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- Egged Australian Senator Who Blamed Muslims For NZ Shootings Loses ElectionFraser Anning, the far-right Australian senator who blamed Muslim immigrants for the New Zealand mosque shootings, was voted out of office during Australia’s elections this weekend. After an Australian white supremacist shot up two mosques and killed 50 people in New Zealand, Anning made a shocking statement in which he ... read more
- Sri Lanka’s Top Security Officials Asked To Resign After Failure To Prevent BombingsCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has asked for the resignations of the defense secretary and national police chief, a dramatic internal shake-up after security forces shrugged off intelligence reports warning of possible attacks before Easter bombings that killed over 350 people, the president’s office said Wednesday. It ... read more
- Police Identify ‘New Breed’ Of Terrorists In Northern Ireland After Reporter Fatally ShotLONDON (AP) — Police in Northern Ireland arrested two teenagers Saturday in connection with the fatal shooting of a young journalist during rioting in the city of Londonderry and warned of a “new breed” of terrorists threatening the peace. The men, aged 18 and 19, were detained under anti-terrorism legislation ... read more
- Yellow Vest Anger Burns In Paris, Fueled By France’s Notre Dame Fire ResponsePARIS (AP) — French yellow vest protesters set fires along a march route through Paris on Saturday to drive home their message to a government they see as out of touch with the problems of the poor: that rebuilding the fire-ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral isn’t the only problem France needs ... read more
- North Korea Wants Pompeo Out Of Nuclear Talks, Accuses Him Of ‘Talking Nonsense’SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday that it had test-fired a new type of “tactical guided weapon,” its first such test in nearly half a year, and demanded that Washington remove Secretary of State Mike Pompeo from nuclear negotiations. The test, which didn’t appear to be of ... read more
- Former Peruvian President Alan García Dies After Shooting Himself In The HeadLIMA, Peru (AP) — Former Peruvian President Alan García died Wednesday after shooting himself in the head moments after police attempted to detain him amid corruption allegations in Latin America’s largest graft probe. President Martin Vizcarra announced on Twitter that García died after undergoing emergency surgery hours earlier. Doctors at ... read more
- EU Grants Six-Month Delay Of BrexitLONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May urged lawmakers Thursday to spend the upcoming Easter break to “reflect” on the need for a Brexit compromise, after a clearly frustrated European Union gave the country six more months to find a way to leave the bloc.She said doing so and ... read more
- Sudanese Officials Say Army Forced Autocratic President To Step DownCAIRO (AP) — Tens of thousands of Sudanese marched toward the center of the capital Khartoum on Thursday, cheering, singing and dancing in celebration as two senior officials said the military had forced longtime autocratic President Omar al-Bashir to step down after 30 years in power. The circumstances of al-Bashir’s ... read more
- Myanmar’s Military Cuts Internet and Rolls Armored Vehicles Into Cities Following Widespread Protests(YANGON, Myanmar) — Sightings of armored personnel carriers in Myanmar’s biggest city and an internet shutdown raised political tensions late Sunday, after vast numbers of people around the country flouted orders against demonstrations to protest the military’s seizure of power. Public concern has already been heightened for the ... read more
- What Happens Next in Italy With Mario Draghi Taking ChargeMario Draghi is about to be sworn in as Italy’s next prime minister. The former head of the European Central Bank, affectionately dubbed “Super Mario” by the press, is a skilled political operator hailed for almost single-handedly rescuing the Euro currency in the depths of the Eurozone crisis. ... read more
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Believes the WTO Can Change the World. But First It Needs ReformOn its surface, the mandate of the World Trade Organization is relatively circumscribed: to make and enforce the rules of the road for global trade and resolve problems when they arise. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has much loftier goals for the organization she is expected to take the helm of ... read more
- Alexei Navalny’s Chief of Staff Predicts He Will Be Released ‘Sooner Than Many Are Expecting’Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny and his colleagues have had an especially turbulent past few months. Last August, Navalny survived a near-fatal poisoning by a nerve agent that he blamed on the Kremlin. He spent five months recovering in Berlin, while working on a would-be-viral video exposé, alleging ... read more
- Myanmar’s Creatives Are Fighting Military Rule With Art – Despite the Threat of a Draconian New Cyber-Security LawKhine, an artist based in Yangon, doesn’t think of himself as political. Right now, he says, he’d much rather be creating paintings of imagined scenes. But since Myanmar’s military coup on Feb. 1, he’s been making something different: “counter-propaganda”—posters and stickers meant to inspire civil disobedience and criticize ... read more
- The Farmers’ Protests Are a Turning Point for India’s Democracy—and the World Can No Longer Ignore ThatFor decades, the world has turned a blind eye to India’s abysmal human rights record. This approach draws from a broad perception of India as a strategic ally. For one, the United States, like much of the global community, sees India as an important counterweight to China. They ... read more
- President Biden Raises Human Rights and Trade Concerns in First Call With China’s XiJoe Biden, in his first conversation as president with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping, spoke of his concern about China’s “coercive and unfair economic practices” as well as human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, according to a White House account of their telephone call. Biden also expressed ... read more
- The Tokyo Olympics Boss Has Finally Resigned Over Sexist Comments. It’s Hardly a Victory for Women in Japan, Activists SayThe head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee stepped down on Friday after more than a week of backlash for his sexist remarks—but experts say it’s hardly a victory for women’s rights in Japan. What’s more, Yoshiro Mori’s resignation likely would not have happened were it not for ... read more
