SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border city after a person suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus returned from South Korea after illegally crossing the border, state media said on Sunday. If confirmed, it would be the first …
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The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. The daily number of coronavirus deaths in the United States has exceeded more than 1,000 for four consecutive days as the country struggles to contain a resurgence of the Covid-19 …
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Leaders of the black community in Portland hope to shift the focus of the protests in the city to the Black Lives Matter movement rather than what they say has become largely a “white show.” In an opinion piece for the Washington Post, the chairman of the Portland branch of …
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A homeless man from Las Vegas took a dip in Bellagio’s world-famous dance pool, where the water can be as deep as 13 feet, and ended up drowning. The man, in his 40s, had been talking to himself on Friday before getting into the pool, swam downtown and then started …
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“If you don’t tell us anything, we’ll think you’re doing nothing,” Johnson said in a speech, according to the Louisville Courier Journal. The death of Taylor, who returned to fame after the May 25 suffocation in George Floyd police custody by Minneapolis, has become a rallying cry in national protests …
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