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'Want to be a better ally for Black community': Mathew Perry stands agains
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Joining scores of other Hollywood celebrities, 'Friends' actor Matthew Perry on Saturday addressed his white privilege and expressed his wish to be a "better" ally for the African-Americans who have faced racism in the United States.
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Indian American shelters 70 George Floyd protesters
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 6 (ANI): As protestors were protesting peacefully in Washington, D.C., earlier this week, over George Floyds death, many suddenly found themselves "trapped" by police officers on either end of a street in northwest Washington DC. And on that very street, an Indian
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Silver Lake, co-investors to invest additional Rs 4,546.80 cr in Jio platf
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 6 (ANI): Reliance Industries Limited and Jio Platforms Limited on Saturday announced that American private equity giant Silver Lake and its co-investors will invest an additional Rs 4,546.80 crore in Jio Platforms, in addition to the Rs 5,655.75 crore of in
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American blogger based in Pakistan levels rape allegations against former
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): Cynthia D. Ritchie, an American blogger based in Pakistan, has alleged that she was "raped" in 2011 by the country's then-"Interior Minister Rehman Malik" and accused former PM Yousaf Raza Gillani of psychically manhandling her.
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Kanye West joins George Floyd protesters marching in his hometown of Chica
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): American rapper Kanye West has thrown his weight behind protesters from his hometown marching against the killing of George Floyd. The rapper was spotted joining demonstrators in Chicago on Thursday.
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Oprah Winfrey to host two-night town hall to address racism in America
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): Oprah Winfrey will host a two-night TV town hall to address the issue of racism in America in the wake of widespread protests since the death of George Floyd, an African-American man, at the hands of police officers.
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American Corp. approves $1 billion funding to support projects in developi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): The US-based Development Finance Corporation has approved an investment of USD one billion to support global development projects in developing countries, including Africa, Latin America, as well as the Indo-Pacific region, reeling from COVID-19.
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Adding to economic fallout post Covid, American businesses say they won't
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 5 (ANI): In another major blow to the US economy, which has already been grappling with the economic fallout of virus crisis, American businesses have said the financial devastation from the shutdown has left them unable to pay their retail rents for months.
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Leonardo DiCaprio pledges to 'end disenfranchisement of Black America'
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Actor Leonardo DiCaprio on Friday said that he is donating to different organisations working on equal rights.
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Trump thanks Iran for releasing American hostage, says 'a deal is possible
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 5 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday thanked Iran for releasing the American hostage Michael White, saying that, 'it shows a deal is possible'.
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We can unite without Trump: Former Defence Secretary Mattis over countrywi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 4 (ANI): Amid the nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, Former US Secretary of Defence James Mattis on Wednesday criticised US President Donald Trump saying that he is the "the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American peopl
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Lewis Hamilton 'overcome with rage' following George Floyd's death
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has said that he has been filled with rage following the death of African-American George Floyd in the United States.
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