The New York Police Department is capable of processing images from 15,280 surveillance cameras through “invasive and discriminatory facial recognition software“, according to an Amnesty International investigation published Thursday. The investigation identified the surveillance cameras in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, boroughs of the city, […]
In its strongest reaction yet to last week’s coup in Mali, France has said it will suspend its joint military operations with Malian forces “awaiting guarantees” that civilians return to positions of power. Malian soldiers on May 25 detained interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime […]
Turkey’s lira settled at its weakest level yet on Thursday, worth 8.7 to the dollar, after strong United States jobs data accelerated a three-month slide in which investors lost faith in authorities’ ability to rein in double-digit inflation. The lira, by far emerging markets’ laggard […]
Activists are calling for people to “hold space” at the intersection where George Floyd was murdered more than a year ago after Minneapolis work crews took down barricades that had stopped most vehicles on Thursday. City crews took less than four hours to clear the […]
Many Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza have dismissed a change in the Israeli government, saying the nationalist leader due to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would likely pursue the same right-wing agenda. Naftali Bennett, the 49-year-old former head of Israel’s main West […]
A four-storey building collapsed in western Rio de Janeiro before dawn Thursday, killing at least one infant and one adult and damaging nearby residences, the city’s fire department said. Four people were rescued from the debris. The irregular construction consisted of four small homes built […]
United States President Joe Biden’s first overseas trip beginning next week will include a meeting with Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and an audience with Queen Elizabeth, the White House announced on Thursday. Beginning June 10, Biden plans to travel to Europe where he will […]
Share sales that target retail traders are reaching new heights of popularity with the rise of money-hungry meme stocks like AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. AMC slumped as much as 40% on Thursday after announcing plans for another stock offering this week. This time, it’s an […]
A fresh UN Environment Programme report ‘guides us to a safer place’ with its recommendations, Guterres says. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/6/3/un-warns-nature-is-in-dangerous-decline
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits dropped below 400,000 last week for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started more than a year ago, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) said on Thursday. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits […]
