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NEW YORK, June 7 (Xinhua) -- The number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States topped 110,000 on Sunday, reaching 110,028 as of 1:33 p.m. (1733 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

A total of 1,927,428 cases have been reported in the country, according to the CSSE.

NEW YORK (AP) — The vast majority of complaints about New York City police officers’ mistreatment of youths stemmed from encounters with black and Hispanic children, according to a new study by the city’s police watchdog agency.

Nearly two-thirds of youth complaints to the Civilian Complaint Review Board involved children of color, the report says, including some “stopped for seemingly innocuous activities such as playing, high-fiving, running, carrying backpacks, and jaywalking.”

NEW YORK (AP) — With New York City poised to reopen after a more than two-month coronavirus shutdown, officials on Sunday lifted a curfew that was in place amid protests of police brutality and racial injustice. But they also urged that demonstrators be tested for COVID-19.

NEW YORK, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Two police officers in Buffalo of the U.S. state of New York have been charged with felony assault after a video showed them pushing an elderly protester to the ground earlier this week, local prosecutors said on Saturday.

Robert McCabe, 32, and Aaron Torgalski, 39, pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault on Saturday. They were released without bail, according to the Erie County District Attorney John Flynn, who said at a press conference on Saturday that the officers "crossed a line."

UNITED NATIONS, June 6 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday denounced an attack that killed 16 people, including five girls under the age of 15, in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

"We condemn in the strongest possible terms this attack on innocent children," said the UNICEF representative in the DRC, Edouard Beigbeder.

According to UN-verified reports, the attack took place on June 3 in Moussa, a village in the Djugu area, north of Ituri province's capital Bunia.

NEW YORK, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide topped 6.8 million on Saturday, reaching 6,804,044 as of 3:30 p.m. (1930 GMT), according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.

A total of 362,678 people worldwide have died of the disease, the data showed.

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 05 (APP): The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday urged demonstrators wishing to go into the street to make their voices heard to take every precaution against catching or passing on the coronavirus, as the global pandemic is far from over.

The message from the UN agency comes amid ongoing protests across the United States against the killing of George Floyd, an African-American man who was pinned to the ground with a police officer’s knee on his neck, and concerns of a “second wave” of infections in countries where lockdown restrictions have eased.

UNITED NATIONS, June 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, asked the world to change course on environment.

“We are harming the natural world — to our own detriment,” he said, in a message on World Environment Day, which fell on June 5 (yesterday).

“We need our entire global community to change course. Let’s rethink what we buy and use; adopt sustainable habits, farming and business models; safeguard remaining wild spaces and wildlife; commit to a green and resilient future.”

NEW YORK, June 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, announced a reform agenda, to address police brutality, especially against minority communities, following the death of Minnesota man, George Floyd.

The “Say Their Name” agenda will make prior disciplinary records of law enforcement officers transparent, ban chokeholds and make false race-based 911 reports a hate crime, said Cuomo at his daily briefing.

UNITED NATIONS, June 5 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday asked the entire world to change course on the environment.

"We are harming the natural world -- to our own detriment," he said in a message on World Environment Day, which falls on June 5.

"We need our entire global community to change course. Let's rethink what we buy and use; adopt sustainable habits, farming and business models; safeguard remaining wild spaces and wildlife; commit to a green and resilient future."