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According to commanders, the US Naval Ship Yuma, a Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport craft, “began its northbound transit into the Black Sea to operate with our NATO allies and partners.” The twin-hulled catamaran is able to transit a whole company of US Marines and is equipped with both a flight …

Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Dr Gray’s Hospital in Elgin, Moray have both cancelled non-urgent elective operations, NHS Grampian said on Wednesday. The move comes after NHS Highland said Raigmore Hospital in Inverness reached capacity on Tuesday and also declared “code black” status. The designation is the country’s most severe tier …

“When they say that the 4th of July is about American freedom, remember this: The freedom they’re referring to is for white people,” Bush said Sunday on Twitter. “This land is stolen land, and black people still aren’t free.” Bush didn’t specify who “they” are, and as some Twitter users …

The last election was the first time Ty Smith, aged 39, cast a vote, and he marked his ballot in favour of Donald Trump. Two years ago, the Illinois native had no interest in politics and by his own admission didn’t know what a Democrat or Republican was. That what’s …

The restaurant, which specializes in turkey legs, published its new dress code on Friday to heavy criticism online. The dress code included bans on cleavage, exposed thighs and buttocks, swimwear, sports bras, tank tops, ripped jeans, clothes with “offensive graphics,” various hats including “bonnets, du rags” and bandanas, and “excessively …

The shopping windows of the historic La Samaritaine store, which only reopened following a renovation on June 23, were colored with black paint and had the slogan “Dirty Money” painted over them. The activists also attached a banner to the storefront, on which they attacked France’s richest man, LVMH boss …

A new version of International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines, produced to provide “further clarity and guidance” to athletes, gives stars the “opportunity to express their views” in areas including media zones and centers, at press conferences and on social media. In a potentially telling section for competitors planning to repeat the kneeling …

Anthony Campo, who served for eight years as the chief of police for Sheffield Lake, Ohio, was captured on surveillance video as he approached the empty desk of his black subordinate with a piece of paper reading, “Ku Klux Klan.” The improvised KKK sign was then placed on the back …

Dear white people: I feel your pain. As someone who also comes from an oppressed minority, I can’t help but empathise with your suffering, given the constant barrage of criticism, ridicule, discrimination and animosity you face every day. From being labelled ‘white supremacists’ to having your every achievement dismissed as …

Researchers from Kiel University in Germany revealed on Wednesday that a strain of the bacterium, known as Yersina pestis, dating back millenia, had been discovered in samples taken from the remains of a hunter gatherer in the Baltic nation. As part of a paper published in the Cell scientific journal, …