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The statue of King Leopold II which has long been criticized by activists because of the former king’s brutal rule in Belgium’s former African colonies was removed in Antwerp on Tuesday just days after being daubed with paint by anti-racism protesters.

A chainsaw-wielding Texan has been detained after threatening a group of demonstrators with his lumber-cutting mechanical tool. Thankfully, the altercation did not devolve into Hollywood-inspired violence. A small group of seemingly peaceful protesters in McAllen, Texas briefly found themselves in a real-life slasher film, after a man with a chainsaw …

Giant ‘Black Lives Matter’ message painted on the street leading to the White House

Shocking footage has emerged of police in upstate New York shoving a white-haired man to the ground and appearing to march past him as he lay bleeding on the ground. The video – shot by a journalist from public radio station WBFO in Buffalo and posted online – comes as …

As tributes to George Floyd pop up around the world. Syrian graffiti artists honor Floyd’s memory with a mural painted on the wall of a destroyed home.

A huge landslide has swept eight houses into the sea in Arctic Norway. There were no reports of injuries. Officials estimate the landslip was around 2km wide and 500 ft high.

Thousands of protesters have amassed in London’s Hyde Park in an anti-racism demonstration calling for justice over the death of George Floyd. Chants of “black lives matter”, “no justice, no peace” and “we will not be silent” rang out as protesters waited for the demonstration to begin. Star Wars actor …

Brutal arrests are STILL occurring amidst US rage

A particularly brazen attempt by looters to storm a store in Fairfield, California, has been caught on video, showing them commandeering what appears to be a telescopic forklift to force their way in. A video has emerged showing vandals using heavy equipment on the doors of the Best Buy store …

Protests against police brutality turned violent in Paris, tear gas fired at protesters.

Police arrest rioters vandalizing and looting Manhattan stores

  From Auckland, New Zealand to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Berlin, Germany, protesters around the world took to the streets to show solidarity with demonstrators in the US over the death of George Floyd while in police custody.

A pair of cops were quickly overrun and wrestled to the ground by angry protesters during massive anti-police-brutality rallies in Chicago, with one female officer being violently dragged for several feet. A widely shared video, captured in the middle of heavy demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, shows the …

Police have confronted protesters outside the White House, where officers in riot gear are trying to push demonstrators away from the US president’s residence. The crowds have been trying to make their way into the pedestrian part of Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House fence. Outside the White House, now: …

Police used tear gas and pepper spray on protesters outside the White House on Sunday as the United States entered its sixth day of protests over the death of George Floyd, a Minneapolis black man who died after being pinned by the neck under a white police officer’s knee.

Masked looters have been caught on tape stealing as much jewelry as they can carry from a Los Angeles store, as protests sparked by the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd grip the Californian city. Eyewitness footage captured people breaking into the shop after its security shutters were bludgeoned …

China will attack Taiwan if there is no other way of stopping it from becoming independent, one of the country’s most senior generals has said. Reuters

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Biology Professor Erin Bromage explains which environments have an increased risk of spreading coronavirus.

Top U.S. infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci is set to warn the U.S. Senate on Tuesday against the risks of reopening the economy too soon, saying it could lead to quote “needless suffering and death,” according to a report by the New York Times.

Stone by stone, digital artists, and game developers from Mosul are rebuilding Nineveh’s heritage sites in the digital world.