Morning news brief: Brazil's death toll world's second highest, Trump defends his rally and more

With 41,828 fatalities Brazil COVID-19 death toll now world's second-highest

Brazil on Friday reached the grim milestone of becoming the second-highest coronavirus death toll in the world with 41,828 fatalities, surpassing Britain, AFP report said quoting the health ministry data. Read more

Trump defends holding first rally in months on Juneteenth in Tulsa

Amid protests against racial injustice, President Donald Trump is defending his decision to schedule his first campaign rally in months on a day commemorating the end of USslavery and in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a city where white mobs massacred African-Americans a century ago. Read more

Facebook staffer who protested inaction on Trump's posts says he was fired

A Facebook Inc employee who criticized Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's non-intervention against inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump this month said on Friday that the social media company had fired him, reported news agency Reuters. Read more