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Princeton University removes Woodrow Wilson's name from school
AFP, Published on 28/06/2020
» WASHINGTON: Princeton University said Saturday it was removing the name of president Woodrow Wilson from its public policy school and a residential college, calling the former US leader a racist.
Confederate statues fall as winds of change buffet American South
AFP, Published on 19/06/2020
» RICHMOND (UNITED STATES) - Armed with a brush, Carolyn McCrea furiously scrubs the grey marble. Someone has written "WLM" -- "White Lives Matter" -- on the only statue of a black man on this avenue in Richmond, Virginia, and she intends to wash away the affront.
Fresh world protests against racism and police violence
AFP, Published on 14/06/2020
» PARIS - Thousands marched in cities around the world for a second week of rallies Saturday to support the US Black Lives Matter movement, but also to highlight racism and police brutality in their own countries.
Help wanted: Jobless China workers await relief
AFP, Published on 30/04/2020
» SHANGHAI - Life is never easy for China's nearly 300 million migrant workers, but with the coronavirus zapping jobs at a historic clip, unemployed factory labourer Wei Guikun is at his wits' end.
Lebanese protesters back on the streets as economy crumbles
AFP, Published on 28/04/2020
» TRIPOLI (LEBANON) - Lebanese protesters confronted army troops for a second day Tuesday as anger over a spiralling economic crisis re-energised a months-old anti-government movement in defiance of a coronavirus lockdown.
Buildings torched in Guinea ahead of referendum
AFP, Published on 22/03/2020
» CONAKRY - Several government offices, schools and a police station were attacked to destroy voting material in Guinea ahead of a controversial constitutional referendum scheduled for Sunday.
Trump, Taliban political chief speak as Afghan violence rises
AFP, Published on 04/03/2020
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump made the surprise announcement Tuesday that he'd had a "very good" talk with the Taliban political chief on the Afghan peace process, despite an eruption of violence marring a brief calm in the country.
Asia's Great Rivers: Climate crisis, pollution put billions at risk
AFP, Published on 10/01/2020
» HONG KONG - The year is 2100. The glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region -- the world's "Third Pole" -- are vanishing as the planet warms, the ice that once fed the great rivers of Asia is all but lost, and with it much of the water needed to nurture and grow a continent.
Dozens killed in stampede at funeral of Iranian commander
Reuters, Published on 07/01/2020
» DUBAI/BAGHDAD: Dozens of people were killed in a stampede as crowds of mourners packed streets for the funeral of a slain military Iranian commander in his hometown of Kerman on Tuesday, forcing his burial to be postponed, state-affiliated media reported.
Don't worry, Modi tells India's Muslims
AFP, Published on 23/12/2019
» NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought Sunday to reassure India's Muslims over a new citizenship law that has sparked deadly protests and put his Hindu nationalist government under pressure like never before.