Wednesday, June 2

*) Biden: 'Hell was unleashed' in 1921 Tulsa massacre Joe Biden has become the first sitting US president to visit the site in Tulsa, Oklahoma where hundreds of Black Americans were massacred by a white mob in 1921. In an emotional speech, Biden said the legacy of racist violence and white supremacy still resonates. Biden said the deadly January 6 attack on the US Capitol and efforts by a number of states to restrict voting were a continuation of the same problem. *) India's frontline doctors face exhaustion, fear and death Low pay, long shifts, and severe staff shortages has left many doctors on the frontlines of India's brutal pandemic surge near breaking point. India’s Medical Association said more than 1,200 doctors died of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, including some 500 in the last two months. The pandemic has exposed structural weaknesses in India's healthcare system, particularly in the ill-equipped state hospitals. *) AU suspends Mali after military coup, threatens sanctions The African Union has suspended Mali's membership in response to last week's military coup and threatened sanctions if a civilian government is not restored. The military arrested both interim president and prime minister last week and pressured them to resign. Army colonel Assimi Goita who led the August coup and last week's revolt, was declared president on Friday. *) NATO chief says exit from Afghanistan going well as deadly attacks continue NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has announced that the military pullout from Afghanistan is going well. His statement avoided references to the latest series of attacks that claimed 10 lives and plunged the country's capital Kabul into darkness. NATO has helped provide security in Afghanistan for almost two decades but now believes the government is strong enough to stand on its own in the conflict-torn country. And finally ... *) Chinese man infected with rare bird flu strain A 41-year-old man in China's Jiangsu province has been confirmed as the first