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North Korea Blasts South’s Military Drills After Police Kill Two Men in Indianapolis: Kim Sends ‘Warm Greetings’ Angry U.S. Protesters: We’re Being Hunted PARIS (AFP) -- The death toll from the to China Leader novel coronavirus pandemic in Asia passed had said the shots fired by North Korea 10,000 on Friday, with just under half of the were likely “accidental”. fatalities in China, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources. With a total Meanwhile, a U.S. think tank said North of 10,001 deaths and 269,025 infections, Korea is building a facility big enough to Asia has a far lower toll than Europe, which store its ballistic missiles. has recorded 151,576 deaths, or the United The Washington-based Center for Stra- States and Canada with 79,328. China, tegic and International Studies (CSIS) said which has officially recorded 4,633 deaths, construction of the unit, near Pyongyang has registered only one new death in the past International Airport, “is nearing comple- three weeks, while the next hardest-hit Asian tion” and “is almost certainly related to countries are India with 1,783 fatalities and North Korea’s expanding ballistic missiles Indonesia with 930. program”. *** “A high-bay building within the facility ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -- Coronavirus cas- is large enough to accommodate an el- es in surged past 25,000 on Friday, evated Hwasong-15 intercontinental bal- just hours before the government was due to listic missile and, therefore, the entirety lift lockdown measures, with the country re- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, meets President Xi Jinping in of North Korea’s known ballistic missile Protesters listen during a rally outside of the City County Building on porting some of the biggest daily increases variants,” the CSIS report said. in new infections in the world. Officials Beijing in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News May 7, 2020, in Indianapolis after the fatal shooting by the police. reported 1,764 new COVID-19 cases over Agency (KCNA) on January 10, 2019. “The facility has been constructed next to an underground facility whose likely INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Protesters Lives Matter flags and signs. the past 24 hours on Friday, taking the total crowded the streets of Indianapolis on The Marion County coroner’s office to 25,837. Deaths rose by 30 to 594. Prime SEOUL (Dispatches) -- North Korea enemies all the time,” the statement said. size is also large enough to easily accom- Thursday to voice concerns about po- identified the man killed in the first Minister Imran Khan has announced plans to lashed out at South Korea over recent North Korea cited a military exercise by modate all known North Korean ballistic lice treatment after officers shot and shooting as Dreasjon Reed, 21, and the begin lifting Pakistan’s poorly enforced lock- military drills, while leader Kim Jong the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) missiles and their associated launchers and down from Saturday, amid fears for the coun- killed two men and fatally struck a man killed later as McHale Rose, 19. Un sent a personal message to China’s Air Combat Command on Wednesday, and support vehicles.” try’s economy as it sinks into recession. Khan pregnant pedestrian in three separate The pregnant woman was identified as Xi Jinping to congratulate him on that said the drills violated inter-Korean agree- In a separate dispatch, KCNA said Kim said the easing of restrictions, aimed at help- incidents just hours apart. Ashlynn Lisby, 23. Her fetus also did country’s success in controlling the ments aimed at reducing military tensions. sent a verbal message to the Chinese presi- ing the country’s most impoverished citizens, Officials said both men exchanged not survive. coronavirus, state media reported on “Everything is now going back to the dent about the coronavirus, KCNA said. would be lifted in phases and warned people gunfire with officers, adding that the Protests began after video of the events that the epidemic could get out of control if Friday. starting point before the north-south sum- “Kim Jong Un in his message extended second shooting early Thursday morn- leading up to Reed’s shooting appeared they did not take precautions. He added that A North Korean military representative mit meeting in 2018,” the statement said. his warm greetings to Xi Jinping and con- ing could have been an ambush on po- on Facebook. The video, which appears restrictions could be restored if the outbreak said on Friday that recent South Korean On Sunday, South Korea said North Ko- gratulated him, highly appreciating that he lice. Police did not have body camera or to have been recorded by Reed, shows worsens. military drills were a grave provocation rean troops fired multiple shots toward a is seizing a chance of victory in the war dash camera footage of either shooting. him being pursued by police both in his that demanded a reaction, according to a South Korean guard post at the Demili- against the unprecedented epidemic,” said *** Both of the men were black, as were car and on foot before incoherent shout- statement carried by Korean Central News tarized Zone (DMZ), which separates KCNA. RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -- Brazilian most of the protesters. ing and popping sounds are heard. Later Agency (KCNA). the two countries. South Korean troops Kim wished Xi good health and the President Jair Bolsonaro authorized the The pregnant woman, who was white, came the detective’s comment, which “The recent drill served as an oppor- responded by firing warning shots, but no KCNA report said the relations between army Thursday to fight Amazon wildfires was walking along an expressway ramp also was broadcast live on social media. tunity which awakened us once again to casualties were reported. Pyongyang and Beijing were “firmly con- and deforestation, amid warnings the world’s when an officer driving to work struck Reed’s father, Jamie Reed, said he had biggest rainforest is disappearing even faster the obvious fact