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Two police officers deployed tasers in failed attempts to stop Jacob Blake before one of the officers shot him multiple times in the back with a gun, the Wisconsin Department of Justice said on Friday, unveiling new details of its probe into the shooting.

The office of Lebanons president said Friday that binding consultations with members of Parliament to designate a new prime minister will begin early next week.

Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport announced Friday that it will cut hundreds of jobs as it warned that air traffic likely will not return to precoronavirus pandemic levels until 202325.

Indonesias leading Englishlanguage newspaper, The Jakarta Post, is considering laying off its staff as it struggles with the pandemic, a spokesperson for the publication's owner said Friday.

Montenegro is holding a parliamentary election this weekend with the proWestern government facing pressure over the new coronavirus outbreak and ongoing tensions in relations with Serbia and the Serbian Orthodox Church because of a religious property law.

United States Ambassador Scott Brown's diplomatic status has allowed him and his wife to avoid going into quarantine at New Zealand's border after the couple returned from a trip to their home country this week.

Until the police shooting of Jacob Blake, the bedroom community of Kenosha had been largely untouched by the level of demonstrations that were seen in nearby Milwaukee and Chicago after the death of George Floyd.

The missile launches on Wednesday punctuated a series of military exercises that China has conducted this month at a time of rising tensions with the United States over its territorial claims in the South China Sea and its attempts to pressure Taiwan.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered around the White House on Thursday night for what was billed as a noise demonstration and dance party" to drown out President Donald Trump's speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination

Three people were killed by falling trees and 50,000 homes were left without power after a wild storm struck the city of Melbourne, authorities said on Friday.

The Trump administration has sharply increased its use of hotels to detain immigrant children as young as 1 before expelling them from the United States during the coronavirus pandemic despite facing outcry from lawmakers and humanrights advocates.

Britain reported its biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases since June 12 on Thursday, although for now infection rates remain well below those in Spain, France and other parts of Europe suffering a second wave of the disease.

Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff said Thursday that NBA protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are absurd and silly.

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A Florida man who has spent the last 37 years in prison on a rape and murder charge was ordered released Thursday, after officials discovered new evidence that proved his innocence.

In a surprise move, Serbia has joined the European Union in its rejection of the election results in Belarus and criticism of a crackdown against those protesting against the countrys longtime autocratic leader.