“They’re being vilified and demonized constantly by Hollywood, by the media, and we can’t stand for it anymore,” Silvester said on Friday in a video announcing his new not-for-profit organization to help embattled police. “We’re going to start taking care of our men and women in blue,” he added. The …
Read More »Streets set on fire as police and May Day protesters battle in Berlin (VIDEOS)
May Day is an international day of leftist protest, but demonstrations in Berlin on Saturday drew participants of all stripes. Pro- and anti-vaxxers, trade unionists, anti-capitalist radicals, Palestinian activists and techno music fans all took to the streets in around 20 separate protests across the city. Notably absent were the …
Read More »‘Game-changer’: Pfizer developing pill to treat Covid-19, may hit market by end of 2021
Pfizer launched an early trial in March of the oral antiviral which tackles Sars-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, by limiting the availability of the enzyme protease which the virus needs to replicate. “If all goes well, and we implement the same speed that we are, and if regulators do …
Read More »Kyrgyzstan & Tajikistan agree complete cessation of hostilities after border flare-up prompted by dispute over access to water
The former Soviet republics have conflicting territorial claims over a water distribution point on the Isfara River. On Wednesday, a quarrel between Kyrgyz and Tajik civilians in that area escalated into a full blown military standoff. The fighting, which continued on Thursday, left over 40 people dead and around 200 …
Read More »Police speed into Brussels protest with trucks, blast demonstrators with water cannon (VIDEOS)
Last month’s April Fools ‘La Boum’ party drew thousands of people to a nonexistent concert in the Belgian capital of Brussels, for a gathering that turned into an impromptu protest against the country’s coronavirus restrictions. Police cracked down hard on the gathering, and shocking video footage showed mounted cops mowing …
Read More »As Trump’s withdrawal date passes, Taliban warn they may ‘take action’ against US troops in Afghanistan
Saturday marked Trump’s planned withdrawal date from Afghanistan, which the former US leader announced last year. With Biden pledging to withdraw American troops by September 11, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid declared that all bets are off between now and then. “As withdrawal of foreign forces from #Afghanistan by agreed upon …
Read More »200+ detained as May Day protesters defy coronavirus lockdown in Turkey (VIDEO)
Dozens of protesters attempted to march in Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square, marking Labor Day. Groups of demonstrators tried to approach the square from different directions, but they were met by a massive force of riot and plainclothes police officers. Footage from the scene shows multiple police officers handling protesters, wrestling …
Read More »WATCH chaos gripping Paris as violence & vandalism mark May Day protest
May Day protesters took over the streets of multiple French cities, with the worst of the early clashes happening in the city of Lyon. By mid-afternoon, however, Paris was the epicenter of unrest, as ‘black bloc’ anarchists marching alongside the traditional trade unionists and workers’ groups started smashing banks and …
Read More »Protesters clash with police, set up GUILLOTINE with effigy of PM in Turin, Italy amid May Day protest (VIDEO)
More than a thousand people carrying red flags and banners gathered in Turin for the traditional May demonstrations, Italian news agency ANSA reported. Several processions moved through the streets and gathered in a square by Town Hall. One of the biggest banners read: “Health crisis, social crisis, ecological crisis, to …
Read More »At least 11 killed and 100+ injured by violent hurricane winds in China (VIDEOS)
Ferocious winds uprooted trees, ripped the facades from buildings and filled the streets with lethal debris. The majority of the people killed were hit by falling trees and telephone poles or were blown into the Yangtze river which winds through the city of over eight million people located roughly 62 …
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