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Shooting kills 8-year-old, wounds 3 more at Alabama mall

A juvenile female and two adults were hospitalized after the shooting inside the Riverchase Galleria, Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said during a news conference.

US cops who reenacted chokehold on Elijah McClain fired

The action comes after police released photos showing three officers smiling as they reenacted a chokehold that their colleagues used on Elijah McClain, a Black man who died after police stopped him last summer in a Denver suburb.

The US Declaration of Independence demands Americans abolish the police

Sometime in the not-too-distant future, the date July 4 may become obsolete, marking a rebirth of a country alongside a new constitution and a new system of governance.

Current Covid-19 strain more infectious than original – study

Researches analysed the data of British patients hospitalised with Covid-19 and found that those with the variant had more viral particles in them, but did not change the severity of their disease.

Johnny Depp's libel case against tabloid can go ahead – UK judge

Johnny Depp is suing The Sun's publisher, News Group Newspapers, and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, at London's High Court for libel over an article Wootton wrote in 2018 calling the American actor a "wife beater".

US Congress passes bill to sanction China over Hong Kong

The legislation imposes sanctions on Chinese officials engaged in a crackdown on Hong Kong. It also penalises banks doing business with Chinese officials who implement Beijing's new national security law on the semi-autonomous city.

Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime pal of Epstein facing jail for sex crimes

According to the indictment, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, who lived for years with late Jeffrey Epstein and was his frequent companion on trips around the world, facilitated his crimes and on some occasions joined him in sexually abusing girls.

World produced 53 million tonnes of e-waste last year - UN report

A UN-led report said China, US and India together produced 10.1 million tonnes, 6.9 million tonnes and 3.2 million tonnes of e-waste respectively in 2019. Together the three countries accounted for nearly 38 percent of the world's e-waste last year.

US unemployment rates fall, but new shutdowns cause concern

In an ominous trend contained in the Labor Department report, the number of Americans who said they had lost their jobs permanently rose by 600,000 last month to nearly 2.9 million.

US reopenings stall as daily Covid-19 numbers reach record highs

New coronavirus cases shot up by more than 50,000 on Wednesday. marking the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic.

Los Angeles, New York slash police budget after protest demands

"Defund the police" has become a rallying cry of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that erupted following the killing in custody of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis in May.

Netflix hires black marketing chief amid tech diversity calls

Saint John, who has worked at Uber and Apple, will start in August as chief marketing officer at the streaming entertainment giant, Netflix says.