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]]> The Republican Party kicked off its convention on Monday, with the four day event, pared down drastically due to the coronavirus pandemic, taking place partly online, and partly offline in Charlotte, North Carolina and Washington, DC, BAKU.NEWS reports quoting Sputnik.

The Republican Party formally gathered to nominate President Donald Trump as their candidate for the November election, with delegates from states carrying out a formal roll call on Monday.

Trump secured more than the 1,276 delegates needed to win at about 12:10 pm eastern time as the roll call continued.
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]]> Lieutenant Governor of California Eleni Kounalakis condemned the violence by the radical Armenian dashnaks against peaceful Azerbaijani community members in Los Angeles, BAKU.NEWS informs citing the Consulate General in Los Angeles.

In her Twitter post, she noted: "I was disappointed to learn that a demonstration outside the Azerbaijani Consulate in LA last week turned violent and resulted in injuries. Everyone has a right to express their views peacefully, but there's no place in our state for violence against others."

Azerbaijan's Consul General in Los Angeles Nasimi Aghayev thanked the Lieutenant Governor for her condemnation of this violence against Azerbaijani community members and stated that "Such violence has no place in California or anywhere else."

It should be noted that serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of California since 2019, Eleni Kounalakis is the first woman elected to this office. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Hungary from 2010 to 2013.
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]]> Russia aims to become the world’s first country to have a novel coronavirus vaccine approved, CNN said citing Russian officials, including the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev, BAKU.NEWS reports.

"Russian officials told CNN they are working toward a date of August 10 or earlier for approval of the vaccine, which has been created by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute," the US TV channel said.

"Americans were surprised when they heard Sputnik's beeping. It's the same with this vaccine. Russia will have got there first," it quoted Dmitriev as saying. "Our scientists focused not on being the first but on protecting people."

The second phase of clinical tests of an anti-coronavirus vaccine developed by the Gamalei National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology is nearing completion, the press service of the Russian Health Ministry said on Monday. The vaccine’s state registration will be addressed after the tests are over.]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2020 09:41:52 +0400 https://old.baku.news/gundem/28948-arxeoloqlar-1700-yashi-olan-heykel-ashkarlayiblar.html https://old.baku.news/gundem/28948-arxeoloqlar-1700-yashi-olan-heykel-ashkarlayiblar.html
]]> Archeologists have discovered on July 27, a 1,700-year-old statue of a female from the Hellenistic period in the ancient city of Perge, now in Turkey’s Mediterranean Antalya province.

“First sculpture of 2020 found in Perge excavations,” Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s excavations department said on Twitter.

It shared separate photographs of the full-body statue of a dressed woman, and her broken head.

The excavations in Perge are headed by Sedef Cokay Kepçe, an archeology professor at Istanbul University. The ministry said that the 3rd-century figure would be placed in the Antalya Museum once the work is complete.

The archaeological site in the ancient city has been excavated systemically by Istanbul University since 1946. It was included in the UNESCO Tentative Heritage list in 2009.

According to the U.N. agency, the city is famous for its local sculptures, where women were active on an administrative level.
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]]> Inter Milan are reportedly eyeing a sensational move for Lionel Messi next summer, with the Barcelona captain's contract due to run out in 2021. 

Messi, who was raging last week after a disappointing home defeat to Osasuna confirmed that Barca's reign as LaLiga champions was over, has still enjoyed a fruitful season, scoring 30 goals in all competitions. 

But according to the front page of Italian outlet Gazzetta dello Sport on Saturday, Inter's majority shareholders Suning Holdings Group are plotting a move for the 33-year-old, and believe they have the cash to lure him to the San Siro next year.]]> Sat, 25 Jul 2020 20:18:54 +0400 https://old.baku.news/gundem/27171-hindistanda-ildrm-vurmasndan-110-insan-olub.html https://old.baku.news/gundem/27171-hindistanda-ildrm-vurmasndan-110-insan-olub.html
]]> Lightning strikes killed at least 104 people in the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, BAKU.NEWS says, citing RIA Novosti.

Bihar's Disaster Management Department said the Gopalganj district saw the highest death toll, with 13 people killed. The rest of the deaths were recorded in 22 separate areas across the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences on Twiter and stressed the authorities were working "with urgency" to provide relief.

Dozens more were injured due to monsoon winds bringing down trees and electricity poles. The northeastern state of Bihar reported 83 lightning strike causalities, its highest single-day toll in several years, said senior disaster management official Avinash Kumar. He noted that the country saw two particularly deadly days in 2015 and 2017 when the death toll exceeded 50. Neighboring Uttar Pradesh recorded at least 21 deaths.
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]]> The police officer seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday after three days of often-violent protests that resulted in fires and looting across parts of Minneapolis, BAKU.NEWS reports citing ABC News.

Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said state investigators arrested Derek Chauvin, who was one of four officers fired this week, but he did not provide details. The state attorney who would oversee any prosecution on state charges, whose home was also the site of protests, was scheduled to provide an update later Friday.

News of the arrest came moments after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz acknowledged the “abject failure” of the response to this week’s protests and called for swift justice for officers involved. Walz said the state would take over the response to the protests and that it’s time to show respect and dignity to those who are suffering.

“Minneapolis and St. Paul are on fire. The fire is still smoldering in our streets. The ashes are symbolic of decades and generations of pain, of anguish unheard,” Walz said, adding. “Now generations of pain is manifesting itself in front of the world — and the world is watching.”
The governor cited a call he received from a state senator who described her district “on fire, no police, no firefighters, no social control, constituents locked in houses wondering what they were going to do. That is an abject failure that cannot happen.”
His comments came the morning after protesters torched a police station that officers abandoned during a third night of violence. Livestream video showed protesters entering the building, where intentionally set fires activated smoke alarms and sprinklers. President Donald Trump threatened action, tweeting “when the looting starts, the shooting starts,” which prompted a warning from Twitter for “glorifying violence.”
The governor faced tough questions after National Guard leader Maj. Gen. Jon Jensen blamed a lack of clarity about the Guard’s mission for a slow response. Walz said the state was in a supporting role and that it was up to city leaders to run the situation. Walz said it became apparent as the 3rd Precinct was lost that the state had to step in, which happened at 12:05 a.m. Requests from the cities for resources “never came,” he said.
“You will not see that tonight, there will be no lack of leadership,” Walz said.
On Friday morning, nearly every building in the shopping district around the abandoned police station had been vandalized, burned or looted. National Guard members were in the area, with several of them lined up, keeping people away from the police station.
Dozens of volunteers swept up broken glass in the street, doing what they could to help.
Dean Hanson, 64, lives in a subsidized housing unit nearby, which is home to many older residents. He said his building lost electricity overnight, and residents were terrified as they watched mobs of people run around their neighborhood, with no apparent intervention.
“I can’t believe this is happening here,” he said.

Dozens of fires were also set in nearby St. Paul, where nearly 200 businesses were damaged or looted. Protests spread across the U.S., fueled by outrage over Floyd’s death, and years of violence against African Americans at the hands of police. Demonstrators clashed with officers in New York and blocked traffic in Columbus, Ohio, and Denver.
Trump threatened to bring Minneapolis “under control,” calling the protesters “thugs” and tweeting that "when the looting starts, the shooting starts.” The tweet drew another warning from Twitter, which said the comment violated the platform’s rules, but the company did not remove it.
Trump also blasted the “total lack of leadership” in Minneapolis.
A visibly tired and frustrated Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey made his first public appearance of the night early Friday at City Hall and took responsibility for evacuating the precinct, saying it had become too dangerous for officers. As Frey continued, a reporter cut across loudly with a question: “What's the plan here?”

“With regard to?” Frey responded. Then he added: “There is a lot of pain and anger right now in our city. I understand that ... What we have seen over the past several hours and past couple of nights here in terms of looting is unacceptable.”
He defended the city's lack of engagement with looters — only a handful of arrests across the first two nights of violence — and said, “We are doing absolutely everything that we can to keep the peace.” He said National Guard members were stationed in locations to help stem looting, including at banks, grocery stores and pharmacies.

The Minnesota State Patrol arrested a CNN television crew early Friday as the journalists reported on the unrest. While live on air, CNN reporter Omar Jimenez was handcuffed and led away. A producer and a photojournalist for CNN were also taken away in handcuffs.
The Minnesota State Patrol said the journalists were among four people arrested as troopers were “clearing the streets and restoring order," and they were released after being confirmed to be media members. CNN said on Twitter that the arrests were “a clear violation of their First Amendment rights." Walz publicly apologized on Friday.

Protests first erupted Tuesday, a day after Floyd's death in a confrontation with police captured on widely seen citizen video. In the footage, Floyd can be seen pleading as officer Derek Chauvin presses his knee against him. As minutes pass, Floyd slowly stops talking and moving.
Attorney Ben Crump, who is representing members of Floyd's family, called for an independent investigation, and said he asked to take custody of Floyd's body to have an independent autopsy performed. Floyd said that talk of a heart condition or asthma are irrelevant because Floyd was walking and breathing before his contact with police.

The doctor who will do the autopsy is Michael Baden, former chief medical examiner of New York City, who was hired to do an autopsy for Eric Garner as well.

