Police in Minneapolis released a CNN reporter who was led off in handcuffs while reporting live on television early on Friday following a third night of violent protests in the city over the death of an unarmed black man in police custody.

Twitter hid a tweet by US President Donald Trump behind a warning for the first time on Friday, accusing him of breaking its rules by “glorifying violence” in a message that said looters at protests in Minneapolis would be shot.

Canada’s economy shrank the most since the 2008-09 financial crisis in the first three months of the year, marking the beginning of what’s expected to be the deepest contraction of the post-war era. Gross domestic product dropped at an annualized 8.2%, Statistics Canada said Friday in Ottawa. Economists had anticipated a 10% decline.

The Justice Department has accused a network of North Korean and Chinese citizens of secretly advancing North Korea’s nuclear weapons program by channeling at least $2.5 billion in illicit payments through hundreds of front companies.

The United Nations has delayed until November 2021 the crucial climate summit, scheduled to be held in Glasgow this year, because of the coronavirus pandemic, news wires reported. The UN’s climate body took decision on Thursday, after the UK proposed to host the event between 1 and 12 November next year.

Kosovo's top court on Thursday rejected outgoing PM Albin Kurti's call for snap polls after his coalition collapsed, and backed a presidential decree asking his rivals to form a new government, news wires reported.

The US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed to end special protections for social media companies, such as Twitter, days after the site placed a fact check label on two of his tweets, news wires reported.

The United States is planning to cancel the visas of thousands of Chinese graduate students believed by President Donald Trump’s administration to have links with China’s military, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

Russia is coordinating with countries to invite their leaders to attend a military parade in Moscow on 24 June, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Earlier this week President Vladimir Putin announced the annual Victory Day parade on 9 May would be held in June after postponing the event last month to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

After backing rival sides in Libya's long-running conflict, Russia and Turkey appear to have agreed to avoid direct confrontation and instead carve the country into "spheres of influence", AFP reported, citing analysts.