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Research from East London shows that racism does play a role in COVID-19 outcomes | Andy Rain/EPA

BRITAIN | Yes, there is structural racism in the UK – COVID-19 outcomes prove it

The release of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report has generated a groundswell of negative reaction,…

April 8, 2021
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BRITAIN |Race commission report: the rights and wrongs

Confusion and outrage greeted the UK government’s Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report. As opponents grapple with…

April 8, 2021
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Isaac Royall Jr., a plantation owner and slave trader who operated in Antigua, donated money to Harvard in 1815 to create the first endowed law professorship.

ANTIGUA | PM Gaston Browne wants reparations from Harvard University over ties to Slavery in Antigua

MONTEGO BAY, April 7, 2021 - Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne has written to Harvard University…

April 7, 2021
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Bay of Pigs debacle: Watched by armed guards, grim-faced US-backed invaders are marched off to prison after their capture by Fidel Castro’s forces. Bettmann via Getty Images

CUBA | 60 years after Bay of Pigs, New York Times role made clear

Sixty years ago, The New York Times is said to have muzzled itself in reporting about plans for…

April 6, 2021
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Appointment of vice-chancellors is problematic in some Nigerian universities. Nur Photo/Getty Images

EDUCATION | Selecting vice-chancellors in Nigeria is deeply flawed, but can be fixed.

Some universities in Nigeria are in crisis over the selection of vice-chancellors. From Ibadan to Lagos, Oye Ekiti…

April 6, 2021
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A nun stands in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 21, 2021. Pope Francis has denounced racism, likening it to a virus that lurks in waiting and continues to be shameful. Francis in a tweet on Sunday called racism “a virus that quickly mutates and, instead of disappearing, goes into hiding, and lurks in waiting.” (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope decries shame of racism, like 'virus' lurking in wait

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday denounced racism, likening it to a virus that lurks in…

March 21, 2021
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The Israel Antiquities Authority displays newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments at the Dead Sea scrolls conservation lab in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome nearly 1,900 years ago. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli experts announce discovery of more Dead Sea scrolls

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing…

March 16, 2021
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FILE -- In this Feb. 2, 2021 file photo, Pope Francis celebrates a Mass with members of religious institutions on the occasion of the celebration of the World Day of Consecrated Life, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. The Vatican has decreed, Monday, March 15, 2021, that the Catholic Church cannot bless same-sex unions since God “cannot bless sin.” The Vatican’s orthodoxy office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a formal response to a question about whether Catholic clergy can bless gay unions (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, pool)

LGBTQ Catholics stung by Vatican rebuff of same-sex unions

MARCH 16, 2021 - AP - The Vatican’s declaration that same-sex unions are a sin the Roman Catholic…

March 16, 2021
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U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is spearheading fresh efforts in Congress to address reparations. Al Drago/Getty Images

Revisiting reparations: Is it time for the US to pay its debt for the legacy of slavery?

Some 156 years after the end of the Civil War and the official abolition of slavery through the…

March 10, 2021
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Meghan and Harry’s Oprah interview: why ‘royal confessionals’ threaten the monarchy

The Sussexes’ interview with Oprah Winfrey is shaping up to be the most published critique of the British…

March 10, 2021
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Over 168 million children miss nearly a year of schooling, UNICEF says

(United Nations News) New York, March 3, 2021 - More than 168 million schoolchildren globally missed out on…

March 4, 2021
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