Eric Zemmour is the new face of the French far-right. He launched his campaign for the 2022 Presidential Elections with a violent rally - where his supporters clashed with anti-racism protesters. Palki Sharma tells you why Zemmour's candidacy led to violence.

Gravitas: Far-right presidential candidate launches campaign with a violent rally

NASA, in the wake of the global anti-racism movement, has decided to do away with racially charged nicknames of celestial bodies. NASA is examining its use of phrases for planets, galaxies and other cosmic objects "as part of its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

NASA drops racially charged nicknames of celestial bodies

The white woman who called police against an African American birdwatcher by falsely accusing him of threatening her life after he asked her to leash her dog, has been criminally charged for the incident in New York.

Charge filed against white woman who called 911 against African American birdwatcher

Three Colorado police officers were fired and a fourth resigned after they shared photographs they took of themselves re-enacting a chokehold officers used to subdue a Black man who later died, authorities said on Friday.

Colorado police officers fired after photos mocking death of Black man surface

Jamaica has suspended the use of a badge representing one of the highest British royal honours after anti-racism protesters decried its imagery of a white angel standing on the head of Satan depicted as a chained man with dark skin.

Jamaica suspends use of British royal emblem after anti-racism protests

A Minneapolis judge on Monday set the trial date for four ex-police officers charged in the murder of African American George Floyd for March 8, 2021, making clear he did not want the sensitive case to become a media circus with the presidential election looming.

US judge sets George Floyd murder trial for next year

The ex-Atlanta Police officer who faces a felony murder charge for fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks last week kicked the 27-year-old man after he fell to the ground, Fulton County's district attorney said Wednesday.

Ex-Atlanta policeman charged with felony murder of Rayshard Brooks

From Cecil Rhodes in England and Captain James Cook in Australia to Christopher Columbus in the United States and King Leopold II in Belgium, the imperialists are under attack, sometimes from the descendants of those they once colonised.

Protestors target empire builders, Confederate symbols in biggest anti-racism movement since 1960s

Top US General Mark Milley said in a video message on Thursday that his presence with President Trump "created a perception of military involvement in domestic politics" in a photo-op near the White House after the area was forcefully cleared of anti-racism protesters.

I should not have been there: Top US General Mark Milley on Trump's photo-op near White House

A statue of Belgium's King Leopold II was removed from its plinth by activists in Brussels during Thursday night. A Reuters journalist found only an empty plinth in the Auderghem neighbourhood on Friday and no sign of the statue of the king, who ruled the Congo Free State for much of his reign from 1865 to 1909.

Activists remove statue of Belgian colonial King Leopold II in Brussels

A statue of Christopher Columbus in Richmond, US was torn down by anti-racism protestors, set on fire and then thrown into a lake. A sign that reads -- Columbus represents genocide -- was placed on the spray-painted foundation that once held the statue after it was removed from its pedestal in the city's Byrd Park around 8:30 pm on Tuesday by protestors using several ropes.

Statue of Christopher Columbus in US toppled, thrown in lake by anti-racism protestors

Protesters toppled a statue of the president of the Confederacy in the Virginia state capital of Richmond late on Wednesday -- the latest US monument to be torn down during nationwide demonstrations demanding an end to racial injustice.

Anti-racism protestors topple statue of Confederate president in Virginia

Two London police officers were attacked in an incident caught on video by a few people, sparking condemnation from the UK's Home Secretary and the city's mayor.

Two London police officers attacked in shocking incident

One of the four former Minneapolis police officers who were charged over the death of George Floyd, a black man whose death in custody set off protests for police reform and racial justice, was released on bail on Wednesday.

One of four Minneapolis police charged over Floyd's death freed on bail

England would soon remove a statue of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the worldwide scouting movement, the latest memorial to be taken down in the wake of anti-racism protests sparked by the death of George Floyd.

Statue of scout founder to be taken down in Britain in wake of anti-racism protests

Anti-racism protests in the U.K are turning political with several Indian-origin MPs now caught in the debate. The country's interior minister Priti Patel is leading the campaign of balance.

Gravitas: Anti-racism protests: Priti Patel's balancing act

Anti-racism protests have spread beyond U.S. border to the rest of the world. WION's Palki Sharma gets you some voices from the 'Black Lives Matter' movement.

Gravitas: Anti-racism protests: Stories of injustice

The Democratic-led US House of Representatives took up the issues of police violence and racial injustice in America on Wednesday in the first congressional hearing since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked protests around the world.

'Stop the pain', says George Floyd's brother in first congressional hearing since his death

A toppled statue of a 17th Century English slave trader will be retrieved from the harbour and exhibited in a museum, Bristol City Council said on Wednesday. Anti-racism protestors pulled down the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol on Sunday and threw it into the harbour, triggering a debate about Britain's imperial past -- while protesting over the weekend against the killing of 46-year-old African-American George Floyd in the US.

Toppled statue of English slave trader to be moved to a museum