at Boris Johnson who used the phrase at a virtual global summit on climate change.

‘NBC Nightly News’ shows Ma’Khia Bryant’s knife, airs stabbing reference in 911 call following backlash  Fox News ‘A Horrendous Tragedy’: The Chaotic Moments Before a Police Shooting in Columbus  Yahoo! Voices Portlanders hold vigil in Pioneer Square for Ma’Khia Bryant  KATU From the

Pasquotank County Sheriff releases video statement on fatal shooting  WITN N.C. sheriff says more than one deputy fired shots in killing of black man  CNBC Television Witnesses describe chaotic scene as deputies shot at Andrew Brown Jr.  CNN Wooten: Accountability if deputies violated

China’s Xi calls for international collaboration to reduce global carbon emissions at U.S.-led summit  CNBC

‘I wish it didn’t have to happen’: Alternate juror reflects on Derek Chauvin trial  KARE11.com Alternate juror reveals what convinced her of Chauvin’s guilt  CNN Why Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder when so many other officers are not  CNN ‘We have to

Pressure is building for President Biden to keep a campaign promise and announce this weekend that the U.S. views the massacres of Amenians a century ago by the Ottoman Empire as genocide.

Trouble keeps mounting for the massive ship that was stuck in the Suez Canal. Egypt has seized the Ever Given, its thousands of containers and the crew while demanding $1 billion in compensation.

World leaders meet later this year to fight a global extinction crisis. Scientists are urging them to take bold action, pointing to the current pandemic as an example of what’s at stake.