The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. A white couple has been arrested after they were caught on camera pointing a gun at a black woman and her family in front of a restaurant in Michigan, authorities …
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A stylist wears a protective mask while cutting a client’s hair at Tusk Hair stylists on July 4 in London. Leon Neal / Getty Images London has seen more than its share of crisis. The 2,000-year-old metropolis has suffered from a flu pandemic, the Blitz, and several financial crises in …
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Just a couple of months ago, the outbreak of coronavirus in the US was serious, but it was not such a different picture in Europe. Now, once the most affected European nations like Italy, the United Kingdom, France and Spain have their outbreaks under control while the situation in the …
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The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. Atlanta, Georgia faces renewed calls for the removal of the Stone Mountain Confederate Monument after activists voiced outrage at the monument’s planned reopening on Independence Day weekend. The nine-story-high bas-relief …
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