Nationwide, police officers who kill unarmed Black people often are not charged, but Dallas County appears to be an outlier.
Convictions of violent cops who kill Black people prove elusive. Dallas is becoming an exception
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European Workers Draw Paychecks. American Workers Scrounge for Food.
In the pandemic, the United States has relied on expanded unemployment benefits, while European governments have subsidized wages, avoiding a surge in joblessness.
How has the pandemic affected global poverty? Here’s what’s happening — and what may follow.
The World Food Program says it needs to reach more people than ever before.
Fitch has downgraded a record number of sovereign ratings due to the coronavirus. It’s not done yet
Fitch Ratings has downgraded a record 33 sovereign ratings in the first half of this year — more than in any given year in the past.
Khashoggi murder trial begins in Turkey, without the accused
Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post contributing columnist, was killed in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018 by Saudi government agents sent from Riyadh. Saudi Arabia has refused to extradite the suspects.
New Releases From Piedmont
Notes on new releases from notable producers in Piedmont: Mauro Molino, Michele Chiarlo, Pio Cesare and Pertinace.
Residents of eastern Ukraine vote on extending Putin’s rule
Residents of separatist-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine who have Russian citizenship are travelling to Russia to vote on constitutional amendments that would allow President Vladimir Putin to remain in power until 2036. Polls opened in Russia last Thursday for a week-long vote on a slew of constitutional amendments proposed by Putin in January.
Beyoncé’s BET speech: ‘Vote like our life depends on it’
The star highlights racial injustices as she accepts a BET honour for her humanitarian work.
Coronavirus worsens Cuba’s economic woes
Cuba seems to have the pandemic under control, but its already dismal economy is set to weaken further. Supply shortages are becoming more acute; plummeting foreign remittances and a lack of tourism aren’t helping.
‘Feeling Like Death’: Inside a Houston Hospital Bracing for a Virus Peak
As young patients fill new virus wards, Houston Methodist is calling nurses to work extra shifts and ramping up its testing efforts.
2 Oklahoma police officers shot, in critical condition
Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, say two officers are in critical condition after being shot and police are searching for a suspect described as armed and dangerous
ECB could boost bond buying by another trillion euros, economist projects
The European Central Bank (ECB) could expand its bond-buying program by a further 1 trillion euros ($1.12 trillion) over the next two to three years as inflation takes center stage, according to Berenberg European Economist Florian Hense.
The last German goalscorer: Stuttgart striker Mario Gomez retires
One of Germany’s most prestigious goalscorers has retired. Mario Gomez, who was part of Bayern Munich’s treble winning team in 2013, calls it quits after helping his boyhood team get back into the Bundesliga.
MLK Had a Dream of Guaranteed Income. As Mayors of 11 U.S. Cities, We Are Bringing That Dream to Life
In 1967, against a backdrop of massive civil unrest, Dr. Martin Luther King wrote Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? and called for the immediate abolition of poverty. In the richest nation in the world, King saw no justification for the evil of rampant poverty and chastised the government’s efforts against the…
How hackers extorted $1.14m from University of California, San Francisco
BBC News witnesses a negotiation between ransomware hackers and a ‘cash-strapped’ university.
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