UK slave trader’s statue toppled in anti-racism protests

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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...

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Alleged sex attacks on schoolgirls in Thailand prompts national reckoning on patriarchy, gender bias

June 7, 2020June 8, 2020

[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...

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Europeans join global wave of anti-racism protests

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020

[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...

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Indian chess’s T20 specialist: Teen who took on world champ

June 7, 2020June 9, 2020

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:...

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Counting the cost: Lessons from China’s battle against COVID-19

June 7, 2020June 8, 2020

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...

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COVID-19: Chile death toll jumps sharply after new cases added

June 7, 2020June 8, 2020

[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....

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Court to decide whether to jail embattled Samsung heir again

June 7, 2020June 8, 2020

[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,...

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Federal Reserve to weigh unemployment, reopening at key meeting

June 7, 2020June 8, 2020

[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...

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Rugby: New Zealand to resume professional union games next weekend

June 7, 2020June 8, 2020

[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...

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Amid wide US protests, Democrats press anti-racism reforms

June 7, 2020June 7, 2020

[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...