SOUTH CHINA SEA WATCH
US carriers drill after Southeast Asian nations rebuke China
BEIJING (AP) — Within the newest developments within the South China Sea, a pair of U.S. Navy plane provider strike teams are drilling collectively in a present of assist to allies that comes on the heels of a robust assertion issued by Southeast Asian leaders repudiating China’s claims to nearly the complete waterway. Philippine Protection Secretary Delfin Lorenzana earlier warned that any transfer by China to determine an air protection identification zone over the ocean could be extremely destabilizing since different nations with claims within the space would proceed to train their rights. In the meantime, U.S. and Japanese naval vessels held joint workouts on June 23, bringing collectively two of China’s greatest navy rivals in a waterway Beijing says it owns.
AP-EU-FRANCE-CONTESTED-AUCTION
Public sale of contested African artifacts going forward in Paris
PARIS (AP) — A Nigerian fee has known as for the cancellation of a sale of sacred Nigerian statues in Paris on Monday, which they allege had been stolen. Christie’s public sale home has defended the sale, saying that the artworks had been legitimately acquired and the sale will go forward. French courts have constantly dominated in favor of public sale homes in recent times whose gross sales of sacred objects, comparable to Hopi tribal masks, had been contested by rights teams and representatives of the tribes. Nigeria’s Nationwide Fee for Museums and Monuments says the objects had been looted through the Biafran conflict within the late 1960s.
AP-AS-PAKISTAN-ATTACK
Militants assault Karachi inventory trade, killing at the least 3
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Militants have attacked the inventory trade within the Pakistani metropolis of Karachi, killing at the least two safety guards and a policeman. Particular police forces deployed to the scene of the assault and in a swift operation secured the constructing, killing all 4 gunmen. The attackers had been armed with grenades and automated rifles, police mentioned. They launched the assault by opening hearth on the entrance of the Pakistan Inventory Change within the southern port metropolis, the nation’s monetary middle. A police official on the scene, mentioned that after opening hearth, the gunmen entered the high-walled inventory trade grounds. A separatist militant group later claimed accountability for the assault.
AP-US-UNITED-STATES-RUSSIA
Trump denies briefing on reported bounties in opposition to US troops
WASHINGTON (AP) — Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she is asking for a report back to Congress after information stories cited U.S. intelligence from months in the past {that a} Russian navy intelligence unit secretly supplied bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing American troops in Afghanistan. President Donald Trump denies being briefed and says he’s now informed the intelligence wasn’t credible. Pelosi tells ABC’s “This Week” that she hasn’t been knowledgeable in regards to the reported bounties. She says “that is as unhealthy because it will get” and but Trump gained’t confront Russia. A senior administration official says the White Home plans to transient choose members of Congress on Monday.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-CONFEDERATE FLAG-MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi surrenders Accomplice image from state flag
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the final state flag within the U.S. that features the Accomplice battle emblem. Spectators cheered within the state Capitol on Sunday after legislators handed a invoice. It requires {that a} new flag be designed with out the symbol that many condemn as racist. The change comes amid widespread protests over racial injustice. Mississippi has a 38% Black inhabitants. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is anticipated to signal the invoice quickly. It says the brand new flag will need to have the phrases, “In God We Belief.” Voters shall be requested to approve the brand new flag within the Nov. Three election.
RACIAL INJUSTICE-MISSOURI
Couple draw weapons at crowd heading to St. Louis mayor’s house
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A white couple pointed weapons at protesters in St. Louis, Missouri, because the group marched towards the mayor’s house, demanding her resignation. A social media video confirmed the armed couple standing exterior their house Sunday night, shouting at protesters, whereas folks within the march urged the gang to disregard them. Protesters had been heading towards Mayor Lyda Krewson’s house, chanting, “Resign Lyda, take the cops with you.” Resignation calls for come after a dwell briefing, the place Krewson learn the names and addresses of a number of residents, who wrote letters to the mayor suggesting she defund the police division. The video was faraway from Fb and Krewson apologized Friday, stating she didn’t “intend to trigger misery.”
GOLDEN STATE KILLER
California’s alleged Golden State Killer set to plead responsible
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A 74-year-old former police officer is tentatively set to plead responsible Monday to being the elusive Golden State Killer. The listening to comes 40 years after a sadistic suburban rapist terrorized California in what investigators solely later realized had been a collection of linked assaults and slayings. The plea deal will spare Joseph DeAngelo any likelihood of the demise penalty, however in partial return survivors of the assaults that spanned the 1970s and 1980s count on him to confess to dozens of rapes that might not be criminally charged as a result of an excessive amount of time has elapsed. That’s on high of 13 murders and 13 kidnapping-related expenses spanning six counties.
BC-VIRUS OUTBREAK-GLOBAL
World hits coronavirus milestones amid fears worse to return
ROME (AP) — The world has surpassed two sobering coronavirus milestones — 500,000 confirmed deaths, 10 million confirmed instances — and hit one other excessive mark for every day new infections as governments that tried reopenings continued to backtrack and warn that worse information may very well be but to return. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott warned that COVID-19 “has taken a really swift and really harmful flip in Texas over simply the previous few weeks.” And California Gov. Gavin Newsom rolled again reopenings of bars in seven counties, together with Los Angeles. He ordered them to shut instantly and urged eight different counties to problem native well being orders mandating the identical.
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The Newest: Virus instances proceed to surge in Czech Republic
The variety of new coronavirus instances within the Czech Republic continues to surge. The day-to-day enhance reached 305 on Sunday, the best quantity since April 3. The Czech Republic had a complete of 11,604 confirmed instances of the virus by Sunday, together with 348 deaths, based on Well being Ministry figures. Due to the rise in instances, Prague, the capital, and a area within the nation’s northeast will stay underneath orders to put on face masks past July 1, when the order shall be lifted for the remainder of the nation, based on the well being minister. In Prague, it’ll nonetheless be obligatory to put on face coverings on the subway and at indoor public gatherings of greater than 100 folks.
BANGLADESH-FERRY CAPSIZES
Ferries collide in Bangladesh river, at the least 28 lifeless
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Officers say a ferry carrying about 100 passengers has capsized after being hit by a bigger boat in a Bangladeshi river, killing at the least 28 folks. It isn’t clear how many individuals had been in a position to swim to security or are nonetheless lacking. Rescuers together with firefighters and coast guard and navy personnel are persevering with to look the river. Officers say the victims embody three kids. They are saying the Morning Hen ferry was touring on the Buriganga River wen it was hit by the bigger ferry and capsized. They are saying the second ferry left the scene after the accident.
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