A 555.55-carat black diamond called ‘The Enigma’ has been unveiled in Dubai. Auction house Sotheby's displayed the rare gem to scribes as part of a tour in Dubai and Los Angeles. The diamond, which is believed to have come from outer space, will be put up for auction in February in London.

From outer space? 555.55-carat black diamond ‘The Enigma’ set for auction

Three white men have now been convicted of murdering a black man Ahmaud Arbery in the United States. The three men have been sentenced to life in prison.

US: Three white men sentenced to life in prison for murdering a black man Ahmaud Arbery

When Virgil Abloh died last week at the age of 41, I thought of my father. Many in the Black community did. We thought of all the other Black men we’ve loved and lost too early: our friends, our fathers, our brothers.

As a black man in America, I feel death looming every day

The Friday before Thanksgiving, as millions of people around the country started packing up cars and prepared to board flights to reunite with their families, about 20 guests gathered inside a quiet gallery at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago for a moment of collective mourning.

A monument to the lives of Black women and girls

Experts have revealed that Covid-related death rates are higher in unvaccinated Black and South Asian people. Keeping this in mind, doctors have urged unvaccinated Black and south Asian population to get Covid jabs as soon as possible.

UK: Black and south Asian population told to get vaccinated citing higher death rates

A viral video doing rounds on social media has captured a shocking incident in which a white student can be seen hitting a Black teacher. The incident took place in a school named Castleberry High School in Texas, USA.

Investigation on after white student hits black teacher in Texas school

After being stopped by police in South Carolina in July, a Black man was ordered to lie on the ground. When he did not do so quickly, because he has metal rods and pins in his leg and hip, an officer stomped on the back of his head.

Black man stomped by South Carolina officer will receive $650,000 settlement

Quandra Prettyman, who developed some of the country’s first courses in Black women’s literature as the first Black full-time faculty member at Barnard College, died Oct.

Quandra Prettyman, champion of black women’s literature, dies at 88

The Justice Department announced an $88 million settlement on Thursday with victims of a white supremacist who shot dead nine Black churchgoers in South Carolina in 2015.

US reaches $88 million settlement with Black victims of white supremacist

Archaeologists believe they have uncovered the original brick foundation of one of the nation’s oldest historically Black churches, known as the First Baptist Church.

Archaeologists unearth foundation of historic black church formed in 1776

According to a new report, black and minority ethnic girls in England are more than twice as likely to be excluded from school as their white counterparts. Few alarming findings show that the number of girls excluded from education is growing at a significantly higher rate than boys.

England: Black girls more likely to be excluded from schools as white girls

United Kingdom's cut to its aid budget comes to about £4 billion a year. Such a massive reduction is a blow to many. However, the most affected will be the local organisations who perpetually find themselves last in line for funding.

UK aid cuts make it important to address anti-black bias in funding

A county in South Carolina agreed Tuesday to pay $10 million to the family of a Black man who died in January after sheriff’s deputies used pepper spray and Tasers on him in a jail cell as he told them, “I can’t breathe,” officials said.

County reaches $10 million settlement in jailed Black man’s death

Police shooting of Black man sparks fresh protests in US

A US army lieutenant was subjected to excessive force by two police officers of the Virginia police department at a traffic stop. The army officer, Caron Nazario, was stopped by the two Virginia police officers for not have permanent license plates in his new Chevrolet Tahoe on December 5, 2020.

Police officers use excessive force on US army officer of Black-Latino origin

On an unseasonably warm day in February, two men working with a local community group went door to door in an ethnically diverse neighbourhood to persuade people to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations.

Black and Hispanic communities grapple with vaccine misinformation

A 22-year-old woman from California, who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and tackled him at a New York City hotel in a widely seen video, was charged after returning to the city.

Woman in widely seen hotel confrontation charged in New York

Despite being at much greater risk of the disease people from minority ethnic backgrounds or with lower incomes are significantly less likely to take the coronavirus vaccine, research suggests.

Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups reluctant to take Covid-19 vaccine jab: UK study

Four police officers have been charged for beating and racially attacking a Black music producer, Michel Zecler, in his studio in Paris. The incident came to light after video footage of Zecler being beaten by Paris Police was shared on social media platforms, which attracted a lot of criticism and raised concerns about growing institutionalised racism against the Black community and Arabs.

French police charged for racially attacking Black music producer

BERLIN — In June, when Jelisa Delfeld joined a Telegram channel to help organize a silent demonstration against racism in Stuttgart, Germany, she was one of fewer than two dozen members.

Black Germans say it’s time to look inward

The US Navy has welcomed its first Black female Tactical Aircraft pilot. The Naval Air Training Command tweeted that Lt JG Madeline Swegle is the Navy's "first known Black female TACAIR pilot.

US Navy welcomes first Black female Tactical Aircraft pilot

The FBI has concluded the investigation on Tuesday on the noose found in the garage stalls of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace and said that the rope was no evidence of racist hate crime but an object that had been there for months.

'Bubba Wallace was not the target of a hate crime as per FBI investigation': NASCAR

NASCAR said Sunday night that a noose was found in the garage stall of black driver Bubba Wallace at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, and they have launched a probe of the "heinous" act.

Outrage as noose found in garage of black NASCAR driver

Members of Portugal's new parliament took up office on Friday, among them the country's first black women lawmakers who campaigned on promises to fight racism and inequality.

Portugal's first black women lawmakers take office

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