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NHK
29-05-2025
- General
- NHK
Vietnam War "Napalm Girl" pursuing peace
The main subject of an iconic 1972 photo capturing the brutality of the Vietnam War has found peace and now helps other conflict victims.


BBC News
21-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Trump administration to scrap police reform measures in US states
The Trump administration said it will roll back Biden-era police reform efforts in cities where there has been controversy over high-profile police killings and brutality. The US justice department said on Wednesday it will be dismissing oversight agreements reached with the police departments in Louisville, Kentucky and Minneapolis, will also be scraping investigations into police constitutional violations in other cities, including Phoenix and announcement comes just days before the fifth anniversary of the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in 2020 after being arrested outside a shop in Minneapolis, sparking a wave of protests. The police office involved, Derek Chauvin, was convicted of murder charges and is serving a 22 year prison sentence. This is a developing story.