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At an old stone harbor in the English city of Bristol, young people gather at a bent railing by the water and peer into the murky deep. They’re looking for the defaced statue of the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. And just maybe, they’re looking at an era gone by. Protesters …

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will be the first Royal Family members to hold a major event during the coronavirus lockdown when they welcome the French president to the UK. Charles and Camilla will meet Emmanuel Macron at their London home on 18 June. They will mark …

A mother-of-two, Takieyah Reaves, from Newark, New Jersey, now lives with her intestines hanging out of her abdomen after surviving a horrific nightclub shooting. Reaves, 32, defied death in July 2017 to survive being shot twice on her stomach and right leg by a random attacker who sprayed bullets at …

British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has given the green light for two households to merge into ‘support bubbles’ from Saturday, but only if one of them contains just one adult. The plans will allow couples who live in separate homes to reunite – if one of them lives alone.  They …

One of the four former Minneapolis police officers who were charged over the death of George Floyd has been released on bail. The former police officer released, Thomas Lane, 37, had been held on $750,000 bail and was freed from Hennepin County jail, sheriff’s office records showed. He was one …

When anti-racism protesters in England pulled down the statue of a 17th Century slave trader and promptly dumped it in the deep waters of a harbour, the message was clear. Edward Colston’s ships are believed to have transported about 80,000 men, women and children from Africa to the Americas. But his memory …

A recent college graduate from St. Louis has called out the Merriam-Webster Dictionary for what she says is an incorrect definition of the word “racism.” Kennedy Mitchum has taken a different approach to making change as thousands continue to march to raise awareness about racial injustice and the need for police …

A 14-year-old girl is said to have committed suicide because she was unable to access online classes, due to having no internet at home. Devika Balakrishnan was reportedly found near her home in Valancherry in Kerala, India with an empty bottle of toxic liquid nearby. It is thought her family …

Brazil deleted months of data from its official COVID-19 tracker, prompting president Jair Bolsonaro to be accused of censorship. On Friday, the health ministry’s “Coronavirus Panel” was taken offline, according to Brazil’s G1 Globo. By Saturday, it was back online, but with a fraction of the data. The previous version of …

A US lawsuit that alleges that MTN paid protection money to al-Qaeda and the Taliban has been expanded to include new claims. The suit was filed by the families of US soldiers who were killed or wounded in in Iran and Afghanistan between 2009 and 2017. The case, heard by …