- How An Indian Stand Up Comic Found Himself Arrested for a Joke He Didn’t TellIt was going to be the best year of Munawar Iqbal Faruqui’s life. The 29-year-old stand-up comic from Mumbai was set to complete his first tour of India. His YouTube channel had crossed 500,000 subscribers. And in the spring, he was to perform his first international show in ... read more
- Protesters Are Back on the Streets of Myanmar Despite Police ViolenceYANGON, Myanmar — Crowds demonstrating against the military takeover in Myanmar again defied a ban on protests Wednesday, even after security forces ratcheted up the use of force against them and raided the headquarters of the political party of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Fresh protests ... read more
- A Hong Kong Court Denies Bail for Opposition Publisher Jimmy LaiHONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Tuesday denied bail for government critic and newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai who is facing charges under a sweeping new national security law. The ruling by the Court of Final Appeal comes amid heavy pressure from the Chinese government and ... read more
- As Protests Swell, Myanmar’s Junta Imposes a Curfew and a Ban on MeetingsYANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar’s new military rulers on Monday signaled their intention to crack down on opponents of their takeover, issuing decrees that effectively banned peaceful public protests in the country’s two biggest cities. The restrictions were ordered after police fired water cannons at hundreds of protesters ... read more
- Rohingya Activists Are Hoping That the Coup in Myanmar Will Be a Turning Point for Their StruggleIn the week since the military overthrew Myanmar’s democratically elected government, exile Nay San Lwin has been inundated with dozens of messages from his compatriots offering support. It’s a dramatic change from 2017, when the rights activist, now living in Germany, was disseminating information about the atrocities Myanmar’s ... read more
- 140 Are Missing After a Glacier Breaks in India’s HimalayasRISHIKESH, India — Indian rescue crews struggled to reach trapped victims Sunday after part of a glacier in the Himalayas broke off and released a torrent of water and debris that slammed into two hydroelectric plants. At least nine people were killed and 140 were missing in a ... read more
- Internet Access Restored as Myanmar Coup Protests GrowYANGON, Myanmar — As enthusiastic crowds of tens of thousands marched through the streets of Myanmar’s biggest city on Sunday to protest last week’s coup ousting Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government, their spirits were lifted by the return of internet services that had been blocked a day ... read more
- After Fueling A Genocide, Facebook Is Taking A Stand Against A Myanmar CoupIn an internal post, the company outlined how it will try to protect people opposing Myanmar’s military coup. View Entire Post › ... read more
- Violent Protests Erupted In India. Then Calls For Police To Shoot The Protesters Went Viral On Twitter.Twitter did not take “Shoot” off its trending topics for at least a couple of hours — after there was public outcry and after BuzzFeed News emailed asking for comment. View Entire Post › ... read more
- These Photos And Videos Of Pro-Democracy Protests In Russia Are Shockingly IntenseRussians braved -60 degree weather and police brutality to demand opposition leader Alexei Navalny's release. View Entire Post › ... read more
- These Photos Show What The #EndSARS Movement Looked LikeIn October, protests against Nigeria’s notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad became a global movement. View Entire Post › ... read more
- Biden’s Team Warned That He Won’t Be Able To Change All Of Trump’s Immigration Policies OvernightThe presidential transition team laid out several priorities, such as revising who can make an asylum claim first and ending what they call artificial capacity limits that restrict how many immigrants can be processed at the border. View Entire Post › ... read more
- The Mafia Is Probably Going To Try To Get Their Hands On The COVID VaccineCoronavirus vaccines will be "equivalent of liquid gold to organized crime networks," according to global police agency Interpol. View Entire Post › ... read more
- Philadelphia Police Shot And Killed A Black Man Who Officials Say Was Carrying A KnifeThe man, identified in local news reports as Walter Wallace Jr., died of his injuries at a nearby hospital, triggering protests. View Entire Post › ... read more
- Philadelphia Police Shot And Killed A Black Man Who Officials Say Was Carrying A KnifeThe man, identified in local news reports as William Wallace Jr., died of his injuries at a nearby hospital, triggering protests. View Entire Post › ... read more
- Nigeria’s Military Shot And Killed Peaceful Protesters Who Were Calling For An End To Police BrutalityThe #EndSARS movement has swept across Nigeria and the world — but the country’s president won’t acknowledge it even after protesters were slaughtered. View Entire Post › ... read more
- Indian Police Forcibly Cremated A Rape Victim, Her Family Has AllegedThe victim's family had pleaded with the police to release her body. View Entire Post › ... read more
- Trump Wants To Force More Immigrants To Submit More Personal Information, Including Eye Scans And DNA“They’re using what is overly general language in the law to justify a massive, unprecedented expansion to collect really personal information," one former immigration official said. View Entire Post › ... read more
- The US Immigration System Won’t Come To A Halt After Massive Work Furloughs Were CanceledMore than 13,000 US Citizenship and Immigration Services employees were set to be furloughed after a drop in revenue. View Entire Post › ... read more
- “The US Is Nowhere”: As The Political Crisis In Belarus Deepens, America Is Conspicuously AbsentCrackdowns and demonstrations continue to roil Belarus after a contested election, but the US seems reluctant to play a role in the push for an autocratic leader to share power and scale back police abuse. View Entire Post › ... read more
- Protests Broke Out In Wisconsin After Police Shot A Black Man As He Walked To His CarJacob Blake is in a serious condition at a hospital in Milwaukee. View Entire Post › ... read more
- A Facebook Executive Protected Hate Speech In India. Now She Wants Police Protection.Ankhi Das reportedly protected right-wing politicians from punishment for violating the social network’s rules — and is now facing death threats. View Entire Post › ... read more