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America's original sin: Floyd death prompts historical soul-searching
'We're seeing tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, of Americans wrestling with fundamental questions of what do we do with the unsavory – and, let's be frank, even immoral – aspects of our past.'
Trump nixes idea of renaming U.S. bases honoring Confederate heroes
10 bases honoring generals from the secessionist South, which lost the Civil War and its struggle to preserve slavery, are in the spotlight
'Time for a change': Anti-racism protesters march across U.S.
Protests took place from New York to Los Angeles with Washington as the epicenter
U.S. gears for weekend protests amid anger at new police abuses
Massive street demonstrations are set including in Washington DC where tens of thousands of people are expected.
U.S. scrambles to stem anger as Trump faces backlash for violent crackdown
Protests have been held in cities across the country, mostly peaceful but many descending into mayhem as night falls, with both activists and officials blaming rabble-rousers, and thousands arrested
'LoL: Wild Rift' alpha invites to start on June 6 in the Philippines
Invites will be sent via email, with the alpha running from June 6 to June 27
Facebook apologizes for role in 2018 Sri Lanka unrest
Facebook says in a statement to Bloomberg News, 'We recognize, and apologize for, the very real human rights impacts that resulted'
Sporadic violence in Delhi as death toll hits 32
Thousands of riot police and paramilitaries patrol the affected northeast fringes of the Indian capital of 20 million people, preventing any major eruptions
'League of Legends' is coming to mobile, consoles
'League of Legends: Wild Rift' will feature similar mechanics and gameplay to the original game, but with features tailored to the respective platforms it's coming to
Thousands riot in Papua, parliament building torched
Monday's riots are triggered by reports authorities tear-gassed and detained some 43 Papuan university students in Surabaya on Saturday – Indonesia's independence day
At least 52 dead in Brazil prison riot
Brazil prison officials say 16 of the dead were decapitated in the second major eruption of violence to rock the country's severely overpopulated and deadly prison system in as many months
Prison riot in Tajikistan leaves 32 dead
Five of the inmates and 3 guards are killed by ISIS prisoners during the riot on Sunday, the justice ministry says in a statement
Sri Lanka situation 'under control' after anti-Muslim riots
Many Muslims have been bracing for revenge attacks since 3 churches and 3 luxury hotels were bombed by local Islamist extremists on April 21, killing 258 people
Escalating Sri Lankan anti-Muslim riots claim first life
Violence breaks out late Monday, May 13, 3 weeks after terrorist bombings killed 258 people. Rampaging mobs carry out arson attacks, while 2,000 people vandalize a mosque, witnesses say.
Macron to hold crisis meeting after anti-government riots
New figures released from the Paris police service show that 412 people were arrested during the worst clashes for years in the capital and 378 are still in custody
League of Legends introduces virtual K-pop girl group K/DA
The virtual quartet’s music video for the single Pop/Stars amasses over 5 million YouTube views in a day
Pussy Riot activist out of danger after suspected poisoning – German doctor
Karl Max Einhaeupl, Charite hospital's chairman, adds that Pyotr Verzilov's 'health condition was improving from day to day and he is no longer in life-threatening danger'
Globe seeks new revenues from eSports
With the launch of Globe Gaming, the telco looks to repeat its strategy of building new revenue streams around specific content, similar to what it has done with music, videos, and live events
Globe teams up with Riot Games, Garena, Mineski in strategic partnership
The partnership, the companies say, will offer gamers better access to local, regional, and global eSports competitions, as well as original content and exclusive programming
Sri Lanka to probe anti-Muslim riots, lift curfew
Three people died, 20 others were wounded and more than 200 Muslim-owned businesses and homes were destroyed in four days of rioting
Riot Games sues mobile game developer for copyright infringement
Riot s lawsuit against Shanghai Moonton Technology follows attempts to get the Google Play store and Apple App Store to take down the infringing games
RAW Deal: Predicting Takeover: Chicago and Backlash 2017
Despite a lack of a build up to the NXT main event and uncertainty about whether Jinder Mahal can hang in the title picture two shows with major implications take place
Troops deployed as Brazil riots spread
