Athletic director used AI to frame principal with racist remarks in fake audio clip, police say

Authorities in Maryland say a high school athletic director used artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording

Armenia asks UN court to throw out Azerbaijan’s claim alleging racial discrimination

Lawyers for Armenia have asked the top U.N. court to throw out a case filed by Azerbaijan over the Karabakh region that accuses Armenia of ethnic cleansing

Switzerland's lower house moves to ban use of Nazi and extremist symbols that could stir violence

The lower house of Swiss parliament is following in the footsteps of the Senate, or upper house, and has approved a measure that would ban the use of, public wearing or display of Nazi and racist symbols that could foment extremist hate or violence

Love Island bring in strict new rule for auditionees – after ‘racism’ scandal

LOVE Island hopefuls desperate to bag a spot in the villa this summer must adhere to a strict new rule following several 'racism' scandals.Show bosses

Armenia insists top UN court has jurisdiction to hear case accusing Azerbaijan of racial hatred

Armenia has insisted that the top United Nations court has jurisdiction to hear its case accusing Azerbaijan of breaching an international convention that aims to stamp out racial discrimination

Testimony begins in lawsuit accusing Japanese police of racial profiling

A civil lawsuit demanding damages for alleged racial discrimination by police in Japan has opened in Tokyo District Court

Rights groups turn to UN to help end French police racial profiling

Rights watchdogs including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on Thursday said they were seeking UN help to end racial profiling by the French police, they said.

Why did the Iwi Chairs Forum walk out on the national anti-racism plan?

Walk out doesn't mean shut out as iwi prepared to come back to the table.

Award-winning French writer Maryse Conde dies at 90

French writer Maryse Conde, who died on Tuesday at the age of 90, became one of the greatest chroniclers of the struggles and triumphs of the descendants of Africans taken as slaves to the Caribbean. 

Students call for end to racism at annual Race Unity Speech Awards

Whangarei Girls' High School student on her way to the final.

'Unprofessional, dirty and wild': French parliament takes up hair discrimination bill

Those sporting Afro-styled hair, blonde or ginger hair, dreads, braids or even balding heads could gain new protections in France, where a lawmaker from the French Caribbean has introduced a bill that would make discrimination based on hair...

Last 2 Mississippi ex-officers to be sentenced for torturing 2 Black men in racist assault

Sentencing continues for two more of the former deputies in Mississippi who pleaded guilty last year to breaking into a home without a warrant and torturing two Black men with a stun gun, a sex toy and other objects

French hate crimes surged after outbreak of Gaza war, government report shows

Racist, xenophobic and religion-based hate crimes surged 32 percent in France last year, government figures showed Wednesday, with a spike following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Wales' first Black leader is a testament to Britain's political diversity, but racism persists

Vaughan Gething’s election as the next leader of Wales marks a milestone: For the first time, none of the U.K.’s four main governments is led by a white man

Former Tesla worker settles discrimination case, ending appeals over lowered $3.2 million verdict

Tesla and a Black man who worked at the company’s California factory have settled a discrimination case that drew attention to the company's treatment of minorities

Racist attacks on pop star Aya Nakamura test France’s ability to shine at Paris Olympics

Rumours that French pop star Aya Nakamara may sing at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics have triggered a flurry of attacks from the French far right, questioning the host country’s ability to appreciate the globally acclaimed talent...

'Sexism, racism and extremism' hit Belgium's military. The defense minister vows a tough response

A unit of about 30 soldiers belonging to Belgium's armed forces will be dismantled after serious cases of violence and harassment surfaced last year

UK's Conservatives say the party's biggest donor made racist comments, but they will keep his money

A minister in Britain’s Conservative government says the party does not plan to give back 10 million pounds ($12.8 million) it received in the past year from a donor who made comments that have been condemned as racist

Major donor to Britain's Conservatives blasted for remarks about Black lawmaker

A major donor to Britain's ruling Conservative Party is under fire after he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and she “should be shot.”

A Belgium court convicts a prominent far-right activist to 1 year in jail for hateful, racist speech

A court in Belgium has convicted prominent far-right activist Dries Van Langenhove to a year in prison on Tuesday for what the judge called “racist, hateful, Nazi and negationist speech” in a major ruling on how the nation deals with...

AI tools by OpenAI and Meta generate sexist content, UNESCO warns

The world's most popular artificial intelligence (AI) tools are powered by programs from OpenAI and Meta that show prejudice against women, according to a study launched on Thursday by the UN's cultural organisation UNESCO.