2020-06-12 b462e82666b8b5044b080c203502ef2bfdb8ac3b https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/18570/production/_112869699_gettyimages-1209519827-1.jpg <3a4fdb8341421c8523ca62b51f5f3d7029c551e9>https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/18570/production/_112869699_gettyimages-1209519827-1.jpg 15 China 171 /wiki/government%20of%20china Facebook 238 /wiki/facebook Russia 405 /wiki/russia Twitter 1 /wiki/twitter YouTube 316 /wiki/youtube communist party 36 /wiki/communist%20party%20of%20china propaganda 70 /wiki/propaganda social media 115 /wiki/social%20media suspended 13 /wiki/twitter%20suspensions China Facebook Russia Twitter YouTube communist party propaganda social media suspended Twitter /feed/2020/06/12/twitter-says-it-has-removed-a-network-of-more-than-170000-accounts-it-says-were-spreading-pro-communist-party-of-china BBC News 12 3a4fdb8341421c8523ca62b51f5f3d7029c551e9 6 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53018455 2020 The social media platform identified Beijing-linked accounts that have been posting misinformation. Twitter says it has removed a network of more than 170,000 accounts it says were spreading pro-Communist Party of China propaganda on the social media platform, saying the Chinese-based network had links to earlier state-backed operations on Facebook and YouTube. More than a thousand Russia-based misinformation accounts are also removed. 2020-06-12 65a9e3f3fd9811ef2e464c6b819e7eed8f0f4cd1 14 Metro Manila 70 /wiki/metro%20manila Philippines 1 /wiki/philippines Rodrigo Duterte 171 /wiki/rodrigo%20duterte University of the Philippines 36 /wiki/university%20of%20the%20philippines%20diliman independence from Spain 13 /wiki/philippine%20declaration%20of%20independence president 115 /wiki/president%20of%20the%20philippines Metro Manila Philippines Rodrigo Duterte University of the Philippines independence from Spain president Philippines /feed/2020/06/12/on-the-122nd-anniversary-of-the-philippines-s-independence-from-spain-more-than-a-thousand-protestors-march-at-the-main Reuters 12 9e8c0209f224632890a775aef9ea56f65ddcdf7f 6 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-rights-protests/philippine-protesters-rally-over-controversial-anti-terror-bill-idUSKBN23J1FG?il=0 2020 On the 122nd anniversary of the Philippines's independence from Spain, more than a thousand protestors march at the main campus of the University of the Philippines in Manila to protest a controversial anti-terrorism bill introduced by President Rodrigo Duterte. 2020-06-12 6cda1b1be793bd47a58e466969ee7a6b5b9260b0 13 Pierre Nkurunziza 36 /wiki/pierre%20nkurunziza President 1 /wiki/president%20of%20burundi constitutional court 70 /wiki/constitutional%20court%20of%20burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye 13 /wiki/evariste%20ndayishimiye Pierre Nkurunziza President constitutional court Évariste Ndayishimiye President /feed/2020/06/12/president-elect-of-burundi-evariste-ndayishimiye-is-set-to-take-power-immediately-days-after-the-death-of-incumbent-pie Reuters 12 bdf8e95c6c6b78707603f8abfa0d1e487dcd2447 6 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-burundi-politics/burundis-president-elect-to-take-power-immediately-after-death-of-former-leader-idUSKBN23J27O?il=0 2020 Burundi's constitutional court has agreed that president-elect Evariste Ndayishimiye should be sworn in immediately following the death of former leader Pierre Nkurunziza, the government said in a statement posted to Twitter on Friday. President-elect of Burundi Évariste Ndayishimiye is set to take power immediately, days after the death of incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza, as the constitutional court says "it is not necessary to have an interim period", and that Ndayishimiye should be sworn-in "as soon as possible". 2020-06-12 8f6111b8ad7add98ade2524dffeaa165b652fb76 12 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries 1 /wiki/2020%20republican%20party%20presidential%20primaries Donald Trump 14 /wiki/donald%20trump George Floyd protests 239 /wiki/george%20floyd%20protests Juneteenth 116 /wiki/juneteenth MAGA Rally 37 /wiki/make%20america%20great%20again Tulsa 71 /wiki/tulsa,%20oklahoma Tulsa race massacre 172 /wiki/tulsa%20race%20massacre U.S. president 2 /wiki/president%20of%20the%20united%20states 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries Donald Trump George Floyd protests Juneteenth MAGA Rally Tulsa Tulsa race massacre U.S. president 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries /feed/2020/06/12/us-president-donald-trump-announces-the-maga-rally-that-was-to-be-held-on-june-19-in-tulsa-oklahoma-is-rescheduled CNN 12 4d8f7ba2dd4b9c34b708ad9c4ffe0c7f8b199bad 6 https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/politics/donald-trump-tulsa-rally-juneteenth/index.html 2020 The Hill 12 14ccba660de42b9350a0c4d964639d0b5b58ee55 6 https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/502573-trump-reschedules-tulsa-rally-after-criticism-of-overlap-with-juneteenth 2020 U.S. President Donald Trump announces the MAGA Rally that was to be held on June 19, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is rescheduled to June 20. The rally's original date had been widely criticized because the 19th is Juneteenth, the date commemorating the end of American slavery. The location was also criticized due to it being where the 1921 Tulsa race massacre took place, because of the ongoing George Floyd protests. 