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May 28, 2023

RAF’s big farewell for Black war hero

Marc Wadsworth Military chiefs, Black Second World and other veterans, celebrities, friends and neighbours were among hundreds of mourners who joined a final farewell to one of the last “pilots of...

Haitian freedom pioneers to gather for their flag day

All nations hold their flags dear and this is especially true in the case of Haiti. On May 18 1803, after some 12 years of fighting to gain their freedom from enslavement, the various African military leaders in France’s Saint Domingue colony in the ...

Refugee status in Britain 'can make you homeless'

The horrors of being an asylum seeker in the UK are well documented. You're stripped of any purposeful activity, be it work or volunteering. If destitute, as most are, you are reduced to a bare £36.62 a week to live and feed yourself and your fa ...

Anti-surveillance group calls for internet day of action

More than 30 civil liberties groups and tech companies have formed a coalition against internet surveillance and NSA spying, with a "Reset the Net" day of action planned for June 5 to mark a year since Edward Snowden’s leaks.“Don' ...

Repeat offender: Jeremy Clarkson apologises for another racist gaffe

Star of the BBC's internationally popular Top Gear motoring show, Jeremy Clarkson, has apologised and "begged for forgiveness" after a clip of him reciting the deeply offensive nursery rhyme Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe was published by ...

PR king Max Clifford jailed for sex attacks on girls

Britain's most famous public relations guru to the stars has been found guilty and jailed for eight years for a string of indecent assaults on teenage girls over a period of more than three decades.Max Clifford, aged 71, the king of the slea ...

Competition to showcase new young Black writers

UK charity the Citizen Journalism Educational Trust (CJET) and The-Latest.Com are proud to announce they have teamed up with the multi award-winning Guardian newspaper to launch a Young Black Minority Ethnic Columnist of the Year competition. It ...

Kardashian's Vogue cover sparks angry calls to boycott magazine

When Vogue magazine revealed their April issue cover stars to be none other than US rapper Kanye West and reality TV celebrity Kim Kardashian no one could have predicted the reaction it has provoked from fashion industry insiders, stars and the public.Dub ...

Destitute and desperate: Male prostitution on rise in Lebanon

In an economically troubled, conservative country where homosexual behaviour is taboo, a growing number of men are prostituting themselves to scrape together a living.When talking about his life "Hassan" hesitates, the words coming out with diff ...

Somalia: The 'deadliest country for journalists in Africa'

A high profile media event which brought together prominent journalists and proprietors from across Africa failed to adequately address the issue of press freedom, at a time when cases of media rights violations are on the increase in Eastern Africa.The Af ...

Porn, social media and the internet

Most mainstream social media platforms have struggled with what is euphemistically referred to as a “porn problem.” Some, like Facebook and Instagram, have responded by instituting draconian and perplexing anti-obscenity policies ...

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