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Last Updated: 29th December, 2020 17:58 IST Lebanese students clashed with police in protests in Beirut on Tuesday against the fast-deteriorating economic situation in the country. Lebanese students clashed with police in protests in Beirut on Tuesday against the fast-deteriorating economic situation in the country. The demonstration was held in…

The men arrived first. And they arrived with a bang.Tens of thousands of them, marching like an army, driving trucks and trailers, prepared to choke key highways that feed into India s bustling capital.But once the male farmers hunkered down and laid a siege of sorts around New Delhi, something…

What made 2020 unprecedented wasn't that it was a year of pandemic – there have been pandemics before – or that a president was impeached, or that there were massive marches for racial justice across the country, or that there was a disputed election. What made it unprecedented was this:…

News Ryan Hamilton-Davis 2 Days AgoFILE PHOTO: Police subdue a protester during unrest in East Port of Spain on June 30 over the police-involved killings of three men in Morvant three days earlier. - Jeff MayersThe 74-year-old mother of Noel Diamond, who did not wish to  be named, spent most…

The fatal shooting of a black man by police in Columbus, Ohio - the US city's second such killing this month - sparked a fresh wave of protests on Christmas Eve against racial injustice and police brutality. Andre Maurice Hill, 47, was in the garage of a house on Monday…

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that protests by farmers against three laws brought by his government were politically motivated, as he touted the success of an agricultural scheme launched last year.Thousands of farmers from several Indian states have been camped on the outskirts of New…

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that protests by farmers against three laws brought by his government were politically motivated, as he touted the success of an agricultural scheme launched last year.Thousands of farmers from several Indian states have been camped on the outskirts of…

NEW DELHI: India began a two-day dry run for coronavirus vaccination in four states across the country on Monday in preparation for a full roll-out in the near future. The trial covers the northeastern state of Assam, the northern state of Punjab, the southern state of Andhra Pradesh and the western…

Candace Cameron Bure has denied she took part in her brother Kirk's recent Christmas caroling protests. The Fuller House star took to Twitter late Wednesday to issue a statement in which she appeared to condone CDC recommended measures for preventing the spread of COVID-19.However she stopped short of condemning her Growing…

The government said on Wednesday that Hong Kong's poverty rate reached a record high last year, and that the protests were a major reason why. In its annual poverty report, the administration said 21.4 percent of residents were considered to be poor in 2019, up one percentage point from the…