Former President Barack Obama threw his support behind the efforts of peaceful protesters demanding police reforms during his first on-camera remarks since a wave of protests over the killing of George Floyd convulsed the country and upended the 2020 election.
The Associated Press news agency has analysed protests over the past few days and found that demostrations over the killing of George Floyd had been held in every one of the 25 US communities with the highest concentrations of new cases.
South Africans will be able to buy alcohol from Monday, June 1, 2020, for the first time in two months, as the government eases one of the toughest lockdowns in the world.
Curfews have been ordered in cities across the US in an attempt to stem the violent clashes between protesters and police over the death of George Floyd.
Violent protests over the death of an unarmed African-American man at the hands of police officers in Minnesota "are no longer in any way" about his killing, the state's governor has said.
