HOT NEWS
- President Donald Trump insisted on maintaining funding for police departments in the United States amid the rising demand for sweeping cuts to law enforcement budgets. Source: Reuters
- Brazil reported the increase in the fatality rate amid the controversial allegation of political manipulation over the fabricated data that caused concern over their cover-up. Source: Al Jazeera
- Norwegian virologists led the study that found that coronavirus is manufactured and the spike protein contains sequences that are artificially inserted. Source: New Europe
WORLD
- PM Boris Johnson set out plans to ease the lockdown in the UK after the official report of the lowest coronavirus fatality rate since the restriction has been imposed. Source: Bloomberg
- The U.S. economy entered into an unprecedented recession in February due to the decline in employment and production after its longest expansion in history. Source: Reuters
- Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was bailed by a judge in an amount of $1 million in his first court appearance with a charge of murder of George Floyd. Source: CNA
REGIONS
- North Korea said it will cut off the inter-Korean hotlines with South Korea as the first step to completely shut down all means of contacts with Seoul. Source: CNA
- Britain and Japan will begin negotiating a free trade deal which would enter into force by the end of this year after outsourcing its trade policy to the EU for decades. Source: New York Times
- Malaysia and Singapore are discussing on the terms for Malaysians who are working in Singapore to travel and resume their work with preventive measures. Source: The Straits Times
CAMBODIA
- Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the U.S. in the first four months of 2020 saw an increase of 29.31 percent compared to the same period, accounting for $2.1 billion. Source: The Phnom Penh Post
- The NA has passed the draft law on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, which will see Cambodia works with foreign countries in criminal matters. Source: AKP
- Cambodia National Police denied the alleged abduction of a Thai activist in Cambodia, after the incident sparked a protest in front of Cambodian Embassy in Thailand. Source: Fresh News