NATION & WORLD WATCH
Minnesota ends special session without agreement on policing
MINNEAPOLIS – A special session of the Minnesota Legislature ended Saturday without agreement on remaking policing in the state where George Floyd was killed. The Democratic-controlled House early Friday passed an package of police accountability measures wrapped into one bill. It had parts of five policing bills that the Republican-controlled Senate passed earlier in the week but went further than Republicans were willing to accept. The Senate adjourned about 6 a.m. Saturday, bringing criticism from minority Democrats.
Ex-businessman facing murder charges in Mumbai terror attack
LOS ANGELES – A former Chicago businessman imprisoned for aiding terrorist groups has been arrested in Los Angeles to face murder charges in India for the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that killed more than 160 people, U.S. prosecutors said Friday. Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani-born Canadian, is charged in India with conspiring to plot and carry out the attacks sometimes referred to as India’s Sept.11. Rana, 59, was granted early release recently because of poor health, but he was arrested to face extradition before he was freed.
US fighting coronavirus outbreak at embassy in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan – The U.S. State Department said COVID-19 infections have been reported at its embassy in the Afghan capital and affected staff include diplomats, contractors and locals. While the State Department did not say how many were affected, an official at the embassy in Kabul said up to 20 people were infected, the majority of them Nepalese Gurkhas, who provide embassy security. The infected staff are in isolation in the embassy while the remainder on the compound are being tested, said the embassy official.
More than 1,000 virus cases reported at slaughterhouse
FRANKFURT, Germany – An official in northwest Germany said the number of workers infected in a coronavirus outbreak at a slaughterhouse has risen to 1,029 from 803 reported a day earlier but there is no evidence of a “significant” spread into the community. The regional government has issued a quarantine order for all 6,500 workers and managers at the Toennies firm’s meat processing facility in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck and for their family members. Some employees only are allowed to travel between home and work.