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AP-NORC poll: Many in US say protest impact will be positive

Ahead of the Juneteenth holiday weekend’s demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality, more than 4 in 10 ...

Black Lives Matter spurs scrutiny of Dutch colonial past

The 17th century has gone down in Dutch history as the Golden Age, when unprecedented trading wealth helped fund the likes ...

Slovenia police remove protesters from Ljubljana square

Slovenian riot police on Friday removed protesters from a central square in the capital Ljubljana during weekly ...

Police fire tear gas at protest against Mali's president

Police fired tear gas at protesters demanding President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita's resignation Friday as tens of thousands took ...

Belarus' authoritarian leader claims foreign plot thwarted

The president of Belarus said Friday that his government thwarted a foreign-inspired plot to destabilize the ex-Soviet nation ...

Belarus' authoritarian leader claims foreign plot thwarted

The president of Belarus said Friday that his government thwarted a foreign-inspired plot to destabilize the ex-Soviet nation ...

Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action

In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they ...

Atlanta police call out sick to protest charges in shooting

Atlanta police officers called out sick Thursday to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer who shot a man ...

China's top lawmakers take up draft Hong Kong security law

China's top legislative body has taken up a draft national security law for Hong Kong that has been strongly criticized as ...

Seattle police union expelled from large labor group

The largest labor group in the Seattle area has expelled the city's police union, saying the guild representing officers ...

Armenia's ex-president freed from jail on $4.1-million bail

A court in the Armenian capital ruled Thursday to free former Armenian President Robert Kocharian on $4.1-million bail — the ...

Slave's grave vandalized in UK city in apparent retaliation

British officials said Thursday the grave of an enslaved African man has been vandalized in an apparent “retaliation attack” ...

Slave's grave vandalized in UK city in apparent retaliation

British officials said Thursday the grave of an enslaved African man has been vandalized in an apparent “retaliation attack” ...

Black Lives Matter network establishes $12M grant fund

The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has established a fund worth more than $12 million to aid organizations ...

A teen’s killing stirs Black Lives Matter protests in Brazil

When Rafaela Matos saw police helicopters over her favela and heard gunshots, she fell to her knees and asked God to protect ...

Voices of protest, crying for change, ring across US, beyond

They are nurses and doctors, artists, students, construction workers, government employees; black, brown and white; young and ...

Oxford college recommends removal of Cecil Rhodes statue

The governing body of Oxford University’s Oriel College on Wednesday recommended the removal of a statue of Victorian ...

France: Protests by activists, medics and disgruntled police

French medical workers rallied Wednesday in support of a nurse who was dragged through the dirt by police and detained, amid ...

LGBT activist ends meeting with Polish president in protest

A gay rights activist in Poland said he ended a meeting with the country's conservative president without saying goodbye ...

Lafayette Square could decide Trump's legacy — and election

Charlottesville. Helsinki. The children in cages at the Mexican border. And now Lafayette Square. Only a few legacy-defining ...