that the enemies remain U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo solidated. her with his vehicle. seen the video and was “crushed” by its than during record devastation last year. Events surrounding the first shooting contents. The far-right leader has faced criticism on were livestreamed on Facebook, includ- “It just shows me that we’re not really the world stage for record-breaking wildfires ing comments by a responding detective being protected and served. We’re be- in 2019, his first year in office. And though UN Chief: Virus ‘Continues to fire season will only start in late May with who is heard saying: “I think it’s going ing hunted,” he told reporters at Thurs- dryer weather, there are already worrying to be a closed casket, homie,” an appar- day’s protest. “My son was a great son. I signs for this year. Deforestation in the Bra- Unleash Tsunami of Hate’ ent reference to a closed-casket funeral. love him to death. He was just a typical zilian Amazon for the first three months of Protesters converged on the first young adult like anybody else. He didn’t the year increased by more than 50 percent do much more to flag and... remove shooting scene Wednesday night, and deserve to die like that.” from the same period last year, to 796 square racist, misogynist and other harmful dozens more gathered Thursday at the Relatives said Reed, whose nickname kilometers. Bolsonaro signed a decree autho- content.” City County Building in downtown was “Sean,” had recently left the U.S. rizing the armed forces to take “preventive Black Brazilians are exposed to great- Indianapolis. Many wore face masks Air Force. Military records show he and restrictive action against environmen- er risk than whites and are dying at a aimed at reducing the spread of the served less than a year, in 2017. Details tal crimes, namely illegal deforestation and wildfires.” The order will be in effect from higher rate. coronavirus and at times shouted, “No of separations cannot be released under May 11 to June 10 in protected areas, indig- More than half Brazil’s population of justice, no peace.” Several carried Black privacy rules. enous reserves and other federal land in the 210 million people is black, but they Amazon region. face deeply entrenched inequalities that are on full display during the pandemic. *** As in the , where black WHO: Coronavirus Likely NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- An Indian train people are also bearing the brunt of ran over migrant workers sleeping on the COVID-19, there are a range of under- track on Friday, killing at least 14 of the lying reasons that Afro-Brazilians are to Kill 190,000 in Africa group, who were apparently on their way to their home villages, the railway ministry and being disproportionately affected. media said. Tens of thousands of people have The death rate from the virus for been walking home from India’s big cities af- blacks in the state is 15.6 per 100,000. ter losing their jobs because of a lockdown to Residents gather to protest against racism in the Chinese community For whites, it is 9.6 per 100,000. contain the spread of the novel coronavirus during a rally held at Portsmouth Square in the Chinatown neighbor- Brazil’s indigenous people are also since late March. The driver tried to stop the hood of San Francisco, Feb. 29, 2020. facing a health crisis, as Bolsonaro has freight train when he saw the laborers on the not included their communities, living tracks in the western state of Maharashtra, the UNITED NATIONS (Dispatches) cess to medical treatment.” in remote areas, in his national plans to railway ministry said, adding it had ordered -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Meanwhile, “contemptible memes fight the coronavirus outbreak. an inquiry. “I have just heard the sad news Guterres called Friday for an “all- have emerged suggesting” that older about laborers coming under the train, rescue Earlier this week, indigenous leaders work is underway,” Railway Minister Piyush out effort” to end the “tsunami of people, some of the most vulnerable to wrote a letter to the World Health Or- Goyal said on Twitter. Under the lockdown, hate and xenophobia” sparked by the the virus, “are also the most expend- ganization (WHO), asking for an emer- all public transport has been suspended so novel coronavirus pandemic, without able,” he said. gency fund for their people, who have migrant workers heading home often have to naming specific countries. Additionally, “journalists, whistle- no access to personal protective equip- walk long distances to get there. The govern- “The pandemic continues to unleash a blowers, health professionals, aid ment and health services. ment has extended the lockdown until May 17. tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scape- workers and human rights defenders are Last week, a study by the Guardian *** goating and scaremongering,” Guterres being targeted simply for doing their newspaper showed that areas with high said in a statement. jobs,” Guterres said. ethnic minority populations in England A police checkpoint is seen, after the government announced a BERLIN (AFP) -- A German journalist “Anti-foreigner sentiment has surged The UN chief appealed for “an all-out told AFP on Thursday that she has filed a and Wales tended to have higher mor- lockdown for two weeks following a jump in confirmed coronavirus case against former French president Valery online and in the streets. Anti-Semitic effort to end hate speech globally,” and tality rates in the pandemic. disease (COVID-19) cases there, Nairobi, Kenya May 7, 2020. Giscard d’Estaing, accusing him of sexual conspiracy theories have spread and singled out educational institutions to Meanwhile, India’s Muslim popula- assault in 2018. Ann-Kathrin Stracke, 37, a COVID-19-related anti-Muslim attacks help teach “digital literacy” to young tion are being harassed by both the po- KINSHASA (AFP) -- Up to 190,000 “The lower rate of transmission, how- journalist working for German public tele- have occurred.” people -- whom he called “captive and lice and people in the streets across the people in Africa could die of