Protestors fired up against Xi Jinping and China’s Zero-COVID policy are being detained and protest information is being scrubbed from Chinese social media. Parallel protests have taken place in Hong Kong and internationally.
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Trucker blockades around Brazil follow President Bolsonaro’s runoff election loss on October 30. Bolsonaro’s election-denying rhetoric is fueling the truckers.
Security forces are reportedly attacking protestors with guns and tear gas. Some oil workers have joined the demonstrations.
The prosecution has rested its case in the murder trial after nearly six days of testimony during which several witnesses backed Rittenhouse’s claim of self-defense.
Angela Greene begins her service in Lexington on May 10. She was fired as Portsmouth’s top cop during a political firestorm last year over a Black Lives Matter protest.
Protesters take to the street despite low temperatures, the pandemic and health conditions to protect the integrity of election results – whether that might be stopping the count or counting every single vote.
Two Louisville police officers were shot during Wednesday night’s demonstration. Meanwhile, Washington, D.C. and several other large cities also see large-scale protests after a Grand Jury fails to indict officers in Taylor’s death.
Over 800,000 protesters have demanded the French government stop attempts to change their pension system.
Violent protests break out during Kenya’s second presidential election in three months.
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Gun-rights and gun-control advocates traded a few shouts and arguments during simultaneous rallies at Virginia Tech.…