The Associated Press has promoted Daisy Veerasingham as its new president and CEO making her the first person of colour and first woman to lead the news agency in its 175-year history.
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UK: ‘Migrant Taxi Service’ Jibe Sees RNLI Receives 200% Boost In Donations
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), a UK charity dedicated to saving lives at sea have come under attack lately for deploying their services in aid of migrants who find themselves in trouble while making the death-defying cross of the English Channel to reach the UK.
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TOKYO OLYMPICS: Costa Rica Gymnast’s Creative BLM Tribute Routine
18-year-old gymnast Costa Rican gymnast, Luciana Alvarado succeeded in finding a loophole around the IOC political protest policy by ending her floor exercise routine at the Tokyo Olympics with a Black Lives Matter tribute.
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UK: MP Breaks Parliamentary Rule To Expose Lying PM
Labour MP for Brent central, Dawn Butler today broke one of parliamentary etiquette rules that forbids an MP calling another a liar during commons session by calling out Prime Minister Boris Johnson on repeated lies to the country and the house during the pandemic.
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UK: Marcus Rashford’s Social Media Audience More Powerful Than Spectator Magazine
England forward Marcus Rashford brought his powerful social media following to use in a pre-emptive aim at right wing political magazine The Spectator.
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UK: Profile – Church Of England’s First Black Female Vicar/Critic
Reverend Eve Pitts is the vicar at the Holy Trinity Church in Birchfield, she is also Britain’s first black, female vicar.
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McDonald’s In $10b Lawsuit For Alleged Bias Against Black-owned Media
Fast food chain, McDonald’s has been sued for $10 billion by two companies owned by media entrepreneur Byron Allen on accusation of racial discrimination for not advertising enough with Black-owned media outlets.
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UK: Online Abuse Prompts Sports And Athletes Social Media Boycott
Major sports including football, rugby and cricket will unite this weekend in a social media boycott over lack of action on online abuse.
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UK: Unequal Commemoration Of African First World War Soldiers Down To Racism
Hundreds of thousands of predominantly black and Asian service personnel who died fighting for the British Empire have not been formally commemorated in the same way as their Caucasian comrades because of decisions underpinned by “pervasive racism”, an investigation has concluded.
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GEORGE FLOYD: Meet The Real Hero Of the Landmark Justice
She stood firm, and with guts and a steady hand, Darnella Frazier captured the longest and clearest bystander video of George Floyd’s final moments, without which Derek Chauvin might still be a Minneapolis police officer doing what he doing what he has done 19 times in his 22years on the force- abusing his position of authority.
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