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Amnesty UK vows to confront politicians over toxic language during election campaign

Amnesty UK vows to confront politicians over toxic language during election campaign

Politicians will be confronted if they use toxic language during the general election campaign, Amnesty International UK warned on Friday 28 April. Kate Allen, director of the human rights group, told IBTimes UK that her organisation will call out such behaviour.What politicians say influences public opinion and influences behaviour and there we want them to be careful, she said. Apr 28, 2017
Gift Ngoepe: The first African player in Major League Baseball

Gift Ngoepe: The first African player in Major League Baseball

Gift Ngoepe is the first African-born player in Major League Baseball. The 27-year-old second baseman is originally from Pietersburg, South Africa. Ngoepe spent 8 1/2 years in the minors before being called up by the Pittsburgh Pirates. In his first at-bat, Ngoepe hits a single grounder to center field. While on base, Ngoepe said that he had to fight back the tears. In Ngoepes debut, the Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 6-5. I and #39;m from Africa, Ngoepe said after the game. Baseball is not a popular sport, but if you work hard enough and dream a little bit, anything is possible. Apr 28, 2017
Macedonian MPs attacked as 200 protesters storm parliament

Macedonian MPs attacked as 200 protesters storm parliament

The ethnic tensions have been sparked after the breakdown of coalition talks to form a new government. A sticking point is the demand by the Albanian minority, comprising one quarter of the population, that their tongue be recognised as the official second language. Apr 28, 2017
What has Trump done in his first 100 days as president?

What has Trump done in his first 100 days as president?

After taking office on 20 January Donald Trump has kept himself busy in his first one hundred days.From instituting travel bans to launching missiles against Syria. Here is a round-up of what the 45th President of the United States has done so far. Apr 27, 2017
Boris Johnson defends calling Jeremy Corbyn a mugwump

Boris Johnson defends calling Jeremy Corbyn a mugwump

Boris Johnson MP has defended his attack on Jeremy Corbyn MP, after referring to him as a mutton-headed mugwump. The Foreign Secretary accused the Labour leader of being wedded to old fashioned policies on nuclear disarmament and NATO, and said voters need to know he poses a very real threat to the UK in a world that is uncertain and unstable. Apr 27, 2017
Emmanuel Macron booed by crowd and upstaged by Marine Le Pen over Whirlpool factory closure

Emmanuel Macron booed by crowd and upstaged by Marine Le Pen over Whirlpool factory closure

French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron was booed by employees at a factory slated for closure on 26 April, after being upstaged by political opponent Marine Le Pen. Macrons diary had included a meeting in the chamber of commerce with union representatives from the Whirlpool plant, but Le Pen pulled off a surprise campaign stunt by meeting the picketing workers at the same time. When Macron later went to the factory, he was greeted by boos and chants of President Marine by some in the crowd. Apr 27, 2017
Caltrans workers run to avoid dramatic landslide

Caltrans workers run to avoid dramatic landslide

Wendy Kornberg was waiting in traffic and started filming as Caltrans workers ran to avoid a dramatic landslide on 25 April. The hillside gave way above U.S. Highway 101 north of Laytonville, near Leggett, California. Apr 27, 2017
Wheelchair user shares video of harassment: ‘If you was in my shoes you’d be laughing now’

Wheelchair user shares video of harassment: ‘If you was in my shoes you’d be laughing now’

Wheelchair user Becca shared a video on Twitter which showed a man harassing her on the street after claiming he could heal her. The man apparently approached her in the car park of a leisure centre in Gloucester on 25 April and asked her what was wrong before claiming he could heal her. The pair then engaged in a heated argument, which ended with the man telling Becca “you can swear all you want to, that’s just the devil. Apr 27, 2017
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