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California Approves First Statewide Ethnic Studies Curriculum For High Schools
As America stems from its recent series of deadly hate crimes and racism, the California State Board of Education on Thursday adopted the nation’s first statewide ethnic studies curriculum for high schools, saying the teaching of discrimination and oppression hasn’t been more important ever before Following an eight-hour public meeting Thursday, board members voted unanimously,…
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Full text of ex-Mumbai commissioner Param Bir Singh’s letter to Uddhav Thackeray
Following the backlash against Sachin Vaze over his handling of a case involving the car carrying explosives was standing outside the home of India’s richest person Mukesh Ambani, the police commissioner of Mumbai Param Bir Singh was removed from his position. Param Bir Singh has written the following letter to Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray:…
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Iceland includes Judaism to the list of state-recognized religions
The Interior Ministry of Iceland has included Judaism in its list of state-recognized religious and life-stance groups. The move previously this year means that Icelandic Jews may register themselves and their children as belonging to the nation’s Jewish community. Organizations recognized by the state as representing a community may benefit from the country’s church tax,…
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27 year old nurse died after taking AstraZeneca vaccination
A nurse was reportedly dead on Friday after she received the AstraZeneca vaccine in Georgia’s southwestern city of Akhaltsikhe on Thursday. The 27-year-old nurse Megi Bakradze, who developed an alleged anaphylactic reaction after getting the first shot of the vaccine, died after being shifted to a hospital located in Tbilisi, local Interpressnews reported. The report…
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U.S. Senate confirms William Burns to be CIA director
The U.S. Senate confirmed veteran diplomat William Burns on Thursday to become President Joe Biden’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director. The Senate voted by unanimous consent, without objection, to approve Burns, a former ambassador to Russia and former deputy secretary of state, to head the agency. Burns served as ambassador in Russia and Jordan and…
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Biden doing fine after stumbling while boarding Air Force One, says White House
U.S. President Joe Biden is doing fine after stumbling on the steps two times as he climbed aboard Air Force One on Friday, White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. She suggested high winds at Joint Base Andrews near Washington may have been a reason behind stumbling. “It’s very windy outside,” said Jean-Pierre when asked…
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‘Racial bias runs deep’ at America’s largest banks, CBB study says
The banking industry of the US has a race problem, and a new study discusses the inequalities within the nation’s largest financial institutions. For people of color, the chances of achieving promotion to the highest levels of management or senior and executive leadership at some of the nation’s most powerful consumer banks are way less…
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Jesuit priests pledges to raise $100 million for paying for slaveholding
An American Catholic order has pledged to raise $100 million for the descendants of the African slaves it once owned and sold by establishing a foundation. The New York Times reported on Monday that the Jesuit priests’ foundation referred to the move as “one of the largest efforts by an institution to atone for slavery”.…
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January 6 attack was ‘domestic terrorism’, says FBI Director Wray
FBI Director Chris Wray on Tuesday alleged supporters of former US President Donald Trump who carried out an attack on the Capitol on January 6 attack of ‘domestic terrorism’ and vowed to hold them accountable. “It’s the behavior that we, the FBI, view as domestic terrorism,” Wray said. Chris Wray “Citizens from around the country…
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Rahul Gandhi falsely claims Gaddafi and Saddam won elections
On Friday, in the program of the University of Chicago, Indian National Congress (INC) leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein also won the elections. Gandhi made this claim in order to discredit the election victories of their biggest opposition Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) against INC, mainly in general elections of 2014 and…
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