LONDON (AP) - British officials said Thursday the grave of an enslaved African man has been vandalized in an apparent “retaliation attack” after protesters in the city of Bristol toppled the statue of a prominent slave trader.
Kevin Durant has never had a problem with calling Kendrick Perkins out on social media, and that trend continued after Perkins went after Durant’s Nets teammate Kyrie Irving. After Perkins publicly scrutinized Irving for raising concerns about the NBA’s restart plan in Orlando, in addition to taking away from the current Black Lives Matter movement...
British officials said Thursday the grave of an enslaved African man has been vandalised in an apparent “retaliation attack” after protesters in the city of Bristol toppled the statue of a prominent slave trader. Two headstones in memory of Scipio Africanus, who lived in Bristol in the 18th century, were smashed. A message scrawled in chalk nearby called for the statue of Edward Colston to be put back or “things will really heat up.”
I am a newbies looking for a first boat. It is also my first time posting here so bear with me. I have a few years of limited rafting experience but...
Nine Texas mayors, including those in Houston, Dallas, Austin and San Antonio, have urged Gov. Greg Abbott to give them the authority to require masks be worn in public "where physical distancing cannot be practiced."
The remaining fixtures of the season have been split between four broadcasters, with Amazon given a handful of matches which they will now share with partners Twitch
As protests grow, the police leverage their technological advantage. Widespread surveillance cameras capture the crowds, and facial recognition software picks out individuals, cross-referencing databases to generate dossiers on protestors. Demonstrators counter by cutting down lamp posts that might conceal cameras. Across the country, 3,000 miles away, biometric systems monitor everyday people as they go about their lives. These tools enable police to control a population and detain suspects before they even commit a crime. Читать дальше...
Michael Gove has warned Northern Ireland will vote to break away from EU customs rules if Brussels is too "bureaucratic" about enforcing the new border in the Irish Sea. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster told MPs on a scrutiny committee that there would be "unfettered access" of Northern Irish products to mainland Britain. Pressed on whether that meant no exit declarations on goods travelling to the mainland, he said, "absolutely". Michel Barnier said at the end of the fourth round of Brexit... Читать дальше...
Earlier this week, it was announced that all season ticket holders at Premier League clubs would receive two free Sky Sports passes. These NOW TV [...]
There have been protests by the people in various parts of the country after the face-off at Galwan valley in eastern Ladakh in which 20 Indian Army personnel were killed by the PLA of China on June 15.
NEW YORK (AP) - When the coronavirus outbreak forced Sean Giovanni to shut down his recording studio in for two months, he dropped off mobile equipment at staffers’ and artists’ homes. He hoped remote recording would bring in some revenue.
In New York’s 15th District, which covers the West and South Bronx, progressive Samelys López is running in a crowded field to succeed incumbent Democratic Rep. José Serrano.
Hydroxychloroquine can be ruled out as a treatment for hospitalised COVID-19 patients -- but the World Health Organization said Thursday it was aware of ongoing trials into its value as a preventative...