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Kuwait

Actor apologises after outcry over Kuwait 'blackface' comedy show

Hasan al-Ballam took to Instagram to apologise for any offence caused by the episode of comedy show Block Ghashmarah in which actors were “blacked-up” and portrayed Sudanese people to be lazy.

07/06/2018

USA

ABC cancels hit Roseanne show

The US ABC network has cancelled its hit reboot of "Roseanne" following a racist tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett,

30/05/2018

Germany

German Chancellor and Turkish FM attend Solingen memorial ceremony

Angela Merkel and Mevlut Cavusoglu both spoke on the 25th anniversary of the racist attack that killed five members of the Turkish community

29/05/2018

World News

Starbucks closes 8,000 stores for anti-racism traning

Starbucks closes 8,000 stores across the U.S. for anti-racism training

29/05/2018

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Thousands of nationalist Alternative for Germany supporters march

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27/05/2018

Germany

German firm sorry over ‘racist’ post linked to newly-wed Meghan Markle

A sweet manufacturer in Germany has apologised after posting a picture of a chocolate-covered marshmallow on the day of Meghan Markle's marriage to Britain's Prince Harry.

23/05/2018

Croatia

Racism and hate speech in Croatia 'is on the rise'

Racism and hate speech is on the rise in Croatia and Serbs, Roma and the LGBT community are the main targets, according to the Council of Europe.

15/05/2018

Cult

Spike Lee's "BlacKkKlansman" gets Cannes ovation

Lee's new movie, based on a true story, wowed the audience at Cannes for its premiere, and puts the American director, not seen at the festival for nearly three decades, in prime position for a prize, and maybe even the Palme d'Or.

15/05/2018

World News

Racism in UK more normalised since Brexit vote: UN report

Since the Brexit vote, British politicians have failed to "consistently and unequivocally" condemn racist rhetoric, the UN special rapporteur on racism said.

12/05/2018

World News

Over 4 million anti-Semitic posts recorded on Twitter in one year: report

A report from the Anti-Defamation League estimated that some 3 million Twitter users posted or retweeted 4.2 million anti-Semitic English-language tweets in the 12 months ending on Jan 28, 2018.

10/05/2018

France

French supermarket 'bans racists'

After his staff were repeatedly abused, a supermarket owner decided he had to act against racist customers.

08/05/2018

USA

Black men arrested at Starbucks settle for $1 each and $200,000 programme

Two men who were arrested at a Starbucks in Philadelphia without ordering anything settled for a symbolic $1 each and an entrepreneurial programme for public high school students.

02/05/2018

Germany

Berlin march against anti-semitism: 4 questions answered

People in Berlin will be handed Jewish headgear at an event today. Here's why:

25/04/2018

United Kingdom

Britain creates annual Stephen Lawrence day

25 years on from racist murder of black teenager

24/04/2018

Business Series

Enoch Powell's 'Rivers of Blood' speech

Before widespread immigration, the streets of Europe looked very different

20/04/2018

USA

Starbucks to close 8,000 US cafés for an afternoon’s racial bias training

The move by the world’s biggest coffee company follows the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia café last week.

18/04/2018

Germany

German far-right MP under fire over Münster attack tweets

Beatrix von Storch faces calls for her resignation over Islamophobic tweets in the aftermath of the deadly van rampage in Münster on Saturday.

09/04/2018

USA

Commemorations across the U.S. 50 years after civil rights leader Martin Luther King was assassinated

MLK's legacy lives on as commemorations call for an end to racism. He was 39 years-old when he was shot in Memphis, Tennessee

04/04/2018

United Kingdom

Britain's Labour party loses a key Jewish donor

Sir David Garrard, who has given Labour 1.7 million euros since 2003, says the party he began supporting financially 15 years ago "no longer exists" under its present leadership.

01/04/2018

Russia

Football: racist chants directed at French players in Russia

Racist chants directed at two French football players were allegedly heard during a friendly between France and Russia in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday.

28/03/2018