The polar vortex that led to a deep freeze enveloping the US Midwest seems to be getting worse, forcing schools, offices and postal services to shut down. At least five people have reportedly to have been killed across several states as a direct result of the cold weather. The temperature in North Dakota dropped as low as -33°C. A state of emergency has been declared in Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois, as well as in the southern states of Alabama and Mississippi.

Meghan Markle said "George Floyd's life mattered" in a new video in which she discussed the issue of racism in America. In a heartfelt speech addressed to students from her former school, Immaculate Heart High in Los Angeles, the Duchess of Sussex branded the chaos as "devastating" as she urged people to speak up about their experience. Meghan said: "The only wrong thing to say is to say nothing. Because George Floyd&rsquo;s life mattered, and Breonna Taylor&rsquo;s life mattered and Philando Castile&rsquo;s life mattered, and Tamir Rice&rsquo;s life mattered." All 50 states of the United States of America have been gripped with protests over the issue of racism, since the death of George Floyd, a unarmed black man, who was killed by the police.

Donald Trump took the credit after news of a 13.3% drop in the US unemployment rate on Friday. The US President called the jobs report an affirmation of all the work his govt been doing over the course of his administration. He compared the US economy to a 'body' that was 'strong' but needed an operation, and said it is now 'a rocketship'. While the job numbers are still low, the jobless rate improved from the dismal 14.7% in April. The US economy added 2.5 million jobs in May. These numbers come amid massive social unrest in the United States. Interestingly, in a clear sign of systemic inequality, black unemployment, at 16.8%, remains significantly higher than white unemployment, at 12.4%.

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign has pulled a video featuring the SpaceX launch and astronauts which appeared to violate NASA's media regulations, reports said. The "Make Space Great Again" YouTube ad posted on YouTube showed footage from the Apollo program, as well as video of the landmark SpaceX Demo-2 mission and NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. NASA generally allows use of its images and video but prohibits the use of its insignia and photographs of its astronauts in advertisements. Astronauts or employees who are currently employed by NASA cannot have their names, likenesses or other personality traits displayed in any advertisements or marketing material."

China has appointed a new Army commander for its Western Theatre Command ground forces responsible for the Sino-India border, ahead of the key talks between senior Indian and Chinese military officials on Saturday to end the border standoff. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Western Theatre Command, on its official website, announced that Lieutenant General Xu Qiling has been appointed as the new commander for its ground forces. The Western Theatre Command of the PLA guards the 3,488-km-long Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India.

Philippine human rights groups are denouncing new anti-terrorism legislation passed by the Philippine Congress that allows the detention of suspects for up to 24 days without warrants and relaxes human rights safeguards. The House of Representatives passed the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 on Wednesday night after President Rodrigo Duterte endorsed the legislation, despite fears be used against his political opponents. Once signed into law by Duterte, the legislation will replace a 2007 anti-terror law called the Human Security Act which was rarely used, largely because law enforcers can be fined $9,800 for each day they wrongfully detain a terrorism suspect. Lawmakers removed such safeguards in the new legislation, which increases the number of days that suspects can be detained without warrants from three to 24.

In Nevada, the casino coronavirus closure has ended. Cards are being dealt, dice are rolling and slot machines flash and jingle for the customers who started gambling again early Thursday in Las Vegas and throughout the state. Hotel-casinos in suburban areas were first to open, followed later by a restart of the iconic Bellagio fountain and reopenings of several resorts on the Las Vegas Strip. The United States is the worst affected country of the coronavirus pandemic.

A judge set bail at $750,000 apiece Thursday for three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the killing of George Floyd, as a memorial service took place just blocks away. Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng made their first appearances in Hennepin County District Court as friends, relatives and celebrities gathered to memorialise Floyd in Minneapolis. Widely accused of being silent bystanders, the Minneapolis Police Department fired them last week, along with Derek Chauvin, who is charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's May 25 death.

Hundreds of health workers in New York City rallied on Thursday to show solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement. This comes as healthcare workers are already on the frontline of a fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The rally was held against the backdrop of continuing protests and unrest surrounding the death of George Floyd. Floyd, who was black, died May 25 in Minneapolis at the hands of a white police officer.&nbsp;

There's no social distancing in space, and it seems Twitter is rather jealous about that. In a video shared by NASA astronauts from the Crew Dragon were seen hugging as they entered the International Space Station. Twitter was fairly envious of the human contact in space. Elon Musk's SpaceX scripted history as it successfully launched two NASA astronauts aboard Crew Dragon - the first commercial company to do so.

Hundreds of mourners joined an emotional memorial service in Minneapolis Thursday for George Floyd, the black man killed by a white cop last week. The crowd stood in silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds -- the same length of time that officer Derek Chauvin spent with his knee on Floyd's neck. Civil rights leader Al Sharpton vowed mass protests will continue until "we change the whole system of justice" in the United States. "You changed the world, George. We're going to keep fighting," he said.

