SOUTH SUDAN – Gunfire from heavy weaponry was exchanged for much of Sunday outside a United Nations building on the outskirts of South Sudan’s capital Juba, in fresh violence after a day of relative calm, the U.N. mission to the country said.

The mission sent out a series of tweets at about 8:25 a.m. (1:25 a.m. ET) describing gunshots and a heavily armed exchange outside a U.N. compound. The U.S. Embassy issued an alert saying that fighting between government and opposition forces was ongoing at the U.N. mission’s headquarters, the Jebel area of the city and near the airport. The U.N. mission in South Sudan, known as UNMISS, said it was outraged at the resumption of violence on Sunday. It said that 1,000 internally displaced people had fled its protection as violence hit areas near their camps.(CNN)…[+]

Hours before the murders of five police officers in Dallas, Texas, President Obama was again spouting false claims about racism by the police. He sees racism whenever there is any disparity in outcomes, no matter what the cause.

Obama and others inflame passions, but take no responsibility, and instead use events to push for more gun control. Yet, shouting racism can endanger the lives of police officers. The Dallas police chief tells us one of the shooters “wanted to kill white people, especially white officers.” After the Trayvon Martin case, there were numerous cases around the country of blacks attacking whites and invoking Martin’s name. Let’s not forget that NYPD cops Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were executed by a black man who was angry about the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.(nypost.com)…[+]

BlackBerry will stop making its Classic smartphone, 18 months after launching it in an effort to entice users who prefer physical, rather than touch, keyboards.

The Classic was launched early last year, with a physical keyboard in the vein of its Bold predecessor and powered by the company’s own overhauled BlackBerry 10 operating system. BlackBerry has since launched a phone powered by Alphabet Inc.’s Android software and plans several more, and BlackBerry Chief Executive John Chen last month expressed confidence the company’s trimmed-down handset business can turn a profit by a self-imposed September deadline.(nypost.com)…[+]

NASSAU, Bahamas — The Bahamas on Friday issued a rare travel advisory for any of its citizens visiting the United States, recommending that young men in particular take care in cities affected by recent tensions over police shootings.A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns visitors to “exercise appropriate caution” in light of recent episodes involving police officers and black men. It also advises people not to get involved in demonstrations and to avoid crowds.“In particular young males are asked to exercise extreme caution in affected cities in their interactions with the police. Do not be confrontational and cooperate,” the statement said.(nypost.com)…[+]

SEALY, Texas — Investigators say a child riding in the front seat of a car was killed when part of a Central Texas highway bridge collapsed after being hit by a truck.

Sealy police say a woman driving the car was critically hurt in the crash Thursday morning after part of the truck struck a Highway 90 overpass. Debris from the damaged bridge fell onto Highway 36 and hit the car. Police say the woman was transported to a hospital. Another child in the car survived. Officials didn’t immediately provide information on the status of the truck driver.(nypost.com)…[+]

Police say officers have been targeted in Tennessee, Georgia and Missouri in the aftermath of two high-profile killings of black men by law enforcement.

The attack in Tennessee occurred hours before the killing of five police officers in Dallas on Thursday night during a protest. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the attacker told authorities that he was frustrated by the recent killings by police of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota. Police have not disclosed a motive in Friday’s attacks in Georgia and Missouri, which have been described as ambushes.(nypost.com)…[+]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — US Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida and her chief of staff have been charged with multiple counts of fraud and other federal offenses in a grand jury indictment unsealed Friday after a federal investigation into a fraudulent charity with ties to the congresswoman.(nypost.com)…[+]

JAPAN   –  A doomed Japanese satellite managed to capture a view of a galaxy cluster 250 million light years away just before it died, scientists have revealed.

Launched in February, the Hitomi X-ray satellite began tumbling out of control in March when contact was finally lost. Just before its demise, scientists managed to extract data measuring X-ray activity in the Perseus galaxy cluster. Published in Nature, data revealed the movement of gas between galaxy clusters was not as turbulent as expected. Hitomi, which translates as the pupil of the eye in Japanese, was meant to spend years studying the formation of galaxy clusters and the warping of space and time around black holes..(BBC.COM/Photo: NASA)…[+]

Minister of Social Protection, Volda Lawrence, has reaffirmed that the Ministry ‘s position on ensuring that Guyanese living abroad no longer access the country ‘s old age pension scheme.

Commenting on the issue Wednesday, the Minister noted that the old age pension scheme has been a subject of abuse particularly for Guyanese living overseas.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo: kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

Ms. Margaret Cummings was not only employed as a Chief Personnel Officer during Dr. Jennifer Westford’s tenure as Minister of Public Service. Cummings also performed duties as the Confidential Secretary to the former Minister and Acting Administrative Officer.

This is according to Andre Albert Dazzell, a Chief Accountant at the Ministry of the Presidency attached to the Department of Public Service. Dazzell testified Wednesday before Magistrate Judy Latchman when the trial of Dr. Westford and Ms. Cummings commenced in relation to the misappropriation of over $600M from the State.

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