Racism

Just 13 per cent of people in low-income countries, mostly brown and black, are vaccinated, says Winnie Byanyima

US President Joe Biden plans to sign an executive order on policing on Wednesday, the second anniversary of George Floyd's death, a report said

A former police officer of Minneapolis, in the US state of Minnesota, pleaded guilty to manslaughter allegedly in the death of George Floyd.

Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the poison of white supremacy and said the nation must reject the lie of the racist replacement theory" espoused by the shooter who murdered 10 black Americans

California's first-in-the-nation task force on reparations is at a crossroads, with members divided on which Black Americans should be eligible for compensation as atonement for a slave system

Jurors on Friday found police used excessive force against protesters, violating their constitutional rights, during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd two years ago

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for action against racial discrimination.

The head of the World Health Organization says an investigation is underway into alleged reports that the UN health agency's top official in the Western Pacific engaged in racist, unethical behaviour

Jury selection began Thursday in the federal trial of three Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing

The US said it is "deeply disturbed" over the reports of an attack on a Sikh cab driver at New York airport and stressed that the country has the responsibility to hold perpetrators accountable

The funeral of Desmond Mpilo Tutu, South African Anglican archbishop, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner will take place on January 1 in Cape Town, his foundation has announced.

Tutu died on Sunday in Cape Town, President Cyril Ramaphosa's office said in a statement

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) is probing how Google treats its Black female employees, the media reported.

The federal charge alleged that Chauvin deprived Floyd of his rights by kneeling on his neck as he was handcuffed and not resisting

A far-right extremist has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his violent actions during August 2020 protests against racial injustice in Oregon's largest city.

The Justice Department sued Texas over new redistricting maps Monday, saying the plans discriminate against the very Black and Latino voters who have fuelled the state's population boom.

In 2010, when he was not even an employee of Twitter, Agrawal quoted a comedian mocking racism and Islamophobia in America

Book review of THE 9.9 PERCENT: The New Aristocracy That Is Entrenching Inequality and Warping Our Culture

The verdict will add a final chapter to a criminal case that has deeply divided the United States

England Test skipper Joe Root on Thursday reacted to the racism controversy which has gripped the county of Yorkshire, saying the recent events at the club has fractured the game and torn lives apart.