A Chinese K-pop band member, Wang Yiren, has been widely condemned and even racially abused after she elected not to kneel down before fans in Seoul like her Korean bandmates. Wang instead made a Chinese gesture. Footage of the performance in early January went viral and has caused outrage in …
Read More »UK condemned for Covid ‘travel apartheid’
Speaking to the BBC on Monday, Nigeria’s representative in the UK, Sarafa Tunji Isola, said that the targeted approach taken by the British government has created a “travel apartheid” by limiting travel to and from some African nations. Nigeria became the latest country to be added to the UK’s travel …
Read More »‘Bottles with brown stuff in’: US college football fans condemned for hurling objects at coach, cheerleaders evacuate (VIDEO)
Kiffin left Tennessee in 2009 to coach USC, and took a $4.5 million role at the University of Mississippi last year. Towards the end of the eventual 31-26 win for his team, a controversial call was made with 54 seconds remaining. When it was ruled that Tennessee’s tight end Jacob Warren had …
Read More »Oxford university new plaque at condemned Rhodes statue describes mogul as ‘committed colonialist’ & exploiter of Africans
Last week Oriel College, Oxford erected a plaque for a statue of Cecil Rhodes which sits on the main façade of the college building. The explanatory panel has been added to the statue after its existence came under threat last year during a spate of BLM [Black Lives Matter] protests …
Read More »Newsweek condemned for ‘Nazi-esque’ article claiming ‘fleas’ in Palestine ‘must be destroyed’
In a Wednesday op-ed, amid the continuing conflict between Israel and Palestine, University of Cincinnati professor emeritus Abraham Miller called on Israel “to ignore the international community” and “give war a chance.” After complaining about “Arabs” who “refuse to recognize the legitimate Jewish claim to the property” they call home …
Read More »‘4 presidents have been assassinated’: Biden condemned for calling Capitol storming ‘worst attack on democracy’ since Civil War
During his speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, Biden said that he “inherited a nation in crisis,” including “the worst pandemic in a century,” “the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,” and, most notably, “the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War.” Biden appeared to …
Read More »Perception over reality? Georgia daycare condemned for ‘racism’ as critics say photo shows white children fed lunch before peers
The photo at the heart of the controversy surfaced online earlier this week, a screenshot taken from a live feed at a Kids R Kids location in Roswell, Georgia, set up to allow parents to check in on their little ones remotely throughout the day. The image shows a group …
Read More »‘Wrong on every level’: Charlie Hebdo condemned for ‘disgusting’ cartoon making fun of royals, Meghan Markle and George Floyd
“Why Meghan Markle left Buckingham Palace,” read the cover of this week’s Charlie Hebdo, followed by the punchline, uttered by Markle: “Because I couldn’t breathe.” The illustration depicts Markle pinned under the hairy knee of a smiling Queen Elizabeth II, with the pose and punchline a reference to George Floyd, …
Read More »In the state Duma the law on the abolition of the document, which condemned the Molotov — Ribbentrop Pact
The leader of the Motherland party, state Duma Deputy Alexei Zhuravlyov introduced to the Senate a draft law that in case of acceptance recognizes invalid on the territory of Russia the decree of the Congress of people’s deputies of the USSR, condemned in 1989, the so — called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact …
Read More »The United States condemned the detention of activists protest movement in Hong Kong
U.S. Secretary of state Michael Pompeo has condemned the detention of dozens of opposition in Hong Kong and called them incompatible with the values of freedom of expression. The U.S. state Department condemned the detention by Chinese authorities, at least 14 opposition activists for participating in anti-government protests in Hong …
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