Riots

Undercover special forces soldiers have been deployed in Belfast as rioting by gangs of young unionists continued over the weekend. Dozens of officers have been injured over the past two weeks in Northern Ireland as violent rioting in Belfast has gradually escalated. Read more: Northern Ireland: Ministers condemn ‘deplorable’ violence…

CS' "Letter to Hong Kong" (English only) ****************************************      Following is the "Letter to Hong Kong" by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, broadcast on Radio Television Hong Kong this morning (April 11):        Good morning, Hong Kong.        The fourth wave of the…

Leaders in Northern Ireland are fearful the chaos that has plagued the region in recent days will continue into the weekend. Loyalists have urged their communities to desist from protest activity as a mark of respect for the Duke of Edinburgh, who passed away on Friday. Despite this, small pockets…

AP Photo/Charles Krupa After battling knee problems last season, New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman is reportedly unlikely to play a full schedule in 2021.  Per Karen Guregian of the Boston Herald, Edelman is "doubtful" to appear in all 17 games because of chronic knee issues.  Edelman appeared in…

Dublin, Ireland (CNN)The White House joined Northern Irish, British and Irish leaders on Thursday, expressing concern as parts of Northern Ireland experienced a week of violence as unionists and nationalists clashed with police and each other. Unrest first broke out last week amid rising tensions relating to Brexit and unionist…

Website of the Year World 8 Apr, 2021 08:18 AM3 minutes to read Hijacked cars burn at the peace wall on Lanark Way as rioting broke out in West Belfast. Photo / AP Rioters set a hijacked bus on fire and hurled gasoline bombs at police in Belfast in the…

BELFAST (Reuters) -Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government put aside factional differences on Thursday to call for calm after frustration among pro-British unionists over post-Brexit trade barriers helped trigger some of the worst violence in the region in years. Despite the appeals, clashes spread further into Irish nationalist areas on Thursday night…

Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN) Wednesday on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” likened the January 6 Capitol Hill riot to the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Cohen said, “We just celebrated Passover. On Passover, Jewish people are instructed over two centuries to remember 2,000 years, over 2,000 years, to remember that…

SFH meets with stakeholders on improving Hong Kong's electoral system (with photos/video) *****************************************************************************************      ​The Secretary for Food and Health, Professor Sophia Chan, hosted four briefing sessions today (April 7) and met with stakeholders of the catering, agriculture and fisheries, Chinese medicine and health services sectors to explain the improvements to the…

News Corey Connelly Saturday 3 April 2021Fr Leslie Tang Kai stands aside as Andrew Llanos washes the feet of his wife Dana at Scarborough RC Church on Holy Thursday. In his sermon on Good Friday the priest called on the PNM and PDP to work together to solve the THA…