A 12-ton statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the most important remaining Accomplice monument, has been taken down in Richmond. The removing was ordered by Democrat Governor Ralph Northam final 12 months, triggering a bitter courtroom battle. ...

Soccer followers and social media customers have piled on to a small Scottish membership after a weird and "horrendous" Braveheart statue was unveiled yesterday at their floor and images of the occasion had been later shared on-line. ...

Kabul: The Taliban have blown up the statue of a Shiite militia chief who had fought towards them throughout Afghanistan’s civil conflict within the 1990s, based on photographs circulating on social media Wednesday. “So Taliban have blown up slain Hazara chief Abdul Ali Mazari’s statue in Bamiyan. Final time they ...

The removing of a statue of Accomplice Basic Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville polarized Individuals on Saturday, as the USA continues to take down monuments that at the moment are deemed too controversial. ...

MMA followers have ridiculed a statue unveiled in honor of UFC legend Georges St-Pierre after the fighter was pictured subsequent to it in Canada, with many voicing their shock at what they thought was a recreation of Barack Obama. ...

An indication is to be erected over fears the city's monkey statue may very well be offensive to foreigners within the wake of the BLM protests that swept the nation. This follows a tsunami of exactly no complaints. Zero. I imply, come on, actually? ...

Lionel Messi issued a heartfelt tribute to the late Diego Maradona earlier than Argentina's first sport since his dying final yr, as a statue of the legendary participant was unveiled on the Madre de Ciudades stadium in Santiago del Estero. ...

As BLM took off a yr in the past, the woke mob started a marketing campaign to tear down swathes of historical past it deemed problematic. However now it’s been thwarted by the immovable, & very British, resistance of pink tape, protocol and officialdom. ...

A former police officer and protection witness within the George Floyd homicide trial of Minneapolis ex-cop Derek Chauvin has been focused by vandals who left a severed pig’s head on the entrance porch of a home he not lives in. ...

Manchester Metropolis have confirmed that Sergio Aguero will go away the membership when his contract expires on the finish of the season, with the Argentine closely linked to a possible transfer to a number of European giants. ...