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Thousand Defy Ban in Paris to Protest as George Floyd Outrage Goes Global

Tear gas choked Paris streets as riot police faced off with protesters setting fires

Trump Questions Render Canada Prime Minister Trudeau Speechless for 21 Seconds

Trudeau has long been careful not to criticize Trump

Several Antiracist Books Are Selling Out. Here's What Else Black Booksellers and Publishers Say You Should Read

The last two months have been tough for business at Eso Won Books in Los Angeles. The store, which opened in 1990, specializes in African-American literature and has never had to close its doors to the public for such a long time before. But it was forced to do so when the coronavirus pandemic hit…

‘The Edge of an Abyss.' How the World's Newspapers Are Responding as the U.S. Descends Into Chaos

As protests over police racism and racial inequality have spread to more than 140 U.S. cities in the week since the death of George Floyd, the world has been watching. Demonstrators have marched through streets or gathered at U.S. embassies in Canada, the U.K., Germany and beyond, both to express solidarity with American protesters and…

Swarms of Millions of Locusts Devastate Crops in India Amid Economic Crisis Due to Pandemic

Millions of locusts that stretch up to 4 miles long crossed into the Western state of Rajasthan from Pakistan at the beginning of May

The U.K. Records Its Sunniest Spring Ever Amid Worrying Climate Change Trends

The U.K. has recorded its sunniest spring, with May being its sunniest calendar month, since records began over 90 years ago, according to data published by the Met Office—the U.K.’s national weather service—on June 1. For many people in the U.K, it has meant long days of soaking up the sun as lockdown restrictions eased…

Unmasked Coronavirus Deniers Crowd Italian Piazza to Protest Health Measures Amid Pandemic They Claim ‘Never Existed'

Some speakers at the Orange Vests protest alleged that politicians had played COVID-19 up to enhance their own powers

Iranian Scientist Acquitted in U.S. Trade Secrets Case Deported

Sirous Asgari was accused by federal prosecutors of trying to steal secret research from Case Western Reserve University, which was working on a project for the U.S. Navy to produce anti-corrosive stainless steel

America's Adversaries Are Trying to Capitalize on George Floyd Protests to Criticize U.S. Leaders

(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) — Standing at a lectern with a backdrop map of the world behind him reminiscent of one at the State Department, the spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry made a point Monday to criticize the U.S. in English amid ongoing protests over police killings of black people. “To the American people, the…

Crowds Protest in New Zealand Against George Floyd's Death and Police Brutality Against Indigenous Communities

Thousands of people marched in several cities in New Zealand on Monday, chanting “black lives matter” and “I can’t breathe,” in protests of solidarity against the death of George Floyd, police brutality, and structural racism. The protests also highlighted the issue of what activist groups say is the disproportionate effect of armed policing on indigenous…

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