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A protester faces a US Secret Service uniformed division officer during a demonstration against the death in Minneapolis police custody of African-American man George Floyd, as the officers keep demonstrators away from the White House during a protest in Lafayette Park in Washington, DC, 30 May 2020.

12:54 GMT 30 May 2020 / updated: 13:45 GMT US

'I Couldn't Have Felt More Safe': Trump Praises Secret Service's Response to White House Protests

An Atlanta Police car burns as people protest against the death in Minneapolis police custody of African-American man George Floyd

Live Updates: US Cities Descend Into Chaos as Protests Over George Floyd's Death Continue Raging

Phials of an mRNA type vaccine candidate for the coronavirus disease

US Biotech Firm Slammed for 'Dodgy Stock Offer Timed to Clinical Trial Results on COVID-19 Vaccine'

An oilfield worker walks next to drilling rigs at an oil well operated by Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, in the oil rich Orinoco belt, near Morichal at the state of Monagas April 16, 2015.

US Mounts Behind-the-Scenes Global Campaign to Cut Venezuelan Oil Supplies

US Police Must Be 'Radically Defunded' and Resources Diverted to Community Building, Professor Says

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World
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Tech
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Russia
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World
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Society
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