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A new statue of a British colonialist exposes a divide in Singapore

Dedications to Raffles dot the landscape of Singapore. A business district, schools and dozens of other buildings bear his name. Two 8-foot likenesses of the man loom large in downtown Singapore.

31 August 2024, 17:07 IST

A new statue of a British colonialist exposes a divide in Singapore

A new statue of a British colonialist exposes a divide in Singapore

A new statue of a British colonialist exposes a divide in Singapore

31 August 2024, 17:07 IST

Video shows Obama's half-sister hit with tear gas in Kenya protests

Police opened fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya's legislature on Tuesday, with at least five protesters killed, dozens wounded and sections of the parliament building set ablaze as lawmakers inside passed legislation to raise taxes.

25 June 2024, 15:44 IST

Video shows Obama's half-sister hit with tear gas in Kenya protests

Video shows Obama's half-sister hit with tear gas in Kenya protests

Video shows Obama's half-sister hit with tear gas in Kenya protests

25 June 2024, 15:44 IST

Statues of colonial figures James Cooke, Queen Victoria, vandalised ahead of contentious Australia Day holiday

A statue of British explorer James Cook, who mapped the east coast of Australia and claimed it for Britain, was cut at the ankles and defaced in St Kilda in south Melbourne. A second statute of the British Queen Victoria was also daubed in paint.

25 January 2024, 07:04 IST

Statues of colonial figures James Cooke, Queen Victoria, vandalised ahead of contentious Australia Day holiday

Statues of colonial figures James Cooke, Queen Victoria, vandalised ahead of contentious Australia Day holiday

Statues of colonial figures James Cooke, Queen Victoria, vandalised ahead of contentious Australia Day holiday

25 January 2024, 07:04 IST

Laser mapping uncovers oldest pre-Hispanic human society in Amazon, at least 2500 years old

These settlements, which are at least 2500 years old, predate any other known complex Amazonian society by over 1000 years.

12 January 2024, 10:19 IST

Laser mapping uncovers oldest pre-Hispanic human society in Amazon, at least 2500 years old

Laser mapping uncovers oldest pre-Hispanic human society in Amazon, at least 2500 years old

Laser mapping uncovers oldest pre-Hispanic human society in Amazon, at least 2500 years old

12 January 2024, 10:19 IST

Close encounters of the third-world kind

The digital alarmist

09 October 2022, 12:52 IST

Close encounters of the third-world kind

Close encounters of the third-world kind

Close encounters of the third-world kind

09 October 2022, 12:52 IST

Scrubbing India's colonial military legacy

Change is the constant in life - Military doctrines, systems, procedures, customs, traditions and ceremonial practices cannot be exceptions

27 September 2022, 02:15 IST

Scrubbing India's colonial military legacy

Scrubbing India's colonial military legacy

Scrubbing India's colonial military legacy

27 September 2022, 02:15 IST

Down with sledgehammer: India's colonial baggage

To portray Shivaji as the father of the Indian Navy may be a historical distortion or fancying of an alternate past

12 September 2022, 07:36 IST

Down with sledgehammer: India's colonial baggage

Down with sledgehammer: India's colonial baggage

Down with sledgehammer: India's colonial baggage

12 September 2022, 07:36 IST

Former colonies remain conflicted over Queen's demise

The queen's dignified persona and age, and the centrality of the English language in global affairs, are powerful enough to temper some criticisms

11 September 2022, 12:06 IST

'I cannot mourn': Former colonies remain conflicted over Queen's demise

'I cannot mourn': Former colonies remain conflicted over Queen's demise

Former colonies remain conflicted over Queen's demise

11 September 2022, 12:06 IST

Tributes to Queen tempered by UK’s bloody colonial past

In a younger generation of Africans growing up in a post-colonial world, some lamented that the queen never faced up to the grim aftermath of colonialism

10 September 2022, 04:04 IST

Tributes to Queen are tempered by Britain’s bloody colonial past

Tributes to Queen are tempered by Britain’s bloody colonial past

Tributes to Queen tempered by UK’s bloody colonial past

10 September 2022, 04:04 IST

The long road ahead for colonial reparations

Former colonies have felt increasingly empowered to demand compensation from European powers, but even successful efforts look like exceptions

29 August 2022, 00:39 IST

The long road ahead for colonial reparations

The long road ahead for colonial reparations

The long road ahead for colonial reparations

29 August 2022, 00:39 IST