2020-06-12 6a7c1669450182ec7c1c6d0bb57988cb224b3df4 10 $ 71 /wiki/united%20states%20dollar Hassan Diab 2 /wiki/hassan%20diab LL 37 /wiki/lebanese%20pound Lebanese liquidity crisis 1 /wiki/lebanese%20liquidity%20crisis government 14 /wiki/government%20of%20lebanon $ Hassan Diab LL Lebanese liquidity crisis government Lebanese liquidity crisis /feed/2020/06/12/hundreds-protest-over-the-handling-of-the-country-s-economic-crisis-many-calling-for-hassan-diab-s-government-to-resign Al Jazeera 12 5244ea741fde5c58c467184da7f91eb269512617 6 https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/protests-rock-lebanon-currency-collapses-200612060707797.html 2020 BBC News 12 0ab9032dc6fb225d2e689b62bb212bb7fa3894f6 6 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53031683 2020 Hundreds protest over the handling of the country's economic crisis, many calling for Hassan Diab's government to resign. The Lebanese pound has lost 70 percent of its value since October, when protests began. The government announced the central bank will begin injecting more United States dollars into the market on Monday. 2020-06-12 629b73a7ef658a1d4c9fdc857b9df5f269ad9370 https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200612153528-01-scott-morrison-0612-super-tease.jpg <6d2427ca405e9bcbe84e94c104eb781113b75f8a>https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200612153528-01-scott-morrison-0612-super-tease.jpg 9 Australia 71 /wiki/australia New South Wales 116 /wiki/new%20south%20wales Scott Morrison 14 /wiki/scott%20morrison Slavery in Australia 1 /wiki/slavery%20in%20australia prime minister 2 /wiki/prime%20minister%20of%20australia slave labor 172 /wiki/slave%20labor slavery 37 /wiki/slavery Australia New South Wales Scott Morrison Slavery in Australia prime minister slave labor slavery Slavery in Australia /feed/2020/06/12/prime-minister-scott-morrison-apologizes-for-saying-there-was-no-slavery-in-australia-he-says-that-he-was-referring-s CNN 12 6d2427ca405e9bcbe84e94c104eb781113b75f8a 6 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/12/australia/australia-slavery-scott-morrison-intl-hnk/index.html 2020 Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologized for saying earlier this week that there was "no slavery" in Australia, after his comments provoked outrage and accusations that he was ignoring the country's history of forced labor. Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologizes for saying there was "no slavery" in Australia. He says that he was referring specifically to the fact that the first Australian colony of New South Wales was set up without the widespread use of slave labor. 2020-06-12 7e25bc32c7118ad9a707336a5dee5d5dde9e9830 8 Affordable Care Act 14 /wiki/patient%20protection%20and%20affordable%20care%20act Democratic 116 /wiki/democratic%20party%20(united%20states) LGBTQ rights in the United States 1 /wiki/lgbtq%20rights%20in%20the%20united%20states United States Department of Health and Human Services 2 /wiki/united%20states%20department%20of%20health%20and%20human%20services abortion 71 /wiki/abortion transgender 37 /wiki/transgender Affordable Care Act Democratic LGBTQ rights in the United States United States Department of Health and Human Services abortion transgender LGBTQ rights in the United States /feed/2020/06/12/the-us-department-of-health-and-human-services-removes-protections-against-discrimination-within-obamacare-for-transge Reuters 12 025d84ce4fc4ccabd2cd1553193e507aad0dad02 6 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-healthcare-transgender/u-s-health-agency-reverses-obamacare-transgender-protections-idUSKBN23J37M?il=0 2020 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services removes protections against discrimination within Obamacare for transgender people and women seeking abortions. The move is condemned by civil rights groups and Democratic officials. 