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Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested Monday and accused of destroying a Black Lives Matter sign at a historic Black church in Washington, D.C., last month. Tarrio, chairman of the far-right, all-male self-described group of "Western chauvinists," was taken into custody on suspicion of destruction of property after the…

CAIRO: Egypt has urged the need for an agreement “at the earliest possible time” with Sudan and Ethiopia on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) ahead of the second phase of its operation. The three countries have agreed to bilateral meetings with experts to negotiate the filling of the dam’s…

Segun Ayobolu THE Coronavirus pandemic and its toll both on lives and the economy, the #endSARS protests, which were hijacked by murderous hoodlums, as well as the pervasive insecurity were the defining elements that made life ‘nasty, solitary, brutish and short’  across the country in 2020. Yet, there was a…

Members of the far-right group the Proud Boys clashed with police in Salem, Oregon during New Year's Day protests on Friday, ending in some arrests. As the Statesman Journal reported, President Donald Trump supporters gathered at the state capitol for a "Mass Civil Disobedience" rally, mainly protesting COVID-19 restrictions. During…

President Muhammadu Buhari has said restated his commitment to implementing the five demands made by youths during the #ENDSARS protests that swept across the country in October. President Buhari made the promise in his New Year message, stressing the fact that “Our young people are our most valuable natural resource,…

Key figures from the group behind some of 2019’s largest extradition bill protests deliver message via loudspeaker outside prison ‘We can’t visit you now, but we hope you hear our voice,’ activist Lee Cheuk-yan calls out across the road from Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre Published: 4:07pm, 1 Jan, 2021…

MISSOURI, US: Iran’s woes during 2020 proved worse than most. The year began with shockwaves from the fuel price hike protests (which broke out in late November 2019) still reverberating all across the country. Then on Jan. 3, the US assassinated Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s regional “shadow commander.” On edge due…

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 For many reasons, 2020 may be a watershed year for society and science. Astronomers and space agencies spent the year managing the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic. They also made breakthroughs in new technologies and bid farewell to several important projects.  This year saw a new age of sample-retrieval missions,…

MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin signed an array of laws on Wednesday handing Russia new powers to restrict U.S. social media giants, label individuals “foreign agents,” and to crack down on the disclosure of its security officers’ personal data.The laws, which also introduce new restrictions for protests, cap a year…