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A sculpture featuring Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman was unveiled in the US
A towering monument to black abolitionist Harriet Tubman was unveiled in downtown Newark, New Jersey on Thursday in newly-renamed Harriet Tubman Square. Titled ‘Shadow of a Face’, the sculpture replaced a statue of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, which was removed in 2020 during the Black Lives Matter protests.
Strengthening military ties with the US will bind the Philippines to the “chariot of geopolitical strife,” Beijing has claimed
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday cautioned the Philippines against strengthening its military cooperation with the US, saying it will be used to serve Washington’s geopolitical agenda to the detriment of Manila’s own security.
The climate campaigner claimed in 2018 that humanity had until this year to prevent its doom
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has deleted a 2018 tweet in which she shared a warning that climate change “will wipe out all of humanity” unless fossil fuels were abolished by 2023.
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A group of actors has reportedly called for the president to replace his VP with a new running mate in 2024
A group of actors and other Hollywood political donors has reportedly argued that President Joe Biden needs to jettison Kamala Harris as his vice president, picking a new running mate when he runs for re-election in 2024.
Declaring victory over Disney, Ron DeSantis next vowed to take on the Democratic Party
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis credited his policies for saving the state from financial and moral collapse in an interview with FoxNews’ Maria Bartiromo on Sunday, hinting that those same policies would work just as well to fix the entire country.
Critics have argued that allowing the drilling venture would mar President Biden’s record on climate change
The administration of Joe Biden has dismissed multiple media reports claiming that the US president has decided to greenlight a massive Alaskan oil development that climate activist Al Gore has decried as “recklessly irresponsible.”
“No final decisions have been made,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Friday,
Despite promising a crackdown, right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has seen arrivals triple this year
Italian authorities brought 1,650 predominantly African and Middle Eastern migrants ashore before dawn on Saturday, depositing them in already overcrowded shelters. One day earlier, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced stiffer penalties for traffickers, in a bid to reduce arrival numbers that have soared under her administration.
The pontiff has warned that transgenderism is one of the “most dangerous ideological colonizations”
Pope Francis reiterated his opposition to transgenderism on Friday, warning that it’s a “dangerous ideology” and arguing that its proponents are naïve if they believe they’re on the “path to progress.”
“Gender ideology,
A court in Bastia ruled only French could legally be spoken in the island’s political offices
Corsicans have come out in force to denounce Thursday’s verdict banning the use of the Corsican language (known as Corsu) in parliament and other political offices after a court in the city of Bastia cited the French constitution in its decision arguing French is the only language permitted in official communications –
Facebook’s parent company has gone back to the drawing board after its Metaverse failed to attract public interest
Facebook parent company Meta is building a decentralized, text-based social networking platform, the company confirmed on Thursday in an email to tech outlet Platformer. Code-named P92, the app suggests a radical diversion from the company’s namesake Metaverse project.
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