France opting for vaccine passports despite privacy concerns

Despite major protests around data privacy, the government is nearing a law to authorize vaccine passports as a part of French lives going forward. France’s parliament voted to make vaccine passports a key part of daily life in the battle … Read More

Violence flares in Haiti ahead of slain president’s funeral

QUARTIER-MORIN, Haiti — Hundreds of workers fled businesses in northern Haiti on Wednesday after demonstrations near the hometown of assassinated President Jovenel Moïse grew violent ahead of his funeral. Associated Press journalists observed the body of one man who witnesses … Read More

50 Police Officers Step Down From a Crowd Control Unit in Portland

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The officers voted to leave the unit, known as the Rapid Response Team, hours after one of its members was charged with assaulting a woman at an Oregon protest in August. Police officers in Portland, Ore., during a protest in … Read More

Not just Navalny: economic pain also behind Russian protests

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The trigger for some of the biggest protests to sweep Russia in years was the arrest of opposition politician and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was detained on his return to the country last month after surviving … Read More

Russia Rises Up Against Putin as Thousands Defy Kremlin’s Medieval ‘Castle’ Crackdown

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The Kremlin deployed a brutal “castle” strategy to protect Putin from pro-Navalny protesters but huge numbers are risking beatings and imprisonment to make their voices heard. Anton Vaganov via Reuters MOSCOW—The opulent, fortified Kremlin, which stands right in the center … Read More

Russia calls US notice of opposition protests ‘gross interference’ and warns of ‘response’

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The Russian government is apparently fuming after the United States issued an alert about anti-corruption protests and included the locations and times. The U.S. Embassy noted the demonstrations, which are being planned for Saturday in cities throughout Russia in support … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 8 January 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, Recent events beg a question, and it’s a big one. What will we NOT bow down for?  Americans are driving around solo, all masked up. Does that make some kind of sense, or are people just projecting … Read More

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