UK slave trader’s statue toppled in anti-racism protests
LONDON: British protesters tore down the statue of a renowned slave trader on Sunday (Jun 7) and threw it in the harbour on the second...
Alleged sex attacks on schoolgirls in Thailand prompts national reckoning on patriarchy, gender bias
[caption id="attachment_2342" align="alignnone" width="856"] Each year, Thailand reports a number of rape cases. According to data from rights groups, rapists tend to bear a close...
Europeans join global wave of anti-racism protests
[caption id="attachment_2299" align="alignnone" width="783"] People kneel as they gather calling for justice for George Floyd, who died on May 25 after being restrained by police...
Indian chess’s T20 specialist: Teen who took on world champ
On Friday, Nihal Sarin took on Magnus Carlsen in a series of one-minute chess shootouts. At the end of these “bullet games”, the score read:...
Counting the cost: Lessons from China’s battle against COVID-19
As the original epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak, China was the first to impose a strict lockdown on millions of its residents. Business is almost...
COVID-19: Chile death toll jumps sharply after new cases added
[caption id="attachment_2306" align="alignnone" width="687"] FILE PHOTO: Mortuary workers wait outside the San Jose public hospital morgue, amid the spread of the coronavirus in Santiago, Chile....
Court to decide whether to jail embattled Samsung heir again
[caption id="attachment_2334" align="alignnone" width="902"] FILE PHOTO: Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman, Jay Y. Lee, speaks during a news conference at a company's office building in Seoul,...
Federal Reserve to weigh unemployment, reopening at key meeting
[caption id="attachment_2331" align="alignnone" width="809"] Exterior view of the US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC. [/caption] WASHINGTON, DC: The Federal Reserve will meet next week...
Rugby: New Zealand to resume professional union games next weekend
[caption id="attachment_2365" align="alignnone" width="866"] In this file photo taken on Mar 12, 2017 Pau's fly-half Tom Taylor of New Zealand passes the ball during the...
Amid wide US protests, Democrats press anti-racism reforms
[caption id="attachment_2290" align="alignnone" width="803"] A crowd of protesters walk from the Capitol building to the White House during a peaceful protest against police brutality and...