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‘Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Amsterdam vandalised’

2:51 pm June 18, 2020

Amsterdam: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been vandalised here in the capital of Netherlands by unknown miscreants with graffiti and spray painting, amid a wave of attacks on controversial figures following the protests around the world after the custodial killing of African-American George Floyd, according to media reports. The statue of Gandhi on the […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

As US seethes over race, Trump calls out ‘evil of slavery’

7:58 am June 14, 2020

West Point. N.Y.: As the nation continues to grapple with its racial past, President Donald Trump urged West Point’s graduating class Saturday to “never forget” the legacy of soldiers before them who fought a bloody war to “extinguish the evil of slavery.” Trump’s appeal to remember history came as his own relationship with the military […]

Taylor Swift calls for removal of ‘racist’ monuments in Tennessee

10:51 pm June 13, 2020

Los Angeles: Taylor Swift has said the presence of many “racist” monuments in her home state of Tennessee makes her feel sick as she demanded their removal. Swift has been quite vocal in her support to Black Lives Matter movement in the aftermath of George Floyd’s custodial killing at the hands of a white police […]

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 […]

Protesters topple Jefferson Davis statue in Virginia capital

1:03 am June 12, 2020

Richmond: Protesters pulled down a century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the former capital of the Confederacy, adding it to the list of Old South monuments removed or damaged around the US in the wake of George Floyd’s death. The 8-foot (2.4-meter) bronze figure on Richmond’s grand Monument Avenue had been all but […]