The riot broke out after around 1,000 young people gathered at the Roter Platz square in the city center. The agitated crowd attacked police and ambulance crews, hurling bottles, firecrackers, and pavement stones. The officers responded by launching volleys of tear gas and firing rubber bullets. Police said the rioters …
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Defense spokesman John Kirby announced the move in a statement on Wednesday night, noting that the military would fulfill a request from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to “temporarily house” migrant youths at military installations. One of the facilities set to hold the migrants is a “vacant …
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The detainees were released from Insein prison of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, on Wednesday. Some 16 buses carrying the freed protesters left the penal facility early in the morning, according to lawyer Khin Maung Myint. “They were sent to related police stations to go back home… Some clients called me …
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More than 4,200 minors were being held in “jail-like” holding facilities near the US’ southern border as of Sunday morning, according to a CBS News report on Monday. Nearly 3,000 of these children were being held past the legal limit of 72 hours, after which Customs and Border Protection (CBP) …
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On Friday, a judge at the Lefortovo Court said that Voronin would remain behind bars while prosecutors prepare a case against him for high treason. A source told the Interfax newswire that he “is suspected of transferring information constituting a state secret to one of the NATO countries. In the …
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The 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner was reportedly “taken” and escorted away early Monday morning, Reuters reported, citing spokesman for Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party, Myo Nyunt. Nyunt added that several other senior officials, including formal head of the state – Myanmar’s President Win Myint – were allegedly …
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Around 250 people have rallied at a central square in the large Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk, according to the mayor’s office. The protesters demand that Navalny be released. The numbers are low compared to last year’s marches in support of former local governor Sergey Furgal, from the nationalist LDPR …
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The footage showed Navalny in a green coat being escorted by several uniformed police officers at the airport’s passport control area. He wasn’t handcuffed and didn’t resist law enforcement in any way. Russia’s prison authority has confirmed the detention of the activist and blogger over breaching the terms of his …
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Navalny and his wife Yulia left the plane together on Sunday evening with the rest of the passengers and drove to the terminal in a bus. The activist was arrested at the immigration desk. Russia’s prison authority has confirmed the detention. Navalny, who was wanted for breaching the terms of …
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The 39-year-old, who is the founder of Chinese entertainment company Yoozoo, was rushed to hospital in Shanghai on December 17 after he felt unwell; he died a week later. Local media have speculated that his tea had been spiked after a dispute among the executives. “According to investigations on site …
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