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June 16, 2021

Nicki Minaj: whacky pop star's footwear goes viral

Once again Nicki Minaj is breaking the internet. But this time it’s because of Crocs not anacondas. The 38-year-old rapper has been sporting the foam clogs on her Instagram to promote a new...

Stars of the-latest.com are shining brightly

This website is proud it has been a springboard to success for many budding journalists.They range from an Indian student who gave us graphic eyewitness accounts of a terrorist attack in Mumbai to a Canadian, on a masters course taught by the-latest's ...

Why hero of angry white men Donald Trump may win

American Donald Trump supporters I met in Europe last week were a surprisingly varied bunch.They included a middle aged Mormon couple, from Salt Lake City, who were my pleasant Airbnb guests on their visit to London, two stereotypically angry white ma ...

Rio Olympics: Africans triumph in surprising sports

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt was undoubtedly the star of the Rio Olympics, pulling off his unrivalled treble triple of sprint wins. But his three golds in Brazil (nine overall in three Olympics) were one less than African American teenager Simone Biles.Aged ...

Top broadcaster exposes hypocrisy over MP Jo Cox's murder

Is it even vaguely possible that a man living in Britain today could have been pushed to the brink of murder by political debate and the political situation?I don’t care where you come from, I don’t care who you vote for. Can you conceive of c ...

Historic: Second woman of colour becomes Miss Finland

 Shirly Karvinen has made beauty pageant history by becoming the second woman of colour to be crowned Miss Finland - the first, Lola Odusoga, won 20 years ago.Karvinen, 23, the beautiful brunette with expat roots, won the coveted title at Vanajan ...

Rights campaigner: Britain's first elected Black Mayor

Pundits knew former Labour justice minister Sadiq Khan was likely to become the first Muslim and politician of colour to rule London, despite the dog whistle Islamophobia of his desperate Tory rival.But the shock success of Black candidate Marvin Rees in ...

Glossy mag featuring porn star peddled at Sports Direct

It was an Easter day at a Croydon, south London, branch of controversial billionaire businessman Mike Ashley’s Sports Direct shop. Customers who had gone there with young family members were shocked to find on its counter a magazine with explicit re ...

Film reveals furious rivalry over afros, weaves and braids

Highly competitive Black crimpers are the subjects of an acclaimed film being shown during the UK's Black History Month that is currently happening.Afro­Saxons is a feature-length observational documentary that offers a rare insight into the fierc ...

Love-in for Jeremy Corbyn at his first party summit

Unprecedented support for Labour’s new leader was displayed on the streets of a sunny English south coast town I visited today.Of the many people whose views I canvassed in Brighton – delegates to Labour’s annual conference, the leader o ...

Ireland's Yes to gay marriage: newspaper's PM sex howler

Once illiberal Roman Catholic Republic of Ireland has trailblazed the world by voting to legalise marriage for gay and lesbian couples.A referendum to amend the nation's constitition to allow same sex unions backed the change after yesterday's big ...

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