(Reuters) – A predominantly black group of heavily armed protesters marched through Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta on Saturday, calling for the removal of the giant Confederate rock carving at the site that civil rights activists consider a monument to racism. FILE PHOTO: A woman speaks in front of the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United States President Donald Trump promised on Saturday to defeat the “radical left” in a speech on Independence Day at the White House that condemned recent protests against monuments to historical figures as attempts to destroy America. Trump stated without evidence that 99% of the coronavirus cases …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Converting the Istanbul Hagia Sophia monument from a museum to a mosque would be “unacceptable,” a senior Russian Orthodox Church official said Saturday. FILE PHOTO: Hagia Sophia or Ayasofya, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was a Byzantine cathedral before it became a mosque that is currently …
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(Reuters) – Dozens of jade miners killed in a landslide in northern Myanmar were buried Saturday, a local official said, after 77 were buried Friday in a mass grave in one of the worst mining accidents in the history of the country. FILE PHOTO: Volunteers carry coffins containing bodies of …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is not in talks with Washington about its potential role at an expanded Group of Seven summit later this year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday, insisting that China should also be included in the event. FILE PHOTO: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov …
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