“Time to get creative, folks,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Thursday night after Politico reporter Erin Durkin said the progressive politician will gather with her family members for the holiday on a Zoom call. Ocasio-Cortez’s adoring followers praised her idea and thanked her for “modeling responsible behavior.” Some offered ways to tweak the …
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Students gathered outside a high school in Compiegne, in the north of Paris, to protest over new restrictions that had been imposed to tackle the country’s coronavirus outbreak. The situation turned violent as police attempted to break up the crowd. This is the second escalation in recent days, as teachers …
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A sizable ‘Count Every Vote’ rally that began in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon continued into the evening, drawing around 400 or 500 marchers, a local protest group estimated. Though the earlier action appears to have gone off without incident, with a large crowd allowed to march through the streets hoisting …
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Videos circulating on social media show the controversial right-wing activist being detained at the Speakers Corner in London’s Hyde Park, before being taken away by a large group of police officers. A crowd of his supporters at the location could be seen clashing with police officers, according to footage obtained …
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A protest rally near Rome’s historic Piazza del Popolo square descended into violence on Tuesday night as several hundred demonstrators took to the streets to demand an end to new Covid-19 policies imposed over the weekend, which include a 6pm curfew for bars and restaurants and shutdown orders for public …
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The cars, many of which sported American, Israeli, and pro-Trump flags, all crossed the Brooklyn Bridge and, at one point, passed Trump Tower, honking repeatedly as they passed the building. Reporters on the scene indicated the lines of vehicles may have stretched for several miles. While many appear to have …
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Clashes broke out when police tried to contain thousands of protesters who poured into Habima Square in central Tel Aviv to demand that the PM step down. Officers were filmed dragging people along the ground and struggling to push the crowd away from the square. Demonstrators held up signs reading …
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Hundreds of people in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak defied the latest ban on gatherings in enclosed spaces and restriction of outdoor prayers to groups of 20 or less on Sunday. When the officers arrived and started slapping violators with fines for not wearing masks or ‘social-distancing’, some of …
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Video from the event shows a violent confrontation between the demonstrators and police. It’s unclear what exactly led to the physical altercations, but the protesters were reportedly trying to disrupt the day’s events using megaphones and sirens. Police can be seen pushing protesters away, and several of the demonstrators fight …
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Germany is celebrating its 30th Unity Day, marking the reunification of the country that was divided for over 40 years. On 3 October 1990, the eastern socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR) was disbanded and absorbed by the western Federal Republic of Germany. Germany’s far-right “Third-Way” movement, which describes itself as …
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