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Makeover: UK fashion bible Vogue turns serious for September
Vogue needed to change in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests and the coronavirus pandemic, UK Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful told the BBC.
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HSBC aims to double number of black staff in top jobs
The banking giant will 'improve reporting' of its ethnicity data and set specific goals to broaden the diversity of senior leadership, according to the memo.
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America divided two months after death of George Floyd
Two months after George Floyd's death, the United States is being shaken by an anti-racism surge that, more and more, is dividing its political class.
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George Floyd said officers would 'kill' him in new recording transcript
Transcripts of the police officers' body camera footage, filed Tuesday in Minnesota state court by Thomas Lane, one of the officers involved in George Floyd's death, has revealed new details about his final moments.
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GALACHANI GULATINO: Fire of youth must keep fight against racism burning
Galachani Gulatino appeals to the youth not to let the fight against racism slip away with apathy but to use the global spotlight and introspection on the struggles of black people to ignite the internal fire inside them to fight and defeat racism for good.
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'The Simpsons' ends white actors voicing characters of colour
The decision includes a recurring character from the series, launched in 1989 - Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a grocer of Indian origin voiced in the American version of the show by white actor Hank Azaria.
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Trump signs order 'protecting' monuments as crowds topple statues
Trump's order follows a wave of civil unrest across America triggered by the killing of unarmed African American George Floyd, who died while a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck.
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Protestors try to topple statue outside White House
On Monday, hundreds of protestors were pushed back by at least 100 security force personnel after they had thrown ropes around the statue of Andrew Jackson, the divisive seventh US president, in Lafayette Park.
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Fortnite removes police cars with eye on US race protests: WSJ
The game launched a new version last week, but there were no police cars in that update, the WSJ reported, citing a person familiar with the development of the title.
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UN rights council agrees to urgent debate on racism, police violence
It is only the fifth time in the council's 14-year history that it has agreed to hold an "urgent debate", which is a special debate agreed upon within a regular session of the council.
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ANC stands by anti-police brutality campaign despite Cele criticism
Last week, ANC NEC member and Police Minister Bheki Cele told party members in KwaZulu-Natal Natal that the campaign turned the community against the police.
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Macron says France won't remove statues, erase history
Some protesters in the United States and elsewhere have targeted statues of historic figures associated with slavery or other past human rights abuses.
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Hong Kong policeman reprimanded for 'I can't breathe' remark
In a video posted online that quickly went viral, he could be heard saying 'I can't breathe' at the press as reporters were asked to move back.
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ANC to meet with Cele over his disapproval of its anti-police brutality campaign
Last week, Cele delivered a virtual lecture to the ANC eThekwini region saying the campaign gave criminals an opportunity to turn communities against the police.
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Putin condemns 'mayhem and rioting' at US anti-racism protests
The Russian leader stressed he supported black Americans' struggle for equality, calling this 'a long-standing problem of the United States'.
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Berliners form socially-distanced human chain against racism
The capital's human chain was slated to stretch from the world-famous Brandenburg Gate past the landmark Communist-era TV tower at Alexanderplatz and down into the ethnically diverse Neukoelln district.
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Atlanta police chief resigns after officer kills Rayshard Brooks
Images on local media showed hundreds of protesters in the streets on Saturday and flames engulfing the Wendy's restaurant where 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was killed.
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Trump shifts date of Oklahoma rally to 'respect' emancipation holiday
Amid protests against racial injustice, Trump had faced criticism for scheduling his first campaign rally in months on a day known by African Americans as Freedom Day and in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Earlier coronavirus second wave feared in Europe after mass protests
Before recent protests, scientists expected a second wave only after the summer. But mass gatherings might impact this positive trend.
