Sunday, June 7th, 2020
Global coronavirus deaths surpass 400,000 The confirmed global coronavirus death toll has surpassed 400,000, per data collected by Johns Hopkins University. The number of confirmed infections worldwide is approaching 7 million. The United States, which is nearing 2 million infections, accounts for more than a quarter of the global death total, as the country nears 110,000 since the outbreak began. The United Kingdom has the second highest fatality count at 40,548, followed by Brazil, Italy, and France. Brazil on Saturday stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus infections and deaths, though it will reportedly shows the figures from the previous 24 hours. Cases continue to grow in several other countries, including Russia, Indonesia, and Iran. Source: Al Jazeera
OPEC, allies agree to extend oil production cuts OPEC and its allies agreed Saturday to extend their record oil production cuts until the end of July, while Iraq and Nigeria agreed to extra cuts from July to September after exceeding production quotas in May and June. In April negotiations led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, OPEC agreed to slash oil production by 9.7 million barrels per day between May and June to prop up prices that collapsed as a result of the coronavirus crisis. While the limits were expected to loosen at the end of June, the group decided it was best to remain cautious amid an uncertain global demand. U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette praised the agreement. Source: The Guardian
The total tally of cases in Saudi Arabia exceeds 100,000. (Reuters)
Trump says he’s ordering National Guard troops to withdraw from D.C. President Trump on Sunday said in a Tweet that he has ordered the National Guard to begin withdrawing from Washington, D.C., where they had been deployed to aid local police over the past several days as protesters took to the streets. Trump, who had threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to curtail the protests earlier in the week, said he was sending the Guard home “now that everything is under perfect control.” The president added that “far fewer protesters showed up last night than anticipated,” which contradicts reports suggesting Saturday’s crowds were the biggest in the nation capital since the demonstrations against police brutality began Source: The Hill, President Donald Trump
Saturday, June 6th, 2020
Tens of thousands of people demonstrate against racism in the United Kingdom. A protest on Whitehall in London turns violent and a mounted officer falls from her horse, which then bolts. (BBC)
Two Buffalo police officers are charged with assault after they were recorded on video violently shoving a 75-year-old man to the ground and causing him to be hospitalized with a head injury. (The Washington Post)
57 members of the Buffalo Police Department’s Emergency Response Team resign in protest of the city’s decision to suspend two officers after injuring a 75-year-old on Thursday. (ABC News)
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