The German city of Leipzig saw its streets turn into an arena for intense clashes between police and rioters on New Year’s Eve as hundreds gathered in the city’s east. Soon after the clock struck midnight, the Leipzig police began receiving the first reports about violence and property damage. Officers …
Read More »WATCH: Troops fire from armored vehicles as Beirut descends into chaos, resembling warzone
Beirut resembled a warzone on Thursday as the army deployed armored vehicles to a divided area of the city where deadly skirmishes erupted following an attack on a protest. The army declared that the troops would fire at any armed individuals on the capital’s streets. The Lebanese army deployed a …
Read More »Hot topics put on back burner as G7 is sucked into interminable Brexit row and summit descends into simmering row over sausages
Many onlookers expected the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall to be a big reset for the West. A chance to show that, after the tumultuous period of Brexit, Trump and the devastating coronavirus pandemic, the leaders of the biggest democracies on the planet had put all that behind them …
Read More »Holy Fire descends in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem (VIDEO)
Orthodox Christians believe that once a year, blue light emits from the tomb of Jesus Christ deep inside the church. It then turns into a flaming column, which the clerics use to light candles in order to pass the fire to the pilgrims. The ceremony, which symbolizes the resurrection of …
Read More »‘Move in groups, loot stores’: BLM protest over black woman’s arrest descends into violence in Belgium (VIDEOS)
The demonstrators took to the streets of the eastern Belgian city on Saturday to protest the arrest of a black woman by police earlier this week. The march remained peaceful until a group of rowdy youth joined the procession, and then spread through the city centre, wreaking havoc. “We are …
Read More »As Lockdown 3.0 descends on Britain, the time for reason and argument is over. Only dissent will save us now
Here we are again. After what was for many people a fraught and upsetting Christmas, and a revelry-free New Year, the UK is back in lockdown. It is slated to last until February, but without major dissent, the true end is not in sight. Is Lockdown 3.0 ‘justified’? Is the …
Read More »Over 100 arrested as Paris rally against security bill & Islamophobia descends into chaos (VIDEOS)
A packed crowd of people set out from the Place du Châtelet right in the city center, just across the river from the iconic Ile de la Cite, heading towards Place de la Republique in the north east. Hundreds of people joined the march, according to the media. The demonstrators …
Read More »‘An empty suit debates an empty podium’: Twitter descends into mud-slinging after David Perdue ducks Georgia Senate debate
In a scene befitting the strange political and social landscape of 2020, Ossoff debated an empty podium on Sunday night in what was supposed to be the first of two debates before a January 5 runoff election that will decide who will represent the Peach State in the Senate. Perdue …
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