Arsonists targeted two vehicles owned by Turkish nationals, one of them a diplomat, in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, destroying the cars and damaging another four, Greek authorities said Monday. Police said the arsonists struck in the pre-dawn hours of Monday, pouring flammable liquid over the two cars before torching them. One is owned …
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Turkish restaurant in the Swedish city of Gothenburg was targeted in an attack, reports said Saturday. The attack, carried out with an improvised explosive device (IED) took place at 2 a.m. on Saturday, restaurant owner Ismail Yücel told the Anadolu Agency. Yücel said he learned about the attack after a restaurant worker who lives near …
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A beauty pageant contestant who was crowned Miss Michigan has had her title revoked over “offensive” tweets she previously posted regarding hijabs and the black community. On Friday 19 July, Kathy Zhu tweeted that the Miss World America (MWA) organisation had been in contact with her to inform her of their decision to strip her of her title. “It has been brought to …
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US President Donald Trump has been accused of racism after posting tweets attacking Democratic congresswomen. The president wrote: “So interesting to see ‘progressive’ Democrat congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government …
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Italian police have seized a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile and rocket launchers, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathisers in an arms haul that authorities said was almost without precedent. At least three people, including Fabio Del Bergiolo – 50, a former candidate for the neo-fascist New Force, or Forza Nuova party (FN) …
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A man armed with an assault rifle has opened fire at a packed shopping area in El Paso, in the US state of Texas, killing at least 20 people and wounding 26 others, according to officials. Authorities said on Saturday the suspect was arrested outside a Walmart store near the Cielo Vista Mall, eight kilometres from a border …
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A black news anchor was compared to a gorilla by a colleague during a live broadcast, and while he accepted his coworker’s apology, he’s using it as a powerful lesson to remind people that “words matter.” During a broadcast last Thursday, Alex Housden, a morning anchor for KOCO, a TV news station in Oklahoma City, …
The investigation into the unrest in Chemnitz in August 2018 shows that extremists made plans to “hunt” migrants and people who appeared to be foreign, German media has reported. According to police documents seen by the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, and broadcasters WDR and NDR, the Saxony Criminal Police Office tracked down chat messages exchanged between …
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When Harvard University’s dorms opened their doors to first-year students on Tuesday, one was missing. Ismail Ajjawi, an incoming first-year student, was denied entry to the United States last week, according to the university. “The University is working closely with the student’s family and appropriate authorities to resolve this matter so that he can join …
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Hundreds of spectators cheered and applauded as the chief protagonist of a Belgian parade – “the Savage” – appeared in the town of Ath on Sunday (Aug 25), but anti-racism groups strongly criticised the character and his blackface disguise. The folk festival called Ducasse d’Ath, which traces its roots back to the 16th century and is endorsed …
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