Riots

Earlier this week the bottom fell out at Blizzard when it banned an esports pro from competing after he spoke out in support of the Hong Kong protests. It seems half the gaming industry (to say nothing of the wider tech industry) has gotten caught up in the e…

Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, where a hospital was shuttered because of the fighting. The photo was taken from the Turkish side of the border in Akcakale on October 10, the second day of Turkey's military operation against Kurdish forces. Bu…

Back in 2002, Denzel Washington‘s performance in the riveting police drama Training Day won him Best Actor for his portrayal of Alonzo Harris, while Ethan Hawke got a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for Jake Hoyt. Much of this success was due to the film…

Few Oscar-winning movies of semi-recent vintage have defied plans for expansion more aggressively than Antoine Fuquas Training Day, a perfectly nasty and fun little Denzel Washington/Ethan Hawke vehicle thats now better known (at least in some circles) for th…

Passengers on board a Norwegian cruise ship staged a "riot" and demanded a refund after bad weather forced operators to cancel most of its destinations, and customers complained of being served stale food, and problems with the ship's sewage system The Norwe…

Image copyrightReuters Thousands of protesters in Ecuador have clashed with security forces in the capital, Quito. The protests are led by indigenous groups demanding the end of austerity and the return of fuel subsidies. Demonstrators have been throwing …

Protesters raised new roadblocks and set fire to tires around the capital of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, as violent anti-government riots that have left at least 18 dead continue to rock Haiti for the fourth straight week. Haitians first rose up on Septemb…

LONDON, United Kingdom — “Brexit, geopolitical tensions have potential to significantly harm our industry,” said Richemont’s Johann Rupert earlier this month. In Hong Kong, whilst the extradition bill has now been officially withdrawn, protests have, if anyt…

Senior lawyer HS Phoolka on Sunday denied reports of him joining BJP. (Express file photo) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had advised senior advocate and human rights activist HS Phoolka not to resign from the Punjab Assembly, but he still went ahead with his dec…

HONG KONG -- A group of pro-democracy Hong Kong legislators filed a legal challenge Saturday against the government's use of a colonial-era emergency law to criminalize the wearing of face masks at rallies to quell anti-government demonstrations, as the prote…