WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden is set to apologize to Native Americans for federally-run boarding schools that forcibly removed Native children from their families and subjected them to grave abuses, the White House said Thursday. Biden will issue his presidential apology Friday when he visits the Gila River Indian Community in th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – British King Charles III faced protest by an Indigenous lawmaker in Australia, telling the monarch the southern Pacific nation was not his land. Clad in a fur cloak, Senator Lidia Thorpe raised her voice to make Charles listen to her statement after the monarch delivered his speech in the Australian parliament. Secret [&h...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has ignited controversy after suggesting illegal immigrants are bringing what he called “bad genes” into the U.S. In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Trump claimed 13,000 convicted murderers have entered the country illegally. Trump’s comments were met wit...
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an official apology to Black Californians acknowledging the harm caused by slavery and centuries of discrimination. It is part of the state’s commitment to address its past injustices, recognizing the impact of racially motivated laws on the lives of Black people. California Assembly member Reggie Jones-Sawy...
South Africa’s former Minister of International Relations Naledi Pandor has been appointed the new chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Foundation. She will take over from Professor Njabulo Ndebele. Pandor will be the third person to hold this title since the foundation’s inception by Nelson Mandela himself in 1999. The organization aims to...
BERLIN (AA) – An apartment fire that claimed the lives of a Turkish Muslim mother and her 4-year-old son was deliberately set, German authorities say. “We do not believe that there was a technical defect, but rather that the fire was caused intentionally,” Ingo Kechichian, a spokesman for public prosecutors, told public broad...
Springfield, Ohio, has canceled its beloved CultureFest in the wake of Republican attacks on Haitian migrants during last week’s presidential debate. The event was set for September 27. However, city officials announced the cancellation, prioritizing public safety. This was after receiving multiple bomb threats, which turned out to be hoaxes...
The World Bank has halted all paid advertising on X, formerly Twitter, after a CBS News investigation revealed that its ads appear under racist content. CBS News discovered a verified X account with more than 115,000 followers posting offensive imagery and pro-Nazi rhetoric, with World Bank ads featured in the comments. The organization condem...
Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of Togu Balik, an ancient Uyghur city dating back approximately 1,400 years in northern Mongolia. This significant find was made during excavations in the Tuul River Valley. Experts say it provides crucial insights into Uyghur civilization, and challenges recent efforts by China to alter Uyghur history...
The Chinese government has sentenced seven brothers from a prominent Uyghur family to prison terms between nine and 17 years. The Obulqasim brothers were active in construction and trade in Chinese occupied Eastern Turkistan or Xinjiang. Chinese authorities detained them for charitable work and overseas activities they deemed suspicious. Their...
