DW — In London, several works of art by Pablo Picasso are on sale to the highest bidder. The auction has also opened old family wounds inflicted by the painter. Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – Every day for the past two weeks, roughly 900 people have died of COVID-19 in the United States. The case count has been stuck at about 20,000 per... Read more »
BBC — Atlanta’s police chief has resigned after the fatal shooting of an African-American man who had fallen asleep in his car at a drive-through restaurant. Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot by... Read more »
VOA — A decades-old Pentagon program that donates surplus military-grade weapons and vehicles to local police departments is drawing fresh scrutiny amid the weeks-long protests over the death of African American George... Read more »
VOA — DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – The U.S. ambassador to Iran mistakenly told the shah in 1953 that Britain’s newly enthroned Queen Elizabeth II backed a plan to overthrow the country’s... Read more »
VOA — WASHINGTON – The January killing of powerful Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq has resulted in a new reality in which Iran is deterred from... Read more »
VOA — The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States has gone over the 2 million mark, by far the world’s highest number, Johns Hopkins University’s coronavirus resource center said Thursday.... Read more »
RFI — The American reference dictionary Merriam-Webster says it will change its definition of the word racism at the suggestion of a young black woman, who felt it did not reflect the... Read more »
VOA —The death of George Floyd and the subsequent anti-racism protests sweeping the U.S. are being latched onto by African and ethnic minorities elsewhere — from Iraq to Britain, from Canada to... Read more »
VOA — LONDON – A British government report suggests that BAME communities in England — people from black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds — are up to 50% more likely to die... Read more »