corona- ever, suggests a more prolonged out- vision WDR alleged that Giscard d’Estaing According to Guterres, migrants and potentially despairing audiences.” country, as rumors, misinformation and virus in the first year of the pandemic break over a few years.” -- then aged 92 -- placed his hands on her refugees have been “vilified as a source Guterres also called on “the media, videos on social media, accusing them if containment measures fail, the WHO Africa Director Matshidiso backside three times while she was in his of the virus -- and then denied ac- especially social media companies, to of deliberately spreading Covid-19. World Health Organization warned Moeti said that “while COVID-19 Parisian office for an interview in December on Thursday. likely won’t spread as exponentially in 2018. “I decided to tell my story because I The UN health agency cited a new Africa as it has elsewhere in the world, think that people should know that a French study by its regional office in Brazza- it likely will smolder in transmission former president harassed me sexually after U.S. Navy Suffering From ‘Failure in Leadership’ ville which found that between 83,000 hotspots”. an interview,” she told AFP. She took her case to Paris prosecutors on March 10 this W ASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The handling of a coro- In an otherwise friendly hearing where lawmakers large- and 190,000 could die and 29 to 44 mil- “COVID-19 could become a fixture year, backed by her employer which car- navirus outbreak aboard the air- ly focused on more narrow issues, Democratic Senator lion be infected during the period. in our lives for the next several years ried out an independent investigation into craft carrier was just another example of a “failure Jack Reed said the Navy’s handling of the Roosevelt il- The research is based on prediction unless a proactive approach is taken by her claims. Giscard d’Estaing, now 94, led in leadership” in the Navy in recent years, President lustrated how the Navy was in “disarray.” modelling and covers 47 countries with many governments in the region,” he France from 1974 to 1981, ushering through ’s nominee to lead the service said on More than 1,000 sailors on the Roosevelt, currently in a total population of one billion, the added. “We need to test, trace, isolate a spree of radical reforms, legalizing abor- Thursday. Guam, have tested positive for the virus and one sailor WHO said in a statement. and treat.” tion, liberalizing divorce and reducing the The has been hit with a number of has died. Experts have consistently warned that Smaller countries as well as Algeria, voting age to 18. crises in the past year, most recently the firing of the Roo- Captain Brett Crozier was fired by the Navy’s top civil- Africa is particularly vulnerable to an South Africa and Cameroon were at *** sevelt’s captain after the leak of a letter he wrote calling ian, then-acting Navy Secretary , against outbreak, due to weak health infrastruc- particularly high risk unless effective HONG KONG (Reuters) -- Rival lawmakers on the Navy for stronger measures to combat the spread of the recommendations of uniformed leaders, who suggest- ture, high rates of poverty, numerous containment measures were in force, scuffled in Hong Kong’s legislature on Friday the coronavirus on the ship. ed he wait for an investigation into the letter’s leak. roiling conflicts and a proven suscepti- the WHO said. in a row over electing the chairman of a key “It saddens me to say that the Department of the Navy Modly’s decision backfired badly, as members of the bility to previous epidemics. Africa has so far recorded 53,334 cas- committee, a fresh sign of rising political ten- is in rough waters due to many factors but primarily the crew hailed their captain as a hero for risking his career But the virus has been slow to spread es and 2,065 fatalities -- out of a global sion as the coronavirus pandemic tapers off failure of leadership,” Kenneth Braithwaite, currently out of concern for their health, in an emotional sendoff across the continent, which has yet not death toll of nearly 267,000 -- accord- in the Chinese-ruled city. Lawmakers shouted U.S. envoy to Norway, told the Senate Armed Services captured on video that went viral on social media. recorded the soaring number of infec- ing to an AFP tally. and pushed one another at the legislative Committee. Embarrassed, Modly then compounded his problems by tions or deaths seen in Europe, the Unit- Several countries have put confine- council meeting. Pro-Beijing lawmakers Braithwaite, who would be the fourth civilian to lead flying out to the carrier to ridicule Crozier over the leak and ed States and elsewhere. ment measures or lockdowns in place, scuffled with pro-Western lawmakers, several the Navy in about five months, listed several incidents in question his character in a speech to the Roosevelt’s crew, “The model predicts the observed but others have not and some are con- clashing with guards seeking to eject a pro- Beijing lawmaker who attempted to chair the recent years, including the Roosevelt, the “Fat Leonard” which also leaked to the media. Modly then resigned. slower rate of transmission, lower age sidering lifting restrictions. meeting in a move that democrats said vio- corruption scandal and deadly Navy ship collisions. Modly’s predecessor Richard Spencer was fired over his of people with severe disease and lower Nigeria lifted the lockdown in Af- lated procedure. Beijing has accused the for- “They are all indicative of a breakdown in the trust of handling of the case of a Navy SEAL who was convicted mortality rates compared to what is seen rica’s most populous city Lagos earlier mer British colony’s pro-Western lawmakers those leading the service,” Braithwaite said, adding that of battlefield misconduct in Iraq and later won Trump’s in the most affected countries in the rest this week, while South Africa started to of “malicious” filibustering to prevent some he believed that the culture in the Navy was “tarnished.” support. of the world,” the statement said. ease its measures last week. proposed bills from going to a final vote.