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History of anti-Black policing in the U.S.

02:44 George Floyd's death wasn't the first flash-point in race and policing for the U.S.Law enforcement's mistreatment of African Americans goes back centuries. Learn more.Check outTh

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CNC TALK: Stop scapegoating amid global pandemic fight

While new evidence suggests that COVID-19 had already circulated in the U.S. much earlier than previously believed, it is perhaps more to the point that nations stop scapegoating others and join hand

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5 killed as car bomb hits eastern Libyan city Ajdabiya

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Rockets' James Harden leaves no doubt he's the NBA's MVP

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NBA Report: Wizards hold off revamped Cavaliers, Sixers edge Bulls

TheClevelandCavaliersreturnedfromtheNBAAll-StarbreakwithathudonThursday,falling110-103totheWashingtonWizardsdespite32pointsfromLeBronJames.TheCavshadn'tlostsinc

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NBA: Beasley fuels Knicks upset of Celtics, Cavaliers and Raptors win

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Highlights of Thursday's NBA games

HighlightsfromNationalBasketballAssociationgamesonThursday:Warriors112,Spurs92KlayThompsonhad27pointsastheGoldenStateWarriorsroaredbackfroma19-pointdeficittobea

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Isner downs Harrison for fourth ATP Atlanta title

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Mozilla's new Firefox features improve browsing on iOS and Android

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German SPD trims Merkel's lead in Forsa poll

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) narrowed the gap with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives to 2 percentage points from 3 in the last week, according to a poll for Stern magazine by the Forsa institute.

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German Social Democrats still hard on heels of Merkel's conservatives - poll

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) held steady at 31 percent support in a survey published on Wednesday, remaining hard on the heels of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives - on 34 percent - seven months ahead of a federal election.

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Merkel's conservative moves ahead of SPD in latest poll by INSA

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Christian Social Union (CSU) sister party moved back in front of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) in an INSA poll for Bild newspaper published on Monday.

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Germany's SPD unchanged in Forsa poll, lag Merkel's conservatives

Support for Germany's Social Democrats is unchanged from a week ago at 31 percent, a poll showed on Wednesday, as their support stagnated after a surge following the nomination last month of Martin Schulz as party leader for September's federal election.

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S.Korea's business confidence stays low on uncertainties

​Confidence among South Korean businesses over economic outlook stayed low on uncertainties at home and abroad, central bank data showed on Tuesday.

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Philippines' Duterte vows to open up trade, commerce with China, Russia

​Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday that he would open up all avenues of trade and commerce for China and Russia, adding that he is about to "cross the Rubicon between me and the United States."

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Hamas urges Egypt to permanently reopen Rafah crossing with Gaza

​Deputy chief of the Islamic Hamas movement, Ismail Haneya, called on Egypt Wednesday to permanently open the Rafah crossing point along the borders with the Gaza Strip.

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U.S. voters give GOP edge on top issues in lead up to elections: Gallup

U.S. voters favor the GOP over Democrats on four out of six issues most important to voters in the run up to next month's Congressional elections, a Gallup poll released Monday found.