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

Amazon's tweet urging the end of the inequitable and brutal treatment of black people received backlash from followers, who questioned the company's own commitment during the coronavirus pandemic in which employees have been complaining about unsafe working conditions

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

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...

\"Mark is wrong, and I will endeavor in the loudest possible way to change his mind,\" wrote Ryan Freitas, identified on Twitter as director of product design for Facebook's News Feed. He added he had mobilized \"50+ likeminded folks\" to lobby for internal change

Nooyi cautioned that the road ahead will \"undoubtedly be challenging\", and the scale of the work that needs to be accomplished is staggering

The police action against protesters cleared the way for Trump to walk from the White House to nearby St. John's Episcopal Church along with other officials including U.S. Attorney General William Barr

\"There is no place for hate and racism in our society. Empathy and shared understanding are a start, but we must do more,\" Nadella said in a tweet on Monday

The two tech companies followed Intel Corp, Netflix Inc, Alphabet's Google, IBM and Nike Inc in taking a public stance against Floyd's death - calling out discrimination against African-Americans

Trump has told advisers he worries about his safety, while both privately and publicly praising the work of the Secret Service

In Asia, China's state media and the government of Hong Kong lashed out on Sunday at U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to end Hong Kong's special status if Beijing imposes new national security laws on the city

Protests following George Floyd's killing by a white police officer sparked one of the highest alerts on the White House complex since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001

His remarks came amidst nationwide violent protests over the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd by a policeman in Minneapolis

The event was originally scheduled to take place virtually on Wednesday, according to the website. In a tweet, it said that it will announce more details on the new version of Android \"soon,\" without specifying any dates