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2021-03-11 14:30:00by Chris Moyse COVID relief, NAACP, and Australian bushfire fund among the beneficiaries While 2020 was most certainly not a year to look back on with any great fondness, the trials and tribulations of what should have been a promising start to a new decade did not stunt the…

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Solders armed with guns walk after riot police and soldiers cracked-down anti-coup protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Demonstrators in Myanmar took to the streets again on Wednesday to protest last month's seizure of power by the military. (AP Photo) The country has been in turmoil since the…

Prosecutors accused Kevin Ip of two petrol bomb attacks during anti-government protest in August 2019 But he was acquitted in District Court after case was based solely on testimony of arresting officer Published: 3:57pm, 9 Mar, 2021 Updated: 6:04pm, 9 Mar, 2021 Read More

The trial of journalist Andrea Sahouri began Monday with a police officer stating that he had no choice but to arrest her during last year's racial justice protests in Des Moines, Iowa, because she didn't leave the area after he deployed pepper spray. Sahouri, a Des Moines Register public safety…

Topline After months of debate sparked by Black Lives Matter protests over the summer, the Tennessee Historical Commission voted Tuesday to remove a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest—a Confederate general and early KKK leader—from the state capitol building. A bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest is displayed in the Tennessee State…

Presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko gives a speech during a campaign rally in Pikine, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, February 21, 2019. REUTERS/ Zohra Bensemra/File Photo DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal’s opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was indicted and released on bail under judicial supervision on Monday, his lawyer said, as he…

The newly formed pro-Beijing Bauhinia Party is hoping to win seats in Legco and on the CE election committee, and join the government's ruling team, chairman Li Shan said on Monday. Li told RTHK while attending Beijing’s annual plenary sessions that he aims to serve all Hong Kong people, adding…

Vice Premier Han Zheng has been quoted as saying that Beijing's electoral reforms for Hong Kong are no longer about whether the SAR's systems are democratic or not, but about preventing subversion. During a two-hour meeting with local National People’s Congress deputies on Sunday morning, Han reportedly explained why the…

Mario Abdo Benitez is expected to announce changes to his cabinet after citizens protest handling of COVID-19 pandemic. Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez has asked all cabinet ministers to resign following clashes between demonstrators and police at protests against the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. The country’s communications minister,…