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Misinformation, police mistrust stir unrest in Minneapolis

7:22 pm August 28, 2020

Minneapolis: After a Black man fatally shot himself on a pedestrian plaza in downtown Minneapolis, rumours of another police shooting in the city still reeling from the death of George Floyd began spreading quickly on social media, sending concerned residents and activists to the area — many of them anxious and some of them misinformed. Tensions […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Protests erupt after Wisconsin police shoot Black man

8:22 pm August 24, 2020

Kenosha: Police in the southeastern Wisconsin city of Kenosha shot and wounded a Black man, apparently in the back, after responding to a call about a domestic dispute, setting off a night of protests and unrest in which officers fired tear gas and demonstrators apparently hurled objects and set fire to parked cars. The shooting happened at around 5 […]

Former McDonald’s CEO asks court to dismiss case against him

11:27 pm August 17, 2020

Mchenry: McDonald’s former CEO is asking a court to dismiss the company’s lawsuit against him, calling it “meritless and misleading.” Chicago-based McDonald’s sued Stephen Easterbrook last week, seeking to reclaim millions of dollars in compensation paid to him. McDonald’s fired Easterbrook without cause last November after he admitted to exchanging videos and text messages in a consensual, non-physical relationship with an […]

Chinese are on march to prove their importance, are taking up vacuum that US created: Albright

US agents enter Chinese consulate compound in Houston; Beijing lodges protest

10:35 pm July 25, 2020

Houston: US federal agents and law enforcement officers have entered the Chinese consulate compound here along with locksmiths after the mission was shut down, amidst spiralling tensions between Washington and Beijing. The Trump administration ramped up its confrontation with China this week, ordering Beijing’s consulate in Houston to close over concerns about economic espionage. The Chinese consulate located in Houston’s busy Montrose Boulevard for 40 […]

Chicago police, protesters clash during bid to topple statue

11:57 pm July 18, 2020

Chicago: Protesters trying to topple a Christopher Columbus statue in downtown Chicago’s Grant Park clashed with police who used batons to beat people and made at least a dozen arrests after they say protesters targeted them with fireworks, rocks and other items. The clash Friday evening unfolded after at least 1,000 people tried to swarm the statue in a […]