England

England’s Clare Connor set to become first female president of MCC in its 233-year history

11:05 pm June 24, 2020

London: Former England captain Clare Connor is set to become the first female president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in its 233-year history as she was named on Wednesday to replace current chief Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka when he steps down next year. The nomination of Connor, who is currently the ECB’s managing director of women’s cricket, was announced by Sangakkara himself via […]

Simmons says he was racially abused in league cricket in England

11:34 pm June 22, 2020

London: West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has claimed that he was racially abused during the time he played league cricket in England. Simmons, currently the head coach of the touring West Indies team here, did not specify in which English league he was racially targeted. “I encountered quite a bit (of racism) up in the leagues. In county […]

Prince Charles visits 99-year-old Prince Philip in hospital

Prince says UK owes Caribbean community ‘debt of gratitude’

11:08 pm June 22, 2020

London: Prince Charles and Prime Minister Boris Johnson paid tribute to Britain’s Caribbean community Monday on Windrush Day, the 72nd anniversary of the arrival of a ship bringing hundreds of West Indian migrants to the UK. Johnson said those immigrants and their descendants had made a “fantastic contribution to Britain,” and the heir to the throne said the country owed them a “debt […]

Australia will respond 'very seriously' to war crime allegations: PM Morrison

Australian prime minister apologises for ‘no slavery’ claim

12:34 am June 13, 2020

Canberra: Australia‘s prime minister apologized on Friday to critics who accuse him of denying the country’s history of slavery, as a state government announced it will remove a former Belgian king’s name from a mountain range as part of a global re-examination of racial injustice. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the legacy of British […]

Rights watchdog urges France to fight racial discrimination

Historical figures under attack after George Floyd’s death

12:16 pm June 12, 2020

Washington: The rapidly unfolding movement to pull down Confederate monuments around the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death has extended to statues of slave traders, imperialists and explorers around the world, including Christopher Columbus, Cecil Rhodes and Belgium’s King Leopold II. Protests and, in some cases, acts of vandalism have taken place in […]