Key words : former US clinched
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Former US Vice President Joe Biden has reportedly clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, setting up the stage for a challenge to incumbent Donald Trump in the presidential election in November.
News outlets including the Associated Press reported that Biden secured the 1,991 delegates needed to be chosen as nominee on Friday.
Biden said in a statement, "It was an honor to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the Democratic Party has ever fielded and I am proud to say that we are going into this general election a united party."
Key words : he also said difficult time
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Key words : eleventh
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Protests across the United States entered their eleventh day on Friday after the death of a black man in Minneapolis during his arrest by a white policeman.
In Washington, D.C., city workers painted the words "Black Lives Matter" in huge letters on a street near the White House where protesters gather daily.
Democrat mayor Muriel Bowser told reporters the painting expressed part of the city's values. Bowser has been at odds with President Donald Trump's hardline policy on demonstrators.
Looting and acts of vandalism have almost fully subsided. But concerns over police brutality continue as an elderly protester suffered a serious head injury after being shoved to the ground by officers on Thursday in Buffalo, New York state.
At the White House, President Trump drew condemnation at a news conference where he invoked the name of George Floyd, whose death sparked the current protests, while boasting about better-than-expected jobs data.
Trump said, "Hopefully George is looking down and saying this is a great thing that's happening for our country. A great day for him."
Reports say protests are also flaring over the death of another black man, Manuel Ellis, while being restrained by police in Tacoma, the state of Washington, in March.
Demonstrations against police brutality and racial discrimination are expected to continue over the weekend.
Key words : anti-racism canada
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken part in an anti-racism demonstration amid worldwide protests over the death of a black man in US police custody.
Trudeau appeared at the rally in the Canadian capital of Ottawa on Friday.
He didn't address the gathering, but clapped and nodded while listening to speeches from activists.
The Prime Minister joined other participants in kneeling to denounce racism.
The rally comes as people in the US and elsewhere protest the death of George Floyd in the city of Minneapolis. Floyd suffocated after a white police officer used his knee to pin him down by the neck.
On Tuesday, Trudeau responded to a question about President Donald Trump's handling of the protests by falling silent for 20 seconds.
People criticized him for his apparent reluctance to condemn the US president.
Key words : abductee met
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Yokota Shigeru, the father of a woman who was abducted by North Korea, died on Friday. He was 87 years old. He spent more than four decades trying to get his daughter back, but was unable to meet her again.
Yokota's daughter Megumi was abducted in 1977 when she was in junior high school.
When a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea was founded in 1997, he became the leader.
He and his wife Sakie travelled across Japan to rally support for the group's cause, conducting petition campaigns and giving more than 1,400 speeches.
Yokota stepped down as group leader a decade later due to an illness, but he continued calling for public support to bring the abductees back.
Megumi was found to have got married and had a daughter in North Korea. The Yokotas met their granddaughter, Kim Eun Gyong, in Mongolia in 2014. But their daughter was not there.
Efforts to resolve the abduction issue made little progress. Yokota stopped giving speeches four years ago due to poor health.
One of his cherished possessions was a comb Megumi gave him as a birthday gift the day before she disappeared.
Yokota had been in hospital in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, for more than two years.
Key words : abduct taguchi
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Families of Japanese people abducted and taken to North Korea decades ago are calling on the government to do more to bring their loved ones home, following the death of the father of an abducted girl.
Yokota Shigeru, whose daughter, Megumi, was taken in 1977 at age 13, died on Friday. He was 87. Over the decades that followed, he worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the issue.
Relatives of other abductees say they are deeply saddened by the death of Yokota, an icon of their movement.
Masumoto Teruaki has never given up hope of seeing his sister, Masumoto Rumiko, again.
Masumoto said he is shocked and unable to find words to describe his feelings. He asked for support from the general public.
Iizuka Koichiro, the oldest son of abductee Taguchi Yaeko, said families are running out of time. He said the governments of Japan and North Korea must understand there can be no true resolution until people are reunited with their loved ones.
With the death in February of Arimoto Kayoko, the mother of abductee Arimoto Keiko, only two parents of abductees are still alive: the mother of Yokota Megumi and the father of Arimoto Keiko.
Relatives of abductees say they will call on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to let their loved ones return home to Japan.
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo spoke on Friday about the death of Yokota.
Abe said that with Yokota and his wife, Sakie, the government has been doing all it can to bring Megumi back.
He said it is gut-wrenching that the day is yet to come, and that he feels deeply sorry about it.
Some within the government have described Yokota's death as a significant loss for the abductee movement.
The government says it will continue to take every opportunity to work toward the resolution of the issue.
The road ahead remains uncertain, however, because Japan and North Korea are yet to agree on holding a summit without preconditions.
Key words : facemask
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The World Health Organization has updated its COVID-19 guidelines to recommend the use of facemasks in areas where the virus is spreading and social distancing is difficult.
The WHO previously said there is no evidence to show that healthy people can prevent infection by wearing masks.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva on Friday that the update is based on evolving evidence.
He said the WHO now advises governments to encourage the general public to wear masks where there is widespread transmission and physical distancing is difficult, such as on public transport and in shops.
But he also said masks alone will not protect people from the virus, and stressed the importance of physical distancing and hand hygiene.
Key words : orchestra
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The Vienna Philharmonic has performed live for the first time in nearly three months as the number of new coronavirus cases in Austria continues to decline.
Under the direction of conductor Daniel Barenboim, the orchestra played Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27 and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in a concert hall in central Vienna on Friday.
The Vienna Philharmonic cancelled concerts from mid-March due to the pandemic. Friday's performance was held in accordance with the government's guidelines, including limiting the audience to one-twentieth of the venue capacity, or less than one hundred spectators, for the sake of social distancing.
One woman said the concert had moved her to tears.
A man described the safety measures as "perfect."
The head of the orchestra, principal violinist Daniel Froschauer, said he was elated to be part of the first live performance in months. He called the concert a positive step back to a normal schedule.
In Austria, indoor events of up to 1,000 people will be allowed from August 1 as the government eases restrictions on cultural activities. The Salzburg Festival, which marks its centenary this year, will be shorter than usual.
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