Police fire rubber bullets and tear gas to try to separate two groups of inmates as they fought a pitched battle in the courtyard of the Alcacuz prison
26 killed in latest Brazil jail bloodbath
UPDATED The bloodbath that erupted on Saturday night January 14 is the latest of several gruesome gang related massacres this year in the country s overcrowded prisons
Inmates beheaded in Brazil riot, 56 killed
3rd UPDATE Bloodied and burned bodies were stacked in a concrete prison yard and piled in carts an Agence France Presse photographer at the scene says
Indonesian police fire water cannon at pro-Papua demo
The protesters mostly university students from the Free Papua Organization and the Papua Student Alliance yelled Free Papua facing off against hundreds of police in riot gear
Bilibid riot, De Lima affair, Manny Pacquiao | 6PM wRap
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Inmate: Attack on Sebastian meant to stop testimony vs De Lima
The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group which probed the September 28 incident says there is no strong evidence so far to prove the latest allegation against Senator Leila de Lima
Trillanes, De Lima want Senate probe into Bilibid 'riot, torture'
The President s critics say the alleged maltreatment of inmates constitutes breaches of human rights of prisoners
House probe on Bilibid to push through with or without Sebastian
House committee on justice chairperson Reynaldo Umali says high profile Bilibid inmate Jaybee Sebastian is not the be all and end all of the investigation
Alvarez on Bilibid riot: 'Forces' out to derail House probe
After all these years why are they only killing each other inside just now? The intended resource persons of the committee on justice were targeted says Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez
High-profile inmate killed, 4 hurt in Bilibid 'riot'
UPDATED High profile convict Tony Co is killed in a stabbing incident that led to a riot at the national state penitentiary says Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II
LIVE: Rampage 2016 kicks off
An intense clash between two of the country’s best League of Legends professional teams and a bonus celebrity showdown will highlight Rampage 2016
Misfits, Danzig to reunite for first show in 33 years
Glenn Danzig Jerry Only and Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein will play their first show together since 1983 at Riot Fest in September
Saunas, aquariums, and bar found at Mexico prison
Authorities seize contents of luxury cells at the prison where a deadly riot took place last week
Beijing pins Hong Kong riot on 'radical separatists'
The riot that left police officers hurt showed elements of terror Zhang Xiaoming says
Drug cartel ruled in Mexico prison hit by riot
Officials acknowledge that the prisoners had their own self government at the facility where 100 guards monitored 3 800 convicts
At least 49 dead in Mexico prison riot
3rd UPDATE Nuevo Leon state Governor Jaime Rodriguez says the fight erupted following a dispute over control of the prison between two rival members of the Zetas drug cartel
Protesters ransack Muslim prayer hall on Corsica
They also try to burn copies of the Koran as tensions escalate
The wRap Indonesia: Indonesian experts in Saudi, new mammal discovered
Other stories include the importance of Indonesia for the Trans Pacific Partnership Indonesia s defense of its haze fighting efforts and Malaysia s sanctions from FIFA
After Indonesia, FIFA sanctions Malaysia
Malaysia was sanctioned as punishment for the crowd trouble that wrecked the World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia
#PugadBaboy: The horror that is gay marriage punchline 3
9 dead in Brazil prison riot
Prisoners armed with knives take visitors including women and children hostage and demand to speak to local human rights commission officials about conditions
Nepal quake survivors clash with riot police
The United Nations also appeals for 415 million for the devastated Himalayan nation
Egypt court sentences 11 to death over 2012 football riot
Two of those sentenced to death are on the run
Pussy Riot take on 'Russian leader' in House of Cards
In the third episode of House of Cards season 3 Pussy Riot members Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova come face to face with a fictional Russian leader
Armed mobs and riots in Mindanao?
The angry armed mob woken from their sleep and numbering close to a thousand by some accounts picked on the trapped policemen Who is to blame for such an armed angry mob?
LGBT-unfriendly rule in League of Legends tourney reversed
This particular League of Legends tournament earlier had a rule in which the teams were restricted to having a maximum of one Gay Transgendered woman for the entirety of a tournament day
2014 in Moods
4 moods dominated 2014 as seen from your votes on the mood meter
