George Floyd's death sparked nationwide violent protests with some protesters resorting to vandalism, looting and rioting across the country, leaving behind a trail of destruction

Trump has focused on a \"law and order\" message in response to widespread protests following the police killing of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis, and he has pushed schools and businesses to reopen despite the pandemic

His comments came a day after a group of protestors tried to topple a statue of President Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square near the White House

Trump, a Republican, opened his remarks by expressing sympathy to the families of victims of police violence, pledging to fight for justice and promising them their loved ones will not have died in vain

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna highlighted the need to create more open and equitable pathways for all Americans to acquire marketable skills and training, and the need is particularly acute in communities of colour

A statue of Winston Churchill on Parliament Square in London was sprayed with graffiti and in Bristol in western England, protesters toppled a statue of 17th Century slave trader Edward Colsto

The Democrats, opponents of President Trump and rights bodies have started demanding that the police be defunded in the wake of series of killings of African-Americans in the country

Zuckerberg said Facebook would be more transparent about its decision-making on whether to take down posts, review policies on posts that could cause voter suppression and would look to build software to advance racial justice, led by important lieutenants

As of Friday morning, about 40 of Citigroup's 700 branches were temporarily closed due to planned protest activity or previous damage, spokesman Drew Benson said

Protests against the custodial killing of Floyd turned violent in some places in the US and prestigious monuments were damaged

The US is in the midst of the biggest civic unrest in the country's history following the death of 46-year-old Floyd when a white police officer pinned him down and kneeled on his neck as he gasped for breath

The United States Park Police has launched an investigation into the matter. Locals have told the news agency that some unruly elements graffitied Gandhi's statue with curse words using spray paint

The report by Chief Medical Examiner Andrew Baker spelled out clinical details, including that Floyd tested positive for COVID-19 on April 3 but appeared asymptomatic

Pentagon documents reviewed by The Associated Press showed plans for soldiers from an Army division to protect the White House and other federal buildings if the security situation in the nation's capital were to deteriorate and the National Guard could not secure the facilities

The company said it was looking closer at accounts discussing protests when it saw what it deemed white nationalist accounts encouraging violence

Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Rath Hoffman said troops were on \"heightened alert status\" but \"are not participating in defense support to civil authority operations.\"

Demonstrators set fire to a strip mall in Los Angeles, looted stores in New York City and clashed with police in St Louis, Missouri, where four officers were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

Known for feasting on all sorts of plants and standing crops, locust swarms had been sighted in parts of Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh (MP), Uttar Pradesh (UP), and Gujarat over the last few days. The horticulture crops such as fruits and vegetables stand at risk of a wash-out in the states; Facebook Inc and Snapchat developer Snap Inc became the latest U.S. companies condemning racial inequality in the United States as violent protests flared up across major cities over the death of George Floyd; Azim Premji, Founder Chairman and  Rishad Premji, Chairman of Wipro, have both taken a voluntary cut in their compensation for the fiscal year 2020, according to the recent filing made to the Securities Exchange Commission in the US. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Coronavirus impact: 94% Indians to be extra-careful while spending; 70% to spend less on luxury items

Governor Cuomo said that the curfew was imposed is to help separate the overwhelming majority of peaceful protesters from \"people who are looking to exploit the moment by looting\".

Car sales register steep decline in May, tractors lead road to recoveryPassenger vehicle sales in India saw a steep 84 per cent drop in sales in May over last year as staggered resumption of operations both at the factories and showrooms hampered business activity for all companies. It however came on the back of zero sales in April when the country was in a state of total lockdown. The situation, however, is only likely to get better as lockdown norms are further eased and domest...