VOA60 World PM June 4, 2020

U.S.: Mourners are gathering Thursday in the U.S. city of Minneapolis for the first of three memorials for George Floyd, the man whose death in police custody has led to more than a week of nationwide protests demanding justice and systemic reforms.

Hong Kong: Students at the University of Hong Kong on Thursday held a moment of silence at the Pillar of Shame, a sculpture commemorating victims of the Tiananmen Square crackdown 31 years ago.

Germany: Public prosecutors said on Thursday they are investigating a 43-year-old German man on suspicion of murder and believe that Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in Portugal in 2007 when she was three years old, is dead.

Libya: Forces allied with the U.N.-supported government in Libya say they have captured a key airport in Tripoli from the eastern-based forces commanded by Khalifa Haftar.

U.S.: The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits dropped below the 2 million mark for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic forced a near shutdown of the U.S. economy in March.