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Billboard Music Awards bans Morgan Wallen after racist misconduct
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 30 (ANI): The prestigious Billboard Music Awards on Thursday (local time) announced that American pop star Morgan Wallen has received six BBMA nominations based on sales and airplay, but he will not appear on the broadcast, as his 'conduct does not align with productio
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Family of Sikh killed at FedEx facility in US' Indianapolis terms shooting
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hoshiarpur (Punjab) [India], April 18 (ANI): The family of 68-year-old Jaswinder Singh, who was among the eight people killed in the mass shooting at a FedEx facility the US city of Indianapolis, termed the attack as "racial killing".
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Morgan Wallen still working on himself following racial slur controversy,
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 14 (ANI): American country music star Morgan Wallen penned a moving note explaining that he has been working on himself during his time away from the spotlight. He also shared that he will not be playing any concerts or festivals this summer.
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Study sheds light on inequities in COVID-19 mortality across racial groups
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Cambridge (Massachusetts) [US], April 6 (ANI): Black women are dying at significantly higher rates than white men, and that disparity in mortality rates among women of all races are greater than those between white women and white men. These are the findings of a new study led by Harvard Uni
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Tottenham Hotspur condemn racist abuse of Davinson Sanchez
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 5 (ANI): Tottenham Hotspur has condemned the racial abuse directed towards its defender Davinson Sanchez following a Premier League match against Newcastle United.
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Eric Church 'heartbroken' over Morgan Wallen's racial slur controversy
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 3 (ANI): Singer-songwriter Eric Church is disappointed with country music star Morgan Wallen's use of a racial slur earlier this year. The 43-year-old singer weighed in on the controversy, stating he was "heartbroken."
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New York State legalizes recreational cannabis in bid to stop racial margi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], March 31 (ANI/Sputnik): New York has become the 15th state in the United States to legalize adult-use of recreational marijuana after years of discourse that the ban discriminates against communities of colour, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.
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BTS: 'Sincerely outraged with Asian hatred. Stop the violence!'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], March 31 (ANI/Global Economic): Group Bangtan Boys (BTS) have strongly expressed their opposition to racial discrimination, saying, "we are outraged" at the hatred targeting Asians spreading in Western society recently.
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Steven Spielberg to donate USD 2M to non-profits fighting for racial, econ
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 26 (ANI): American filmmaker Steven Spielberg who was selected for the Genesis Prize, an honour referred to as the 'Jewish Nobel', in February -- announced on Friday that in partnership with the Genesis Prize Foundation, the USD 1 million award he received will be dole
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UN Human Rights Council renews mandate of Commission on Human Rights on Sy
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 25, (ANI): The United States co-sponsored a resolution led by the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Netherlands, Qatar, and Turkey that highlighted ongoing atrocities by the Assad regime in Syria and renewed the mandate of the Independent In
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We are bigger and better than that: Rodrigues responds to racial abuse
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Manchester [UK], March 23 (ANI): Manchester United's Fred Rodrigues, who was subjected to racial abuse on social media following the club's FA Cup exit, has reacted sharply to the racist remarks saying that "we cannot feed that culture".
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Biden says US 'must change laws that enable discrimination'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 22 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden says American laws need to be changed in order to root out racial discrimination.
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