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Schools in Beijing have been closed as the second wave of Covid-19 hits the city. According to Al Jazeera. the city's education commission ordered the closure of schools in a bid to once again halt the spread of the virus, which originated in Wuhan, China late last year. On their…
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The 75-year-old protester who was pushed to the ground by officers from the Buffalo Police Department's Emergency Response Team suffered a broken skull and is still unable to walk, his attorney has stated. On June 4, cell phone footage showing Martin Gugino being shoved to the ground by Buffalo police…
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The CEO of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, has stated that the photo-sharing app needs to better support the black community, and in order to do so, the company is looking into how its "policies, tools, and processes impact black people". "We stand in solidarity with the Black community. But that’s not…
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At least two callers and a dispatcher expressed concern about Minneapolis police officers' use of force with George Floyd, according to dispatch recordings and transcripts released by the city's police department on Monday, per CNN. Floyd, a black man, was arrested by Minneapolis police on Monday, May 25, for reportedly…
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An A&E doctor from East London in the United Kingdom has gone viral on TikTok after asking people to treat him with respect whether he was wearing his scrubs or a hoodie. Dr Emeka Okorocha created the TikTok video, which highlights the differences in peoples' perception of him, in the…
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Producer and actor Tyler Perry has offered to pay all funeral expenses for Rayshard Brooks, family attorney Chris Stewart said per CNN. Yesterday, singer Justin Timberlake took to Instagram to pay tribute to Brooks. Timberlake wrote; "As a dad, this photo hurts. #RayshardBrooks was a father of three girls...1, 2,…
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You never know what you will find behind closed doors... until you decide to strip everything back and redecorate. A woman, who lives in London, decided to redecorate one of the rooms in her home and started stripping the wallpaper. As she peeled back the layers, she discovered a message…
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Warning: the content in this article may be considered graphic by some readers. Michael Jackson's niece, Yasmine Jackson, has taken to Instagram to share dramatic pictures on Instagram after she was allegedly stabbed seven times by a woman who used a racial slur. The 25-year-old, who works as a nurse,…
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Oluwatoyin Salau, a 19-year-old who protested at the Black Lives Matter protests in Tallahassee, Florida, has been found dead. Her family confirmed the death on Monday morning, per the Tallahassee Democrat. Salau was reportedly found dead on Saturday night after she went missing over a week ago, on June 6.…
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It has been three weeks since the death of George Floyd. The 46-year-old's death following his arrest by Minneapolis police officers sparked a wave of protests - some peaceful, some violent - across the US and in major cities across the world, as people called out the systemic injustices carried…
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A customer in a bagel store coughed on a fellow shopper during an argument over wearing face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens, New York. In a Facebook post about the incident, which occurred on the 6th of June, Ally Goodbaum said she noticed that…
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Over the weekend, the US has been rocked by the death of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks, who was killed after being shot by police officers in Atlanta while attempting to flee an arrest. Now, singer and actor Justin Timberlake has taken to social media to pay his respects to Brooks, along…
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A white woman has been captured on film smashing up her neighbor's car with two hammers before yelling "go back to Mexico!" The incident took place in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, with the footage later being uploaded to Twitter by the owner of the car, Edy Perez, who revealed that he…
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A man from Tulsa was arrested on Sunday after police say he left his children inside a locked truck for five hours, per Fox 23. The news outlet reports that 31-year-old Dustin Lee Dennis is facing two counts of second degree murder after his children, who were both under the…
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On Friday night, the US was rocked by the death of another African-American man at the hands of the police. Rayshard Brooks, 27, was approached by two Atlanta police officers on Friday (June 12) after it was reported that he had fallen asleep in his car at a Wendy's restaurant…
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A California woman has apologized to a Filipino man after she and her husband called the police on the man as he stenciled the words "Black Lives Matter" onto his own wall. Per ABC7, James Juanillo identifies as a person of color, and as a way of showing solidarity with…
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President Trump has reaffirmed his stance on players kneeling during the national anthem and has tweeted to say that he "won't be watching" the NFL. Trump took to Twitter to react to the NFL and the U.S. Soccer Federation's recent change of stance on kneeling following the death of George…
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A 21-year-old Mississippi woman has been released from jail after she was arrested for calling her parents racist on social media. According to reports cited by Fox News, Kaileigh Schmidt of Petal called her father and stepmother racist in an online post, and she was subsequently charged on Wednesday with…
