Racism
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United States
Thousands gather in US capitol for March on Washington 60th anniversary
To mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, thousands converged on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday.…
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Anti-Asian hate crimes prompt action by New York’s Chinatown community
More substantive steps are now being taken to try and address the root causes of hate and bigotry. Public schools…
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Europe
Macron says government must ‘draw lessons’ from riots after police killing of teen
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday asked his government to draw lessons from recent riots sparked by the police shooting of…
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Singaporean tech executive in US accuses ex-employer Meta of racial discrimination
SINGAPORE: A Singaporean tech executive in the United States has accused Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook and Instagram, of racial…
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Europe
UN remarks on French police’s use of racial profiling ‘excessive’, says Paris
France on Saturday disputed “excessive” and “unfounded” remarks by a UN committee that raised racial profiling and excessive use of…
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Europe
‘We have to listen to them’: Youth associations on the front lines during Nahel riots
During almost a week of riots that shook France after the death of Nahel M., killed by police during a…
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Europe
France sees itself as colourblind – so how do the French talk about race?
Almost a week of riots followed the fatal police shooting of a teenager with North African roots on June 27,…
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Europe
Fundraiser for officer who shot Nahel outstrips donations to victim’s family
A campaign to raise money for the family of the policeman who shot dead French teenager Nahel M. topped 1.47…
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Europe
French suburbs: Fresh protests against police violence rooted in decades of harassment, inequality
When a police officer last week shot and killed a resident of Paris’s suburb of Nanterre, 17-year-old Nahel M., it…
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Europe
British PM Rishi Sunak ‘sad’ over cricket racism and sexism report
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he was “sad” to read a damning report that claimed racism and sexism…
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