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Amid an intense national debate over racism and frequent eruptions of ugly, hate-filled speech on social media, Starbucks announced a pause on social media advertising in order to determine how to "stop the spread of hate speech"
World
17.08.2024
Starbucks pauses social media ads as it targets 'hate speech'
US President Donald Trump has long been accused of fanning racial tensions, including during the nationwide reckoning triggered by the death-in-custody of African American George Floyd
World
17.08.2024
Trump tweets -- then deletes -- video of fan yelling 'white power'
A victorious Anne Hidalgo after being elected to another term as Paris mayor
World
17.08.2024
Anne Hidalgo: anti-car Socialist mayor of Paris
Employees of Russia's state-owned oil pipeline monopoly Transneft take part in the clean-up operation after the massive fuel spill in the Ambarnaya River last month
World
17.08.2024
Russian mining giant admits waste 'violations' at Arctic plant
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rejected pressure to intervene in the case of a Huawei executive being held on a US warrant
World 17.08.2024
Canadian detainee's wife 'disappointed' Trudeau rules out swap with China
US House speaker Nancy Pelosi, seen wearing a protective mask at a May 7, 2020 briefing, has urged President Donald Trump to set an example by doing the same
World 17.08.2024
As virus surges, Trump under pressure to adopt mask
The coffins of J. Jayaraj and Bennicks Immanuel were carried through the crowd in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu
World 17.08.2024
'George Floyds of India': outrage mounts over police custody deaths
Proposed judicial reforms sparked protests in Kinshasa last week which further strained relations within the governing coalition
World 17.08.2024
DR Congo PM lashes out at arrest of justice minister
Iceland's President Gudni Johannesson has won a second four-year term
World 17.08.2024
Iceland president re-elected with 92 percent of vote
A landmine is exploded during Turkish demining operations in the Salah al-Din area, south of the Libyan capital Tripoli on June 15, 2020
World 17.08.2024
Civilians among over 100 victims of Libya mines: UN
Lazarus Chakwera led Malawi's oldest party MCP back from the wilderness to become the country's new president
World 17.08.2024
Lazarus Chakwera, ex-preacher turned Malawi's new president
Polish President Andrzej Duda is a key ally for the government
World 17.08.2024
Polish populists tested as country votes
Fighting in Myanmar's northwest has displaced tens of thousands of civilians
World 17.08.2024
UN warns of 'intensified fighting' in Myanmar's Rakhine state
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