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18 Sep

Faces of transgender people adorn an artwork in London’s Trafalgar Square

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LONDON -- An artwork featuring the plaster face casts of hundreds of transgender people went on display Wednesday in London’s Trafalgar Square, where their features will be worn away by London’s wind and rain over the next 18 months.Mexican artist Teresa Margolles’ “Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant)” is a 3.3-metric-ton (3.6-US-ton) cube covered in face masks of 726 trans, nonbinary and gender nonconforming people. It's the latest artwork placed atop the “ Fourth Plinth, ” a large stone pedestal in the central London square.Margolles, who trained as a forensic pathologist and once worked in a…
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10 Sep

Mel B joins a campaign calling for a new UK law to bar Afro hair discrimination

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LONDON -- Former Spice Girl Mel B is among dozens of Black Britons urging Parliament to update the country's equality laws and prohibit Afro hair discrimination. In an open letter to lawmakers on Tuesday, campaigners including Mel B, singer Beverley Knight and lawmaker Paulette Hamilton called for the U.K. to introduce a law to recognize Afro hair as a protected characteristic.“For too long, people with Afro hair have experienced unjust treatment in U.K. society and the current law is not direct enough to govern businesses, schools and the public to prevent serious harm,” read the open letter, released ahead of…
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09 Sep

King Charles attends church prayers on the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s death

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LONDON -- LONDON (AP) — King Charles III attended church near the royal Balmoral estate in Scotland for prayers and reflection in remembrance of his mother Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday, the second anniversary of her death. Charles, 75, and his wife Camilla have been spending the summer in the Scottish Highlands, where the late monarch died at 96 years old on September 8, 2022. Charles and Camilla were seen arriving for the Sunday morning service at the tiny granite church of Crathie Kirk, the royal family's place of worship when they stay in nearby Balmoral Castle. Charles' great-great-great-grandmother, Queen…
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04 Sep

Wearing prosthetics, Ukraine war veterans take to the runway as fashion week returns

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KYIV, Ukraine -- Fashion shows have returned to Ukraine with a striking statement: war veterans — both men and women — walking the runway with prosthetic limbs.Ukrainian Fashion Week is being held for the first time since the start of the full-scale war in February 2022, with the headline event on Tuesday in Kyiv featuring these veterans.As attendees applauded the models, dressed by Ukrainian designers Andreas Moskin and Andriy Bilous, news broke that dozens of people were killed in a Russian missile strike at a military training facility and a nearby hospital in Poltava, about 350 kilometers (200 miles) southeast…
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01 Sep

Police say 2 people who were attacked during London’s Notting Hill Carnival have died

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LONDON -- Two people who were critically injured in attacks while attending London’s Notting Hill Carnival earlier this week have died, police said Saturday.The Metropolitan Police force said 32-year-old Cher Maximen died early Saturday after being stabbed in the street on Aug. 25. She had been visiting the carnival, billed as Europe’s biggest street party, with her child, who was not hurt.A 20-year-old local man was arrested and charged with attempted murder, and is now likely to face a murder charge.Police also announced the death of Mussie Imnetu, 41, who was found unconscious in a west London street with a…
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27 Aug

Oasis reuniting for first tour in 15 years after classic Britpop band split during feud between the Gallagher brothers

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Oasis reuniting for first tour in 15 years after classic Britpop band split during feud between the Gallagher brothers https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/abc_news_default_2000x2000_update_16x9_992.jpg #Oasis #reuniting #tour #years #classic #Britpop #band #split #feud #Gallagher #brothers
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22 Aug

Australian penguin Sphen, one half of famed same-sex couple, dies at 11 years old

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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Sphen, the elder partner in a world famous same-sex penguin couple celebrated in Australian schoolbooks and an annual gay rights parade, has died at 11 years old, a Sydney aquarium said on Thursday.Sphen and his male gentoo penguin partner Magic, now aged 8, came to international attention in 2018 when they built a pebble nest together in the hope of raising chicks at their home in the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium.International interest grew as they adopted and successfully raised two chicks in 2018 and 2020. Their union was celebrated by a float in the Sydney Gay and…
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22 Aug

In Mexico, an Indigenous Triqui artist embraces his roots through contemporary rap

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MEXICO CITY -- Backstage at a celebration of Indigenous peoples in Mexico City's sprawling central square, Carlos CGH traced his fingers across a black and red “gabán,” which is similar to a poncho.The garment, native to the Triqui people in western Oaxaca, is a source of pride for the 24-year-old rapper and reserved for special occasions. Its textured surface was decorated with intricate needlepoint patterns of multicolored corn husks.As the rapper — whose full name is Carlos Guadalupe Hernández — prepared for his performance, Oaxacan muralist Alberto Sebastián Bautista Figueroa brainstormed details. He crafted a drawing with the word “RAICES,”…
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