Sri Lanka Protesters Call For Removal of President
Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka have gathered in the streets to demand the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the country deals with its worst economic crisis in decades.
Read MoreThousands of protesters in Sri Lanka have gathered in the streets to demand the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the country deals with its worst economic crisis in decades.
Read MoreRussia has announced a significant move in the war with Ukraine during a set of key talks. Representatives and negotiators from both countries met in Istanbul on March 29 where it was announced that Russia will “fundamentally cut back” their military activities near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
Read MoreOn Saturday, March 19, 2022, in Dumas, Arkansas along U.S. Highway 65, around 7pm, a shooting broke out between two unknown assailants at a community car show.
Read MoreBy far the host of the largest number of Ukrainian refugees is Poland, which has seen over 2 million refugees cross into its border.
Read MoreOn February 25, President Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the 116th Justice of the Supreme Court, to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Brenner. Judge Jackson is the first African American Women to be nominated to the United State’s highest court.
Read MoreThe Russian invasion of Ukraine has precipitated near universal condemnation around the world. NATO and European Union states have roundly criticized the illegal and unprecedented Russian invasion of the Eastern European country of 40 million people. NATO and EU countries were united not only in words but actions, presenting a unified and potent response.
Read MoreIn less than a month, what began as a small convoy in rural British Columbia, Canada, has become a movement that has seen protestors clog the streets in the Canadian capital of Ottawa and brought the largest US-Canada border crossing to a virtual standstill. Nearly 80% of Canadians are fully vaccinated. The percentage of Canadian truckers who are vaccinated is also quite high. The protests initially were led by a small minority of Canadian truckers in opposition to vaccine mandates for cross-border truckers, but in light of the fact that a lift of Canadian mandates would be moot so long as the US maintains its mandate, the movement has evolved to oppose a much broader array of perceived transgressions. Freedom Convoy participants now oppose COVID-19 quarantine and lockdown measures, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and the Canadian government in general. The movement has also drawn participants from the fringes of the political right with the makeup of some protestors including QAnon supporters and Great Replacement theorists.
Read MoreHundreds of people gathered in the Creggan neighborhood of Derry, Northern Ireland for the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, a massacre where British soldiers shot 28 unarmed citizens during a protest march.
Read MoreRussia has now amassed at least 70% of the military capability it needs to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to U.S. officials. This further adds to the tension between the two countries as a result of the mass buildup of Russian military forces along the Ukrainian border in recent weeks.
Read MoreAustria has seen a quick succession of three Chancellors in less than two months. 35 year old Sebastian Kurz of the conservative Austrian People’s Party had led Austria as Chancellor from December 2017 to May 2019 and from January 2020 to October 2021 when he was marred by a corruption scandal, causing him to resign.
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