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(Reuters) - The European Union and the United States on Monday imposed sanctions on individuals and groups linked to last month’s military coup in Myanmar as the repression of pro-democracy protesters by security forces reached what Germany’s foreign minister called “an unbearable” level. The EU sanctions marked the 27-nation bloc’s…

By Ibrahim Apekhade Yusuf The recent ‘declare your assets order’ to bank workers by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has continued to raise dust with stakeholders faulting the policy. Bankers under the aegis of the Association of Senior Staff for Banks, Insurance and other Financial Institutions (ASSBIFI) and…

Updated / Sunday, 21 Mar 2021 20:46 The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill would give the police in England and Wales more power to impose conditions on non-violent protests A demonstration about plans to give British police more powers to deal with non-violent protests has turned violent. Hundreds of…

MANDALAY, Myanmar — Health care workers marched through Myanmar's second-biggest city Sunday as part of a broad civil disobedience movement against last month's coup. MANDALAY, Myanmar — Health care workers marched through Myanmar's second-biggest city Sunday as part of a broad civil disobedience movement against last month's coup. While their…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A social media effort to raise awareness about inequities in college sports by some prominent basketball players came with calls for rules changes and requests for meetings with the NCAA president and lawmakers. The players who got (hash)NotNCAAProperty trending on social made no threats of protests at tournament…

Bianca Rose makes every note count. Based in London, this soulful riser draws from her experiences, and from the voices of those around her. New single 'Monsters' deals with personal insecurities, but it's not afraid to look a little bit deeper at what causes these. Reflecting on the events of…

Poon Yung-wai, 38, had earlier been handed down an order of 160 hours of community service on an incitement charge He published posts in a Facebook group under pseudonym ‘Kim Jong-un’, claiming to have learned about alleged sexual assaults at remote holding centre Published: 12:29am, 19 Mar, 2021 Updated: 3:32am,…

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Students must take lessons from other protest movements around the world as government's current stopgap  measure may leave students in the same or a similar situation when fees and registration fees are again demanded, writes Olwethu Mhaga. "We call on all sectors of society to come together and heed the call…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday appealed for bloodshed to end and dialogue to prevail in Myanmar, saying he symbolically kneels in that country’s streets, where protests against the military takeover were continuing and the death toll has mounted. At the end of his traditional public comments to…