South Africa riots: Is Jacob Zuma holding his country hostage
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Austria: Antifa demonstrators try to block deportation of migrant criminals, including rapists
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Up to 50 people blocked a street and demanded a right to stay for those who were being deported despite convictions for rape, robbery, and other serious crimes. Refugee workers in Vienna tried to prevent the deportation of several rejected … Read More
Argentinians protest over COVID-19 vaccine scandal
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Thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Argentina on Saturday to protest the “VIP vaccinations” scandal that forced the health minister to resign. Gines Gonzalez Garcia quit a week ago at the president’s request after it emerged that his friends … Read More
Not just Navalny: economic pain also behind Russian protests
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The trigger for some of the biggest protests to sweep Russia in years was the arrest of opposition politician and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was detained on his return to the country last month after surviving … Read More
National Guard deployed to Philadelphia
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Gov. Tom Wolf ordered soldiers to the city in anticipation of a second night of violent riots over deadly cop shooting The Pennsylvania National Guard was deployed to Philadelphia Tuesday as the city braces for a second night of violent riots after tense confrontations between angry demonstrators and police … Read More
More than a dozen police chiefs faced backlash – and left – after George Floyd’s death. Here’s a list.
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U. Reneé Hall, the first Black woman to lead the Dallas police force, on Tuesday became the latest police chief to resign amid protests that have swept the country since the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died … Read More
Germany coronavirus: Hundreds arrested in German ‘anti-corona’ protests
Police in Berlin have arrested 300 demonstrators during protests against Germany’s coronavirus restrictions. Some 38,000 people took to the streets in the city for mostly peaceful demonstrations. Later hundreds of protesters, many from the far right, tried to storm the … Read More