Key words : Trump signed
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US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on police reform on Tuesday amid nationwide protests against racism and police brutality.
The protests erupted last month after George Floyd, an African American, died in police custody in Minneapolis.
The demonstrations intensified after a police officer in the state of Georgia fatally shot a black man during an attempted arrest on Friday.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Trump said that he would not compare the two incidents. He said that "it was a terrible situation" and "very disturbing" to him.
Trump also said, "We're going to be talking about things that we've been watching and seeing for the last month and we're going to have some solutions, some good solutions."
He said he will hold a news conference on Tuesday during which he will sign the executive order.
White House officials say the executive order is aimed at strengthening training for police officers and sharing information on officer misconduct.
It is also designed to involve experts, such as social workers, who will work with officers from the early stages to respond to certain nonviolent calls.
Key words : united nations human rights
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Key words : supreme
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200616_10/
The US Supreme Court has ruled for the first time that a federal law banning workplace discrimination applies to sexual minorities.
The court ruled on Monday that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other sexual minority workers are protected under the 1964 Civil Rights Act that bars job discrimination on the basis of sex, among other factors.
The landmark decision says an employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender is inherently doing so based on their sex, and is consequently acting illegally.
Six of the nine justices supported the ruling, which came in response to lawsuits filed by homosexual and transgender workers who had lost their jobs.
US media hailed the outcome as another historic victory for sexual minorities' rights, following a 2015 Supreme Court ruling that made same-sex marriage legal.
The decision could affect millions of people. A poll showed that as of 2017, 4.5 percent of adults in the US identified themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.
Key words : softbank
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Japan's SoftBank Group says it's considering selling its shares in US wireless carrier T-Mobile. That comes after SoftBank recorded its first net loss in 15 years.
The group says any transaction would involve negotiations with T-Mobile and its main stockholder Deutsche Telekom.
SoftBank's US subsidiary, Sprint, just completed a merger with T-Mobile in April. The group owns about 24 percent of T-Mobile shares.
SoftBank suffered a net loss of about 9 billion dollars in the 2019 financial year.
In March, the group said it would sell assets worth up to 41 billion dollars over the coming year. It will use funds to buy back its shares and reduce debt.
Key words : defense minister halt billion dollar
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The Japanese Defense Minister has cited technical issues in announcing a halt to the planned deployment of the land-based Aegis Ashore missile defense system in the country.
Kono Taro said on Monday that his ministry discovered it has to revamp an interceptor missile in order to ensure the safe landing of a rocket booster.
Kono noted the government had explained to residents in Yamaguchi Prefecture, the location of a candidate site for the US-made system, that it would ensure the booster falls within a Self-Defense Force training area.
Kono said the planned deployment is not reasonable, given the additional time and cost in resolving the issue.
Defense Ministry officials admit finding a new deployment site will be difficult without changes to the missile.
The Japanese government wants to prevent the halt of the system's deployment from disrupting cooperation with the United States in countering missile threats from North Korea. Tokyo plans to offer a detailed explanation to Washington.
Opposition parties are gearing up to grill the government at a parliamentary committee meeting on Tuesday.
They say the administration had insisted the deployment was necessary to boost the country's defense against North Korean missiles, but that the latest decision contradicted that.
The Defense Ministry says Japan has already struck a deal with the US government worth more than 1.6 billion dollars to deploy two Aegis Ashore units.
Key words : north moon
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Monday marks the 20th anniversary of a joint declaration that emanated from the historic inter-Korean summit in 2000. The declaration called for a peaceful unification and economic cooperation of the two Koreas, but recently their relationship has been strained.
With two years remaining in his term, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is eager to improve relations with the North. He is hoping this anniversary will help find a breakthrough.
However, Pyongyang severed all lines of communication with Seoul last week, after a group of North Korean defectors released leaflets last month, which were critical of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Furthermore, on Saturday, the North warned it will demolish an inter-Korean liaison office and threatened to use military force against South Korea, which it calls an enemy.
Moon says his government is cracking down on the group releasing such leaflets to the North, but he is facing a tough road ahead.
Key words : north moon dialogue
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in says that his government will negotiate a solution to strained relations with North Korea through dialogue.
Moon was speaking on Monday in a video message for a ceremony that marked the 20th anniversary of the June 15 joint declaration adopted in a historic summit between the late leaders of the two Koreas -- Kim Dae-jung and Kim Jong Il.
Moon referred to the harsh stance taken recently by North Korea against the South.
He said much progress had been made between the two Koreas toward creating a peaceful Korean Peninsula. But he added it's unfortunate they are currently not in such a situation.
Pyongyang was recently angered by leaflets criticizing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that defectors in the South floated across the border late last month. The North has severed all communication channels with the South and warned the nation may take retaliatory military action.
Moon pointed out that the late leaders of the two Koreas were able to realize the first-ever bilateral summit by believing in the power of dialogue. He noted that he himself wants to make a breakthrough through dialogue.
At a meeting held earlier in the day, Moon said the two Koreas should not return to the times of confrontation by cutting off communications and creating tension.
Key words : younger sister next step
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Key words : world health China new cases
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20200616_06/
The World Health Organization has expressed concern about newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus in China.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke to reporters on Monday, after infections were confirmed among people who visited a major food market in Beijing.
Tedros said a new cluster of infections in Beijing was reported last week, after more than 50 days of no new cases in the city. He added that more than 100 cases have been discovered.
The head of the WHO's Health Emergencies Programme, Michael Ryan, said the emergence of new clusters is always a concern, especially when their origin is unknown.
Ryan added Beijing is a large city, so there is always a worry.
He said a number of the epidemiologists the WHO has stationed in its Chinese office are working on the new cases. He added that WHO headquarters may provide more expertise to them.
Key words : public health authorities open
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Key words : London
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Non-essential retail outlets have resumed operation in England after three months of lockdown. Shoppers formed a long queue in front of a major London department store.
Employees applauded to celebrate the reopening as customers streamed in. Shops are required to observe some guidelines to minimize the risk of infection. These include making hand sanitizer available and maintaining social distance.
Selfridges Store Director Meave Wall said, "We're so delighted to be able to reopen the four stores after nearly three months of being closed. I think you know certainly the next couple of weeks will be quite telling, but we do anticipate it will take a while for them to return to the levels we saw before coronavirus."
But some consumers were so eager to shop they forgot social distancing. The UK government is expected to allow restaurants and beauty parlors to reopen as early as next month.
Meanwhile in Bangkok, many restaurants were packed with people Monday night as they have been allowed to serve alcohol.
Thailand has seen no new cases of infection, except for people returning from overseas, in the last three weeks. But the government is still not allowing nightclubs and bars to reopen, citing infection risk.
The Johns Hopkins University in the US says the number of confirmed infections worldwide has surpassed 7.9 million. The death toll is more than 434,000.
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