Minneapolis

The teenager who pulled out her cellphone and began recording when she saw George Floyd being pinned to the ground by a Minneapolis police officer was given a special citation by the Pulitzer Prizes on June 11 for her video that helped to launch a global movement to protest racial injustice.

A man takes a photo of a mural responding to the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd by Greek visual artist Hambas, in Athens, Tuesday. [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]

Minneapolis leaders voted unanimously on June 12 to disband the U.S. city's police force and replace it with a "community" safety department, a reaction to transformational changes demanded in mass protests against racial injustice.

At least 7.500 protesters took part in the riots.
Police said that the investigation is ongoing.

Protesters took to the streets in the U.S. city of Minneapolis for a second day on May 26 over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after being pinned down by a white police officer.  

The old cliche that technology has made the world smaller is particularly true for immigrants. When I left Greece for the US in 1981, my means of keeping in touch with friends and family back home were limited to a letter every other week and a phone call every couple of months.

A woman from Colorado has been fined $500 (£360) after failing to declare an apple that she took from a transatlantic flight.

Crystal Tadlock was given the fruit sealed in a wrapper on her Delta flight from Paris to Minneapolis on 18 April. She did not eat it on the journey and decided to save it for her connecting flight to Denver.