MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin mocked the United States embassy in Moscow on Friday for flying a rainbow flag to celebrate LGBT rights, suggesting it reflects the sexual orientation of his staff. FILE PHOTO: A rainbow flag flies in support of the LGBT community at the British Embassy in …
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ATLANTA (Reuters) – Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial, a nine-story-high bas-relief sculpture carved out of a sprawling rock northeast of Atlanta, is perhaps the most daring monument in the south to its legacy of slavery still intact. FILE PHOTO: A man speaks into a megaphone while pointing at the granite-carved Confederate …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – A man carrying a “Free Hong Kong” sign while riding a motorcycle against police in a protest against the Chinese rulers of the territory became the first person on Friday accused of inciting separatism and the terrorism under a new security law. The Hong Kong Judiciary …
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Graffiti saying “Racist Fish” is seen on a statue of “The Little Mermaid” in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 3, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix / Niels Christian Vilmann via REUTERS COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark woke up on Friday with the words “racist fish” scrawled on the base of the “Little Mermaid,” the …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – A man carrying a “Free Hong Kong” sign while riding a motorcycle against police in a protest against the Chinese rulers of the territory became the first person on Friday accused of inciting separatism and the terrorism under a new security law. The Hong Kong Judiciary …
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