India rejects China’s renaming of places along disputed border
New Delhi, India/Beijing, ChinaReuters India on Tuesday rejected the renaming by China of places in what India regards as its eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China claims as part of its territory. China and India fought a war along parts of their poorly demarcated 3,800 kilometre frontier in 1962 and clashes in mountainous regions […]
Australian landmarks: Growing calls to scrap “racist” names
GEORGINA HEWSON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the push to change names in Australia…
Ugandans join global push to rename colonial-era landmarks
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of people have signed a petition calling for the East African nation to rename roads and landmarks that celebrate white power, joining a growing, global movement against racism. Statues linked to colonialism and slavery have been defaced or downed in the United States, Britain and beyond amid protests sparked by the death […]