Several homes were swept away into the sea by a powerful landslide in the Norwegian town of Alta. The horrific moment was captured&nbsp;on a drone camera as an entire area is seen moving into the sea. Officials said that a huge mass of land has gone into the sea adding that people living in the area were moved out before the tragedy struck.&nbsp;

Brazil&rsquo;s total Covid-19 death toll surpassed that of Italy on Thursday, as the country reported 1,437 deaths in the last 24 hours and close to 31,000 additional coronavirus cases. The Latin American country has now reported 34,021 deaths from the coronavirus, trailing only the United States and the United Kingdom.

The UK&thinsp;govt said on Thursday that fugitive businessman Vijay&nbsp;Mallya&nbsp;will not be extradited anytime soon as there are legal issues involved.&nbsp;Mallya&nbsp;is currently in the United Kingdom trying to evade extradition to India. The UK&nbsp;high commission spokesperson said confidential legal issue needs to be resolved before&nbsp;Mallya&rsquo;s&nbsp;extradition can be arranged.&nbsp;Mallya&nbsp;who founded the now-defunct Kingfisher airlines, fled to Britain in March 2016 after facing accusations of financial irregularities amounting to over&nbsp;₹9,000 crore.&nbsp;Mallya&nbsp;has consistently claimed that the charges he faces are baseless and the Centre refused to take him up on his offer to clear his loans.&nbsp;

The New York Times has come under fire after it published an Op-ed by Republican senator Tom Cotton, who called for the military to be brought in to take charge of the situation as protests erupted in major US cities over George Floyd's killing. In the editorial piece, the Senator lashed out at protesters for 'rioting, looting and attacking police personnel." Over a dozen staffers and former employees of the New York Times took to social media to express their displeasure with the article. The journalists with the NYT posted a screenshot of the article and wrote how they felt vulnerable and at risk, adding that it put the life of black staffers at risk. However, James Bennet, the editorial page editor later clarified and wrote, "Times Opinion owes it to our readers to show them counter-arguments, particularly those made by people in a position to set policy".

The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus was first detected late last year, has tested nearly 10 million people in an unprecedented 19-day campaign to check an entire city.&nbsp;It identified just 300 positive cases, all of whom had no symptoms. The city found no infections among 1,174 close contacts of the people who tested positive, suggesting they were not spreading the virus easily to others.&nbsp;That is a potentially encouraging development because of widespread concern that infected people without symptoms could be silent spreaders of the disease.&nbsp;

A New York City police officer on anti-looting patrol duty was stabbed in the neck on Wednesday night.&nbsp;According to police, the alleged assailant was shot and two other officers suffered gunshot injuries to their hands in the ensuing struggle. All three injured officers were expected to recover. The man who attacked them was shot multiple times and was hospitalised in critical condition. The incident happened just before midnight in New York where there is post-8pm curfew to quell anti-racism protests.&nbsp;

Rusian&nbsp;President Vladimir Putin has declared a state of emergency in Siberia&nbsp;after an estimated 20,000 tons of diesel fuel spilled from a power plant storage facility and polluted the Ambarnaya&nbsp;river which indirectly feeds the Arctic&nbsp;Ocean. The spill took place last Friday in the city of Norilsk when a fuel tank collapsed. Putin,&nbsp;who held a televised video conference with local officials, expressed anger that the spill was discovered only 2 days later through social media. An inquiry has already been ordered and the manager of the power plant detained. Experts have warned that the scale of the spill and the geographical region will make it very difficult to clean the spill and it could take 5 to 10 years.&nbsp;

Ken&nbsp;Juster, the&nbsp;US Ambassador to India, has&nbsp;apologised&nbsp;for desecration of Mahatma Gandhi&rsquo;s statue in the United States. The statue was&nbsp;vandalised&nbsp;with graffiti and spray paint outside the Indian embassy in Washington.&nbsp;Juster&nbsp;on twitter said he was sorry&nbsp;to see the desecration of the Gandhi statue.&nbsp;The incident is reported to have taken place on the intervening night of June 2 and 3. The officials of the Indian embassy informed the State Department and registered a complaint with the local law enforcement agencies.&nbsp;

President Donald Trump's Pentagon chief shot down his idea of using troops to quell protests across the United States on Wednesday. Both Trump and Defense Secretary Mark Esper also drew stinging, rare public criticism from Trump's first defense secretary, Jim Mattis&nbsp;who resigned in December 2018 over Trump's ordering of a full troop withdrawal from Syria. Mattis also voiced support for the demonstrators whose anti-racism rallies have roiled the country. &nbsp;Mattis wrote in a blistering statement posted online by The Atlantic that Donald Trump is the first president in his lifetime who does not try to unite the American people and does not even pretend to try. Trump responded on Twitter by calling Mattis&nbsp;'the world's most overrated General'

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday described the comprehensive strategic partnership with India as a 'new level' of bilateral cooperation based on trust. He&nbsp;complemented Prime Minister Narendra Modi for playing an &ldquo;important part&rdquo; in &ldquo;stabilising&rdquo; the Indo-Pacific region during the difficult times.&nbsp;The two leaders during their first virtual bilateral summit discussed a range of issues including trade,&nbsp;defence, education as well as the Covid-19 crisis.&nbsp;The summit was held after Morrison had to cancel his trip to India in&nbsp;January,&nbsp;2020 due to the devastating bushfires season in Australia.&nbsp;

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