Minutes after the precinct burned on Thursday, the Guard tweeted that it had activated more than 500 soldiers across the metro area. By Friday morning, a couple dozen Guard members armed with assault-style rifles blocked a street near a Target store that has sustained heavy damage by looters.
The Guard said a “key objective” was to make sure firefighters could respond to calls, and said in a follow-up tweet that soldiers would assist the Minneapolis Fire Department. But no move was made to put out the 3rd Precinct fire. Assistant Fire Chief Bryan Tyner said fire crews could not safely respond to blazes at the precinct station and some surrounding buildings.

Elsewhere in Minneapolis, thousands of peaceful demonstrators marched through the streets calling for justice.
In New York City, protesters defied New York’s coronavirus prohibition on public gatherings Thursday, clashing with police, while demonstrators blocked traffic in downtown Denver and downtown Columbus. A day earlier, demonstrators had taken to the streets in Los Angeles and Memphis.
About 10 protesters went to a Florida home believed to belong to Chauvin. The Orange County Sheriff's Office tweeted Friday that Chauvin was not at the residence and has no plans to be in the area.

In Louisville, Kentucky, police confirmed that at least seven people had been shot Thursday night as protesters demanded justice for Breonna Taylor, a black woman who was fatally shot by police in her home in March.

In Mississippi, the mayor of the community of Petal resisted calls to resign following his remarks about Floyd's death. Hal Marx, a Republican, asked on Twitter: “Why in the world would anyone choose to become a police officer in our society today?” In a follow-up tweet, he said he “didn’t see anything unreasonable."

The city on Thursday released a transcript of the 911 call that brought police to the grocery store where Floyd was arrested. The caller described someone paying with a counterfeit bill, with workers rushing outside to find the man sitting on a van. The caller described the man as “awfully drunk" and said he was "not in control of himself.”

Asked by the 911 operator whether the man was “under the influence of something,” the caller said: “Something like that, yes. He is not acting right.” Police said Floyd matched the caller’s description of the suspect.
State and federal authorities are investigating Floyd's death.

Chauvin, the officer who knelt on Floyd's neck, was fired Tuesday, along with three other officers involved in the arrest.
The owner of a popular Latin nightclub said that Floyd and Chauvin both worked as security guards at the club as recently as the end of last year, but it’s not clear whether they worked together. Chauvin worked at the El Nuevo Rodeo club as an off-duty security guard for nearly two decades, but Floyd had only worked there more recently for about a dozen events that featured African-American music, Maya Santamaria told The Associated Press.

Santamaria said if Chauvin had recognized Floyd, “he might have given him a little more mercy.”
Santamaria, who sold the venue within the past two months, said Chauvin got along well with the regular Latino customers, but did not like to work the African-American nights. When he did, and there was a fight, he would spray people with mace and call for police backup and half-dozen squad cars would soon show up, something she felt was unjustified “overkill.”
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]]> German Chancellor Angela Merkel refused an invitation by United States President Donald Trump to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in-person, a spokesperson for the German government said, BAKU.NEWS reports citing Politico news outlet.

"As of today, considering the overall pandemic situation, she cannot agree to her personal participation, to a journey to Washington," the news outlet was told by the spokesman.

Previously, the US president said holding the summit in Washington DC despite the coronavirus worries would be "very important" for the world, while the White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany claimed the event taking place in the country would be the "greatest example" of the US reopening.
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]]> Armenia has confirmed 460 new COVID-19 cases over the past day, bringing the tally to 8,676, while seven more people died, BAKU.NEWS says, citing RIA Novosti.

On Thursday, the country reported 8,216 confirmed cases and 113 deaths. Armenia declared a state of emergency from March 16 to June 13 to combat the spread of coronavirus.

According to the Health Ministry of the country, so far, 8,676 positive COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Armenia, 3,297 patients recovered, while 120 people died.

“5,214 patients receive treatment, and 56,042 tests have been conducted until today.” 
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]]> The number of people who recovered from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has risen to 2,508,291 worldwide.

The recovery rate is growing up in all countries, BAKU.NEWS says citing foreign media.

The most recoveries are in the US, with a total count of 490,130. Spain is next on the list (196,958), which is followed by Brazil (166,647).

The number of people cured of the virus is 162,800 in Germany, 150,993 in Russia, 147,101 in Italy, 122,793 in Turkey, 111,176 in Iran, 78,288 in China and 67, 753 in India.

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 in China’s Hubei province, and the virus has spread to 212 countries and territories since then.

To date, COVID-19 cases surpassed 5,909,000 globally, resulting in more than over 362,000 deaths.

On February 11, the WHO officially named the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) as COVID-19, and on March 11, declared it a pandemic.]]> Fri, 29 May 2020 09:18:22 +0400