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Surveillance videos captures cops in Mexico beating two women

Surveillance videos captures police officers in Mexico beating two women, who claim the cops threatened to rape and kill them if they reported it Alexa Ortiz and Jhoany Álvarez were recorded being beaten by police officers in Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico on Sunday They were walking down a street with two other women when two patrol pickup […]

Swiss Parliament's lower house backs same-sex marriage bill

Legislators also approve draft law letting lesbian couples use sperm donations to conceive children. Switzerland’s lower house of Parliament has approved draft legislation to let same-sex couples marry in a country that has lagged other parts of Western Europe in gay rights. Despite opposition from conservatives, legislators on Thursday also voted to let lesbian couples […]

U.S. EPA orders Amazon, eBay to stop selling unsafe COVID-19 products: Bloomberg

(Reuters) – E-commerce companies Amazon Inc and eBay Inc have been instructed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop selling unproven or unsafe disinfectants, including products falsely marketed as killing COVID-19, on their platforms, Bloomberg reported bloom.bg/3fcuLg5 on Thursday. The EPA issued orders directing the companies to stop selling or distributing 70 products, […]

China vows to protect coronavirus-hit Hubei from flooding

BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Thursday said it would spare no effort to ensure the novel coronavirus epicentre of Hubei province was well protected from flooding this summer, amid warnings that heavier-than-usual rain could cause widespread damage. Water levels in 148 rivers in China have risen above warning thresholds, Vice Minister of Water Resources Ye […]

Man arrested for bringing explosives to Stony Brook Hospital

A man was arrested for taking three explosive devices to a Long Island hospital Tuesday night, police said. Robert Roden, 33, was first stopped by Stony Brook University police after a hospital security guard reported a suspicious man inside the emergency room just after 9 p.m., cops said. University officers found a suspicious package inside […]

Al-Qaeda tries to exploit US unrest

Al-Qaeda is actively trying to exploit the current unrest in the US by reaching out to both Muslims and non-Muslims to present themselves as “champions of the oppressed”. The latest issue of the jihadist group’s online magazine One Ummah uses the iconic image of George Floyd’s last moments and a painting by the graffiti artist […]