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Donald Trump’s election campaign in 2016 targeted nearly 3.5 million Black Americans to deter them from voting, and the battle for the right to vote is just as important in 2020. Kenya Evelyn travels to Florida where it's the Democrats' most loyal bloc, Black women, who are also bearing the brunt of the coronavirus outbreak, with its impact accelerating the fight for voting rights....

Sussexes appear in one of their first engagements since stepping down as senior royalsThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended an exclusive JP Morgan event in one of their first engagements since stepping down as senior royals, a palace source has said.It is unclear whether the couple, who have pledged to become more financially independent, were paid for their roles as speakers at a...

Performance artist consumes masterpiece in front of crowd at Art Basel in Miami, but ‘the idea’ apparently lives onAn artwork that sold last week for $120,000 and was hailed as “a symbol of global trade” has been eaten, in what might seem a fitting end for something that was an ever-ripening banana duct-taped to a wall.The piece, titled Comedian, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan...

Work by Panmela Castro of woman held in headlock was removed after managers at events space told her police complainedA mural depicting police abuse in a Rio de Janeiro favela has been removed from the walls of a Miami events space after local police reportedly complained.The work, by the Brazilian artist Panmela Castro, showed a black woman being held in a headlock, with the...

US president says media and Democrats forced him to scrap plan to award himself the opportunity to host summit Donald Trump has been forced into a humiliating climbdown over plans to host the G7 meeting at his own luxury resort following a political outcry. The US president announced in a Saturday night tweet that he had reversed his decision and would seek an alternative...

Donald Trump has insisted he is not seeking to profit from the US presidency after revealing a resort he owns in Miami is in the running to host the next G7 summit in 2020. Trump claimed it had cost him '$3bn to $5bn' to be president and suggested hosting the event at his Trump National Doral Miami resort would not make him any money,...