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The single-word question asks and whether that equates to a neutral descriptor; historically the slur traces to niger, meaning “black,” but contemporary usage is overwhelmingly an offensive racial epi...
ProtonMail has in practice complied with Swiss court orders that compelled it to collect and turn over limited user data—most famously logging and handing an IP address that helped identify a French a...
The question “Is Jewish a nationality?” has no single answer in available reporting: many authorities call Jewish an ethnoreligious identity that can function as ethnicity, nationhood, religion, and—i...
No — Marie-José Pérec did not beat Cathy Freeman at the 2000 Sydney Olympics because Pérec withdrew from the Games before the 400m heats and returned home; Freeman went on to win the 400m gold in 49.1...
The word “nigger” is widely recorded as an extremely offensive racial slur directed at Black people and is described by major reference sources as “perhaps the most offensive and inflammatory racial s...
The label “No Kings protests” is used for different movements and moments; . Analyses link 2024 unrest to three distinct catalysts — a broad decentralized justice movement, a constitutional voting dis...
prosecutors and the judicial police opened a formal inquiry into the circumstances and cause of death at , the routine step taken in custodial deaths, while prison unions, Brunel’s lawyers and victims...
The slur "" is etymologically traced by scholars to niger, meaning "black," which passed through Romance-language forms such as negro and nègre before appearing in English variants; over the 18th and ...
Verifying claims made in social-media survivor testimonies requires a deliberate mix of public-records searches, ethical preservation of digital evidence, and forensic authentication to link online po...
The slang form nigga derives historically from the racial slur nigger, itself tracing back through English borrowings of Spanish/Portuguese negro from Latin niger “black,” and has been attested in dia...
Jenny hanivers are altered, dried carcasses of rays, skates or related guitarfish—cut, folded and desiccated into grotesque, often humanoid or draconic curiosities—and were produced and sold by seafar...
Monaco does not levy a specific “luxury car tax” or annual road tax targeting high‑value private vehicles; new vehicle registrations in Monaco are notable for being exempt from CO2‑linked purchase tax...
The conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) is best described as a political and social struggle that has been framed and intensified along religious lines rather than a pure theological war; f...
Spreading false information about public figures such as Brigitte Macron produces demonstrable personal, legal and societal harms: victims report impacts to , while prosecutors seek criminal penalties...