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Synopsis The BJP on Saturday fielded former TMC leader Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, setting the stage for a high-profile contest from the seat in the state assembly electionsWest Bengal election 2021: BJP releases first list of 57 candidates; fields Suvendu Adhikari against Mamata…

Taxi drivers joined protesters in demonstrations on the Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges in New York City on March 5, reports said. Local media reported that the demonstration included a “coalition of workers demanding pandemic relief.” The New York Taxi Workers Alliance (NYTWA) said the demonstration was for undocumented workers, who…

Protesters clashed with police in Senegal on March 5 following the arrest of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. Sonko, a former presidential candidate who leads the opposition Pastef party, was arrested on Wednesday. According to reports, one person was killed in protests in the country’s southern Casamance region on Thursday. Local…

Seventeen years ago, Jane Breckinridge came home. A citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation with a great-grandmother who was Euchee, Breckinridge had left Oklahoma after high school to attend Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she decided to stay after graduation. Some two decades later, she’d secured a good-paying job in publishing, working as…

Synopsis "The reasons for apprehension of arrest is justified in the facts and circumstances set out," the order, which was made available on Thursday, said. Chaudhuri, in his plea, said he was a resident of Goa since August last year and has no connection to the toolkit case.AgenciesChaudhuri, in his…

SINGAPORE—At least 38 people were killed as Myanmar’s new military rulers, who overthrew its democratically elected government Feb. 1, continued to unleash a lethal campaign to suppress protests that have swept the country for nearly a month. The death toll, announced by the United Nations, makes Wednesday the deadliest day…

12.56am GMT00:56 Summary From Joan E Greve and me: Joe Biden sharply criticized the Republican governors of Texas and Mississippi for rescinding their mask mandates despite public health experts’ concerns about another potential surge in coronavirus cases. “I think it’s a big mistake,” the president said of the governors’ decisions.…

Myanmar security forces shot and killed at least eight people on Wednesday, according to accounts on social media and local news reports, as authorities extended their lethal crackdown on protests against last month’s coup. Videos from various locations showed security forces firing slingshots at demonstrators, chasing them down, and even…

Police stand guard outside St. John’s Episcopal Church as racial inequality protests continue in Washington, D.C, June 25, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) The mesh metal fencing first erected around two Washington, D.C., landmarks amid rioting and protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd last year are finally being removed.…

SINGAPORE—Police in Myanmar have filed two new charges against Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted civilian leader who has been detained in her home since the country’s military seized power from her government a month ago. The charges entangle the deeply popular politician in a web of legal cases as…