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9 killed in Canada mass shooting that targeted school, residence: police
AFP, Published on 11/02/2026
» TORONTO (CANADA) - A mass shooting in a remote part of western Canada killed nine people on Tuesday, including seven who were shot at a secondary school, before the suspect took their own life.
Hundreds of ‘ICE Out’ rallies planned across US
Published on 10/01/2026
» MINNEAPOLIS - Civil liberties and migrant-rights groups called for nationwide rallies on Saturday to protest against the fatal shooting of an activist in Minnesota by a US immigration agent, as state authorities opened their own investigation of the killing.
Act now as Suu Kyi is gravely ill
Oped, Published on 10/09/2025
» Just days ago, Kim Aris, the youngest son of 80-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi, told The Independent that his mother -- Myanmar's imprisoned democracy leader and Nobel Peace Laureate -- is gravely ill with worsening heart disease.
Trump taking control of Washington DC police
Published on 11/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said on Monday he was putting Washington’s police department under federal control and ordering the National Guard to deploy to the nation’s capital to combat what he said was a wave of lawlessness, despite statistics showing that violent crime hit a 30-year low in 2024.
Trump admin to reinstall Confederate statue toppled by protesters
AFP, Published on 05/08/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US National Park Service (NPS) announced Monday that it will reinstall a statue in Washington of a Confederate general that was torn down amid the racial justice protests of 2020.
Trump restores names of military bases honouring Confederates, with a twist
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - United States President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has ordered the restoration of the names of several US military bases that honored officers who fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War.
Discarded protest art preserves George Floyd legacy
AFP, Published on 26/05/2025
» MINNEAPOLIS - Kenda Zellner-Smith hauled up a corrugated metal door to reveal hundreds of wooden boards covered with graffiti, each telling a story of the protests that followed George Floyd's killing by a US police officer.
George Floyd's uncertain legacy marked in US five years on
AFP, Published on 26/05/2025
» MINNEAPOLIS - Americans on Sunday marked five years since George Floyd was killed by a US police officer, as President Donald Trump backtracks on reforms designed to tackle racism.
Five years after George Floyd's murder, racial justice push continues
Published on 25/05/2025
» Shareeduh McGee is fighting to keep the memory of her cousin George Floyd alive.
Did George Floyd protesters miss their moment for change?
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» WASHINGTON — Outrage over George Floyd's killing by police catapulted Black Lives Matter (BLM) into one of the largest protest movements in United States history, with angry crowds chanting the slogan at rallies from Los Angeles to Washington.