2020-06-12 e3c364cf88576295c5b80b6c5cef1b40a36a2c77 6 Brazil 1 /wiki/brazil Brazilian 13 /wiki/government%20of%20brazil International sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis 171 /wiki/international%20sanctions%20during%20the%20venezuelan%20crisis Petrobras 36 /wiki/petrobras United States 238 /wiki/united%20states Venezuela 115 /wiki/venezuela oil tanker 70 /wiki/oil%20tanker Brazil Brazilian International sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis Petrobras United States Venezuela oil tanker Brazil /feed/2020/06/12/brazil-s-state-run-oil-company-petrobras-says-it-will-not-do-business-with-tankers-that-visited-venezuela-in-the-past-ye Reuters 12 1c3655d7a02b2406b87604f41d3f64322b912945 6 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-sanctions-tankers/brazils-petrobras-says-it-will-not-hire-oil-tankers-that-visited-venezuela-idUSKBN23K019?il=0 2020 Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras says it will not do business with tankers that visited Venezuela in the past year, adhering to sanctions placed by the United States. 2020-06-12 8293b058346951613ffe633e413fdf459b18dd59 5 Hello Kitty 36 /wiki/hello%20kitty Sanrio 1 /wiki/sanrio Shintaro Tsuji 13 /wiki/shintaro%20tsuji Hello Kitty Sanrio Shintaro Tsuji Sanrio /feed/2020/06/12/sanrio-founder-and-ceo-shintaro-tsuji-whose-company-is-best-known-for-creating-hello-kitty-announces-he-will-resign-on BBC News 12 591bcb402fbb2dd874d3bab03427512667935a27 6 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53029110 2020 Sanrio founder and CEO Shintaro Tsuji, whose company is best known for creating Hello Kitty, announces he will resign on July 1 citing a need to "transform the company to better respond to today's rapidly changing business environment." His grandson Tomokuni Tsuji is expected to replace him. 2020-06-12 42f9140b678fd7f7468f9439d7d7390b0dca8119 https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2020/6/12/c381db2c635e4a9f82a148cda5f93c37_18.jpg <766e82c21de2c55d46de7e9a22bb26c094134c0f>https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2020/6/12/c381db2c635e4a9f82a148cda5f93c37_18.jpg 4 Indian 1 /wiki/indian%20people India–Nepal border 13 /wiki/india-nepal%20border Nepal 36 /wiki/nepal Nepali police 70 /wiki/nepal%20police Sarlahi 115 /wiki/sarlahi border guard 171 /wiki/border%20guard Indian India–Nepal border Nepal Nepali police Sarlahi border guard Indian /feed/2020/06/12/about-30-indians-cross-the-border-into-nepal-and-clash-with-nepali-police-when-stopped-in-the-district-of-sarlahi-nepal Al Jazeera 12 766e82c21de2c55d46de7e9a22bb26c094134c0f 6 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/firing-nepal-india-border-leaves-dead-strained-ties-200612104607012.html 2020 About 30 Indians crossed into Nepal's southern district of Sarlahi and clashed with police when stopped, says official. About 30 Indians cross the border into Nepal and clash with Nepali police when stopped in the district of Sarlahi. Nepali border guards opened fire, killing one man and injuring two. According to police, the forces fired when one of the men snatched a gun from them. 2020-06-12 bc3ef3f3e8c3b9d6c1f7c74d84518a12ec132ac3 https://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20200612&t=2&i=1522023193&w=1200&r=LYNXMPEG5B10T https://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20200612&t=2&i=1522023193&w=1200&r=LYNXMPEG5B10T 3 June 2020 Afghanistan attacks 1 /wiki/june%202020%20afghanistan%20attacks Kabul 37 /wiki/kabul improvised explosive device 2 /wiki/improvised%20explosive%20device mosque 14 /wiki/mosque June 2020 Afghanistan attacks Kabul improvised explosive device mosque June 2020 Afghanistan attacks /feed/2020/06/12/four-people-are-killed-and-eight-others-injured-by-the-bombing-of-a-mosque-in-kabul-no-group-claimed-responsibility Reuters 12 e97dd6df408f45711e47d595fa1c699af753fe62 6 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-attack/four-killed-and-many-injured-in-blast-in-kabul-mosque-ministry-of-interior-idUSKBN23J1DH 2020 A blast in a Kabul mosque during Friday prayers killed at least four people and wounded many more, Afghanistan's interior ministry said on Friday. Four people are killed and eight others injured by the bombing of a mosque in Kabul. No group claimed responsibility. 2020-06-12 dd4efebdbfe7125504cdb3d9ceb0997bd18a7e28 https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2020/6/11/aaed3f4688154bee90b5180562b2d800_18.jpg https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2020/6/11/aaed3f4688154bee90b5180562b2d800_18.jpg 2 Libya 14 /wiki/libya Second Libyan Civil War 1 /wiki/second%20libyan%20civil%20war Tarhuna 37 /wiki/tarhuna Tripoli-based government 71 /wiki/government%20of%20national%20accord mass grave 2 /wiki/mass%20grave war crime 116 /wiki/war%20crime Libya Second Libyan Civil War Tarhuna Tripoli-based government mass grave war crime Second Libyan Civil War /feed/2020/06/12/eight-mass-graves-containing-hundreds-of-bodies-are-discovered-in-western-libya-most-of-them-in-the-town-of-tarhuna-th Al Jazeera 12 a6d78d77f05554c3bf7b7ad6a3b1c4adaf891b15 6 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/expresses-horror-reported-mass-graves-discovery-libya-200611201231621.html 2020 Eight mass graves containing hundreds of bodies are discovered in western Libya, most of them in the town of Tarhuna. The Government of National Accord (GNA) says the remains are of captured GNA fighters and civilians, apparent evidence of war crimes.