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MINNEAPOLIS—Jury selection begins Monday for a former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death. Derek Chauvin’s trial, which is expected to last weeks, will be overseen by an experienced judge and argued by skilled attorneys on both sides. It will be streamed online for the world to see because the […]

MALABO—A series of large explosions at a military base that killed at least 15 people in Equatorial Guinea on Sunday were the result of negligence related to the use of dynamite, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said. Another 500 people were injured in the blasts that rocked the city of Bata. In a statement carried on

Australian public broadcaster SBS has temporarily stopped its broadcasts from Chinese state-run television CCTV and CGTN after receiving a complaint from a human rights group that both channels had aired dozens of forced confessions. SBS announced on Friday it was reviewing a letter of complaint sent by the human rights organization Safeguard Defenders, which highlighted

People who are homeless will have access to COVID-19 vaccines in Michigan starting Monday. Local health officials say it’s a critical step in curbing infections and making sure vulnerable populations have access. “Our vulnerable populations are high priority for us right now,” Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail said, according to the Lansing State Journal.

Health care experts are criticizing an Obamacare expansion quietly added to the latest CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus stimulus bill, arguing that it mostly benefits richer households and insurance companies. They say most of the bill is going toward things other than ending the pandemic as soon as possible. While the $1.9 trillion relief bill has been scrutinized

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched a program on March 6 that will deploy state National Guard troops and personnel from other agencies to respond to the burgeoning crisis at the southern border. Abbott says Operation Lone Star, in collaboration with the state’s Department of Public Safety, will deploy air, ground, marine, and tactical border security assets to prevent

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on March 7 altering the way the federal government handles elections, including by increasing voting and voter registration access for criminals in prison and on probation. “The order will direct the Attorney General to establish procedures to provide educational materials related to voter registration and voting, and to

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs failed to provide specifics during its regular press briefing on March 2 about its promise of complete media freedom for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Following a report released by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC), which indicated a “rapid decline in media freedom” in China, based on 150 responses to a

The Chinese regime’s top diplomat on March 7 warned the Biden administration to undo former President Donald Trump’s “dangerous practice” of supporting Taiwan, the democratic island that Beijing claims as its territory. Foreign Minister Wang Yi also called on the United States to remove “unreasonable” curbs to cooperation as soon as possible. The remarks, which

SANAA—The Saudi-led military coalition battling Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Sunday it conducted air strikes on Houthi military targets in Sanaa and other regions after the group launched armed drones towards Saudi Arabia. The coalition, which said it had destroyed 10 armed drones, said in a statement on Saudi state media that “civilians and