CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s prime minister said Tuesday he was confident that Indigenous Australians overwhelmingly support a proposal to create their own representative body to advise Parliament and have it enshrined in the constitution. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s remarks came as Tiwi Islanders cast their votes on making such a constitutional change. They were among … Read more
NANTERRE, France — The race of the police officer who fatally shot a French teenager throughout a visitors cease final week hasn’t been disclosed, and there’s no motive why it will be. Formally, race doesn’t exist in France. However the loss of life of the French-born 17-year-old with North African roots, which despatched rioters into … Read more
NANTERRE, France — Hushed and visibly anguished, a whole lot of mourners from France’s Islamic neighborhood fashioned a solemn procession from a mosque to a hillside cemetery on Saturday to bury a 17-year-old whose killing by police has triggered days of rioting and looting throughout the nation. Underscoring the gravity of the disaster, President Emmanuel … Read more
BAMBER BRIDGE, England — The village of Bamber Bridge in northwestern England is pleased with the blow it struck towards racism within the U.S. navy throughout World Struggle II. When an all-Black truck regiment was stationed within the village, residents refused to simply accept the segregation ingrained within the U.S. Military. Ignoring strain from British … Read more
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s Senate voted Monday to carry a referendum this yr on creating an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, an advocate aiming to provide the nation’s most deprived ethnic minority extra say on authorities coverage. Dozens of primarily Indigenous individuals stood up the general public galleries and clapped when senators handed the referendum invoice … Read more