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Four crew members from a cargo ship that ran aground off the southern Philippines have died, while seven have been rescued and a search is continuing for nine others, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Wednesday. The crew of LCT Cebu Great Ocean abandoned the vessel, which was carrying nickel ore and 2,000 litres of diesel, before it ran aground in Surigao del Norte province on Monday, the coast guard said. The bodies of the four crew members were found after being washed onto the shore, while the seven were rescued in various parts of the southern province after reaching land, Gelly Rosales, a coast guard official, told Reuters.
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LA ordered to find homes for Skid Row homeless in landmark court decision
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Tucker Carlson calls support for George Floyd an ‘attack on civilisation’
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Joe Biden celebrates ‘some justice’ for George Floyd as AOC calls conviction not enough
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Makiyah Bryant: Protesters gather at Columbus police headquarters after Black teenager fatally shot by officer
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George Floyd news: Jury retires in Chauvin trial as judge says Maxine Waters could overturn verdict
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- BBC
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Sturgeon refuses to reconsider lockdown timetable amid warnings night-time economy faces 'tsunami' of job losses
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- The Independent
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George Floyd’s murder ‘ripped the blinders off’ to reveal systemic racism, Biden says in national address
US President Joe Biden condemned the nation’s legacy of systemic injustice and racist violence in his call for sweeping police reform, hours after a verdict was announced for the murder of George Floyd, a Black man whose death has revived an international demand for justice for the police killings of Black Americans. “It was a murder in full light of day and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see” systemic racism in the US, he said in remarks to the nation alongside Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House on Tuesday evening. Mr Biden called systemic racism a “stain on our nation’s soul” after Ms Harris demanded that the lives of Americans of colour be “valued in our education system, in our healthcare system, in our housing system, in our economic system, in our criminal justice system, in our nation, full stop.”
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