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Trump says US 'terminating' relationship with WHO
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his country is "terminating" its relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO).
"We will be today terminating our relationship with the World Health Organization and redirecting those funds to other worldwide and deserving urgent global public health needs," Trump said during a press conference at the White House.
In a letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus earlier this month, Trump threatened to permanently cut off the nation's funding to the WHO and "reconsider our membership" if the international body does not commit to what he called "substantive improvements within the next 30 days." (Xinhua)
Minneapolis cop who knelt on man’s neck charged with murder
The Minneapolis police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday and charged with murder.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Derek Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter, after the office gathered enough evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
The charges come after three days of protests, which had been escalating in violence. (AP)
China's first domestically made carrier begins sea tests
The CNS Shandong, China's first domestically made aircraft carrier, has begun a round of sea tests and exercises this month to test weapons and equipment efficiency, an official said on Friday.
"The purpose of this training is to test weapons and equipment efficiency, improve the aircraft carrier's training capability and further elevate its ability to carry out future missions," said Ren Guoqiang, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense.
The CNS Shandong — China's second aircraft carrier and the first such ship wholly designed and built domestically — was commissioned in December. (China Daily)
Virus toll surges in Russia as Europe speeds reopening
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic spiked again in Russia on Friday.
Russia reported a record increase of 232 coronavirus deaths on Friday, just four days before the capital Moscow is due to ease its lockdown.
Europe has been carefully moving ahead with the lifting of lockdown restrictions, especially with the key summer holiday season approaching.
Tourism-dependent Greece said it will reopen two main airports to arrivals from 29 countries from June 15. However hard-hit countries such as France, Spain, Britain and Italy -- were not on the list.
In Austria, hotels were allowed to reopen for tourists on Friday under special guidelines, including the obligatory wearing of masks in key areas. (AFP)
Pandemic changes Germans' eating habits: survey
Thirty-nine percent of Germans agree that agriculture has become "more important" as a result of the coronavirus crisis, said the official nutrition report for 2020 published by Germany's Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) on Friday.
"Coronavirus is also changing the everyday diet of Germans," said Food and Agriculture Minister Julia Kloeckner.
As a result of restaurant and canteen closures, almost a third of Germans have been preparing meals themselves during the coronavirus crisis, while almost as many have had meals with family members more frequently, according to the BMEL. (Xinhua)
World's officially oldest man dies in UK aged 112
The world's oldest man, according to the Guinness World Records, has died from cancer in Britain at the age of 112, his family confirmed on Thursday.
Bob Weighton, a former teacher and engineer from the central English county Hampshire, died "peacefully" in his sleep at home on Thursday morning, they said.
Weighton took up the title of the oldest man in the world in February after the death of the previous holder, Chitetsu Watanabe of Japan. (AFP)
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In the Star Wars movies, which moon is home to the Ewoks?
(Answer: Endor.)
Today's quote is from Roman poet Horace (65 BC - 8 BC).
"Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much."
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