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Katie Hopkins has been banned from Twitter at last

Here’s one good thing that has come out of 2020: Katie Hopkins has been permanently suspended from Twitter. The ban comes after Hopkins violated their “hateful conduct policy”, which prohibits the promotion of violence or direct threats to other people, especially based on race, gender, sexual orientation or other protected...
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By , Jul. 5, 2020

Wilson Kipsang handed four-year anti-doping ban

Wilson Kipsang, a former marathon world record holder, has been banned for four years for anti-doping violations. World Athletics said that the two-time London Marathon winner had missed four “whereabouts appointments” between April 2018 and 2019. World Athletics guidelines stipulate that three failures within 12 months results in an automatic...
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By , Jul. 5, 2020

A history of police brutality in America

“I can’t breathe”. Eric Garner repeated these words on Staten Island in 2014 as a police officer held him in a choke hold. He was pronounced dead in hospital. Eric Garner was arrested on suspicion of illegally selling loose cigarettes.  “I can’t breathe”. George Floyd repeated these words as a...
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By , Jul. 4, 2020