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Petition seeks to honour French Resistance hero Joséphine Baker at the Panthéon

Naomi Osaka withdraws from French Open

Macron, Merkel demand answers from US, Denmark on spying report

US Jews Are Increasingly Breaking With Israel to Support Palestinian Liberation

MORE Act Marijuana Legalization Bill Reintroduced in Congress

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to more jail time over 2019 protest

Paris hotel cleaners claim landmark win after 22-month ‘battle for dignity’

Five arrested in connection with shooting of UK Black Lives Matter activist

Generation Z will free Palestine

Brazil aerial photos show miners’ devastation of indigenous people’s land

San Jose shooting: ten dead after attack at California rail yard

Americans for The Arts: President Robert L. Lynch accussed of creating racist hostile work environment

Jamal Southerland's family awarded $10m over death in police custody

US county approves $10m over death of Black man in police custody

Police are still killing people at the same rate as before

NBA player fined $50,000 for breaking league's COVID-19 rules

Auschwitz Memorial calls Greene Holocaust comments a 'sad symptom of moral and intellectual decline'

Kristen Clarke narrowly confirmed as first Black woman to lead Justice Department's civil rights division

Mexican state police director ambushed, shot dead

China crackdown forces crypto mining operators to end operations

Florida high school alters 80 'immodest' yearbook photos of students

Sondland sues Pompeo, U.S. for $1.8M in impeachment legal bills

Anti-BDS law struck down in Georgia

Israel arrests 1,500 Palestinians since April

BLM activist Sasha Johnson in critical condition after gunshot to the head

At least 13 dead in Italian cable car accident

Jewish Americans are at a turning point with Israel

Thousands return to destroyed Gaza homes after Israel truce

Leaving Hong Kong: The young activists going into exile

South African dockworkers refuse to unload Israeli ship in solidarity with Palestinians

World’s largest iceberg breaks off from ice shelf in Antarctica

Israel and Hamas claim victory as fragile ceasefire holds

Is This the Beginning of the End of Israeli Apartheid?

Why Netanyahu thinks America is stupid

Prince William slams BBC ‘deceit’ over Diana interview

What Beijing’s new crackdown means for crypto in China

Israeli air raid kills Palestinian journalist in his Gaza house

Covid has led to record levels of antidepressant use

‘I’m scared!’: body-cam video shows deadly arrest of Black man in Louisiana

AOC Unveils Resolution to Block Biden's $735 Million Weapons Sale to Israel

‘I am seeking justice’: Tulsa massacre survivor, 107, testifies to US Congress

Panic as 300-metre-high skyscraper wobbles in China

Crypto crash: Bitcoin, Ether, Dogecoin prices all nosedive

Belgian manhunt for ‘far-right’ soldier enters second day

Amazon’s Ring is the largest civilian surveillance network

Macron says agreement in place to cancel Sudan’s $5 billion French debt

Alabama governor signs legislation legalizing medical marijuana

Los Angeles: at least 1,000 under evacuation orders amid wildfire

Millionaires who support taxing the rich protest in front of Jeff Bezos’s homes

Outrage as Biden Pushes $735 Million Weapons Sale to Israel Amid Gaza Slaughter

The “Deviant” African Genders That Europe Condemned

Iran unveils its strongest domestic supercomputer

Cameroon's king who stood up against German oppression

How US presidents have defended Israel over decades

Israeli Bombs Destroy Gaza Media Center

Saudi Arabia condemns Israel for ‘flagrant violations’ in Gaza

Mentally ill man was tased several times by SC police in jail before his death

Israeli forces wound dozens of Palestinians at Nakba Day marches

Navajo Nation president calls Arizona's new voting restrictions an 'assault'

Andrew Yang apologizes for pro-Israel tweet

Andre Hill's family agree to $10 million settlement

‘It’s genocide’: Protesters slam Israel, support Palestinians

'Palestinian Lives Matter,' Declares Bernie Sanders

NFL Denounced for Using Racist Criteria for Brain Injury Evaluations

Starving in silence in Madagascar

Thousands flee homes as Israel continues air raids on Gaza

Chris Hedges says "Israel Is Carrying Out Mass Murder"

US park celebrating the pro-slavery Confederacy faces a reckoning

Israel Escalates Bombing, Killing Dozens in the Palestine

Italy fines Google €100 million

Celebrities weigh in on Israel-Palestine conflict

Colonial Pipeline resumes operations after ransomware prompted closure

Student Loan Servicing Companies Shouldn’t Exist

Idaho is going to kill 90% of the state’s wolves

Elon Musk says Tesla will no longer accept bitcoin

French court dismisses landmark Agent Orange complaint

Several children killed in Russia school shooting

Michigan orders closure of pipeline in escalating dispute with Canada

Afghans Grieve After 68 Killed, 165 Injured in School Bombing

Petrol shortages sweep US as Colonial Pipeline remains down

‘An extraordinary politician’: François Mitterrand’s presidential victory, 40 years on

The people who want to keep masking: ‘It’s like an invisibility cloak’

California Budget Surplus Swells to $75.7 Billion, Governor Says

Fatal drug overdoses up 30 percent in Washington state

FBI confirms DarkSide ransomware group behind pipeline hack

Israeli air raids kill 20 Palestinians in Gaza

Times Square shooting injures 3 adults and a young child

George Floyd death: four ex-police officers indicted on civil rights charges

Portugal Opens World's Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge

At least 17 dead, 800 injured in days-long Colombia protests

China's rocket: Uncontrolled, unpredictable return home

Crypto Fraud: CEO steals two billion dollars from Thodex clients

Hyundai recalls almost 400K vehicles, warning of engine fires

Cracks appear in China's New Silk Road

Filmmaker Raoul Peck Explores Colonialism & Origins of White Supremacy

Warren Buffett names Greg Abel as next CEO of Berkshire Hathaway

Mexico metro overpass collapses, killing 24 and injuring dozens

Pandora will no longer use mined diamonds

Armed suspect shot outside of CIA headquarters dies

Gov. Cuomo to lift covid restrictions in New York

Maryland offers $100 to state employees who get vaccinated

Liz Cheney says Trump’s ‘big lie’ poisons democracy

Black man enslaved by South Carolina restaurant manager is owed $546,000

Biden proposes 17 years of free education

Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce

How Elite Schools and Museums Amassed Black and Native Human Remains Without Consent

'Carterland' Documentary Revisits Jimmy Carter's Presidency

Florida governor lifts all Covid restrictions

Havana syndrome: NSA officer’s case hints at microwave attacks since 90s

When Paid Applauders Ruled the Paris Opera House

Art under attack as top New York gallery urged to cut ties to rich donors

Republican leads Texas election after robocall claim she killed husband with Covid

Australia imposes Covid fines up to $66K

Australia imposes fines up to $66K if citizens fly home from India during

Biden keeps masking despite updated guidance

At funeral of Black teen shot by Ohio police in melee, eulogies, appeals for unity

Newsmax Apologizes for False Claims of Vote-Rigging by a Dominion Employee

Will the Museum of Modern Art face a boycott soon?

Iowa governor signs law allowing rental assistance discrimination

Altercation: Paid to Lie

Cicely Tyson: A Shining Titan of Black Excellence

Mysterious health attacks like those seen in Cuba have come to DC

Olympia Dukakis, star of Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias, dies aged 89