Tag: Charlottesville

Charlottesville suspect arrested in Georgia to be extradited

A man wanted in connection with the beating of a black man in Charlottesville on the day of a white nationalist rally turned himself in to authorities in Georgia and will be extradited to Virginia, officials have said. Alex Michael Ramos, 33, surrendered Monday evening at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Sgt. Lawson Bittick told …

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August 30, 2017

Extreme views, extreme actions

Given that Barcelona is among the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, it is hardly surprising that almost all victims of last Thursday’s terrorist rampage came from different parts of the world. The murderous intent, as is usual in such cases, was indiscriminate. Precisely what motivated the young Muslims, several of them still in their …

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August 24, 2017

A planet too hot to live on

What has happened in Charlottesville showed that temperatures and tempers are flaring in this long hot summer. Is the Arab Spring spreading worldwide due to climate warming? The Arab Spring broke out in 2011 with a wave of demonstrations and protests in Oman, Yemen, Egypt, Syria and Morocco. This was hailed as the outbreak of …

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August 20, 2017

Trump’s response to white supremacist violence not enough: Poll

Most Americans think President Donald Trumps response to the white supremacist rally that turned violent at Charlottesville in Virginia was not strong enough, a new poll has revealed. Fifty-two per cent of people surveyed said Trump’s response was insufficient while 27 per cent said his reaction was strong enough and 21 per cent were unsure, …

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August 17, 2017

Obama’s tweet in response to Charlottesville breaks record

Former US President Barack Obama’s response to the weekend’s violence in Charlottesville in US state of Virginia, has broken the record for most Twitter likes, with a number of over 3 million on the social media platform. “No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin or his background or …

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August 17, 2017

Trump again blames ‘both sides’ for Charlottesville violence

US President Donald Trump has again “blamed both sides” for the deadly violence at a white supremacist rally over the weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, that resulted in the death of a 32-year-old woman. In a show of defiance, Trump told reporters in Manhattan on Tuesday that there were “two sides to a story” just a …

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August 16, 2017

Charlottesville fallout: Six business leaders quit Trump panel

The number of manufacturing council members who have quit following US President Donald Trump’s remarks about White supremacists has risen to six after a key American labour leader said he was stepping down. Richard Trumka, President of the 12.5-million-member AFL-CIO, announced on Tuesday: “I cannot sit on a council for a President that tolerates bigotry …

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August 16, 2017

Obama’s Charlottesville tweet most liked tweet in history

An anti-racism tweet by former US President Barack Obama after the Charlottesville violence in which he quoted iconic South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has become the most liked tweet ever, garnering more than 2.8 million likes. “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or …

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August 16, 2017

Spark that lit alt-right violence

If you’re surprised by what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend, you shouldn’t be. On Friday neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, and other “alt-right” activists descended on the city and, predictably, violence erupted. As of Sunday morning, three people were dead, including one protestor mowed down in an apparent act of domestic terrorism and …

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August 15, 2017

Trump calls KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists ‘repugnant’

US President Donald Trump on Monday denounced white supremacists, neo-Nazis and the KKK as un-American and promised swift justice against those responsible for the death in Charlottesville, Virginia. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence. It has no place in America,” Trump said at the White House. …

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August 15, 2017