First week of trial over George Floyd’s death saw raw, riveting testimony from four teens and a nine-year-old girl.
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First week of trial over George Floyd’s death saw raw, riveting testimony from four teens and a nine-year-old girl.
George Floyd’s uncle says the trial is ‘like somebody sticks their hand in your chest and rips your heart out’.
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So far, more than 23,000 people have died of COVID-19 in New York City.
A new statue was unveiled in New York, as a tribute to three women who helped secure voting rights for women in America.
Many governments are picking up the costs, taking the financial risk, to help speed up the process.
In the United States, museums have shut, theatres sit empty, and concerts and festivals have been cancelled.
The number of unemployed people in the US rose by 1.4 million last week, up slightly on the week before, as some pandemic unemployment benefits are set to expire unless Congress renews them.
More than half a million lives have been lost in the spread of the novel coronavirus around the world – but the death toll could be much higher according to an MIT study.
While the protests advanced the cause of social justice, they did not advance the spread of the pandemic.
