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NEW YORK: New York's police chief apologised on Thursday (Jun 6) for the first time for a crackdown on the city's gay community during the notorious Stonewall riots, winning praise from LGBTQ activists ahead of the 50th anniversary of violence considered to have given rise to the Gay Pride movement."I do know what happened should not have happened," said police chief James O'Neill. "The actions taken by the NYPD were wrong, plain and simple. The actions were discriminatory and oppressive and for that I apologise."The June 1969 riots, sparked by repeated police raids on the Stonewall Inn - a well-known gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village - proved to be a turning point in the LGBTQ community's struggle for civil rights.The police chief made the comments during a briefing on safety measures for the city's Pride Month, the annual celebration for the city's diverse LGBTQ community. His remarks triggered a long round of applause.In 2017, O'Neil, like his predecessor … [Read more...] about 50 years on, New York police apologise for Stonewall riots

NEW YORK: From Burger King's introduction of a vegetarian version of its uber-popular Whopper burger to the much-celebrated Wall Street entry of vegan startup Beyond Meat, companies selling meat alternatives have the wind in their sails.Here's an overview of the sector:PLANT-BASED PRODUCTSSoy steaks have been around for a long time and are a point of reference for organic stores. But several companies have spent recent years developing products further by using advanced technologies to imitate the taste, texture and even blood of conventionally raised animal meat.They use beets, chickpeas and coconut oil, among others, to make "burgers," "sausages" and "steak".Among the most successful startups are Beyond Meat, which earlier this month made a celebrated Wall Street entry worthy of a major tech firm, or Impossible Burger, which has partnered with Burger King.The companies are banking on changing dietary habits of part of the population limiting meat consumption for environmental, … [Read more...] about Meat-based alternatives gain new popularity

BAGHDAD: As Iraq tries thousands of locals and foreigners accused of joining the Islamic State group, experts warn its jails could once again become “academies” for jihadists. Prison was a pivotal moment for many prominent jihadists – not least of them Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, IS’s Iraqi supremo who remains at large despite the collapse of his “caliphate” in March. Baghdadi was held in Camp Bucca, a sprawling US-run complex in the southern Iraqi desert, where he is thought to have essentially “come of age” as a jihadist leader. “For many members of such groups, prison was one of multiple ‘stages’ of jihad,“ said Hisham al-Hashemi, an expert in Iraqi jihadist movements. They ran their own religious studies courses and even planned attacks on civilians or ordered assassinations of security forces from within the prison walls. “The cells become the equivalent of academies – even if there’s just one … [Read more...] about Fears of new jihadist ‘academies’ as Iraqi jails fill up