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Thursday, 18 June 2020

India-China clash: An extraordinary escalation 'with rocks and clubs'

The deadly border clash could alter the future of the relationship between the two neighbours, say experts.

Garrett Rolfe, the officer charged with killing Rayshard Brooks, was accused of covering up a police shooting of a Black man in 2015

Former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe faces 11 charges in connection to the June 12 fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks.

'He was trying to breathe': Mom of Oklahoma man who died in cop custody finds new footage hard to watch

Derrick Elliott Olie Scott died in police custody in May, 2019. Scott's mother wants charges to be brought against officers.

Hong Kong's 'rebel' tycoon Jimmy Lai has no regrets

Millionaire media tycoon Jimmy Lai knows his support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests could soon land him behind bars, but the proudly self-described "troublemaker" says he has no regrets. "I'm prepared for prison," the 72-year-old told AFP from the offices of Next Digital, Hong Kong's largest and most rambunctiously pro-democracy media group. Few Hong Kongers generate the level of vitriol from Beijing that Lai does.

Seattle police union expelled from large labor group

The largest labor group in the Seattle area has expelled the city's police union, saying the guild representing officers failed to address racism within its ranks. The vote Wednesday night by the King County Labor Council to exclude the Seattle Police Officers Guild comes after weeks of protests in the city over police brutality and racism following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. It's also significant as the labor council is politically influential.