(Reuters) – US agents deployed to Seattle to protect federal property left the city after local officials complained that their presence was raising tensions, the mayor of Seattle said Tuesday. A federal law enforcement officer holds peppercorns during a protest against racial inequality and police violence in Portland, Oregon, USA, …
Read More »Federal agents withdraw from Seattle, mayor says
(Reuters) – US agents deployed to Seattle to protect federal property left the city after local officials complained that their presence was raising tensions, the mayor of Seattle said Tuesday. A federal law enforcement officer holds peppercorns during a protest against racial inequality and police violence in Portland, Oregon, USA, …
Read More »North Korean women faced torture, rape, malnutrition in detention, says UN report
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean women detained in prison camps suffered torture, rape and other forms of “multiple and serious” violence by security and police officials, a UN human rights report said Tuesday, citing accounts. of more than 100 women. The women, detained between 2009 and 2019 after not fleeing …
Read More »South Korean statue that appears to show Japanese Prime Minister bowing to ‘comfort woman’ angers Tokyo
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea / TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government reacted angrily on Tuesday to a statue in South Korea that appears to represent Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, kneeling and bowing to a seated “woman of comfort”, a euphemism for women forced to work in Japan’s war brothels. Japan’s …
Read More »On Chicago’s south side, some residents weary of violence are open to federal investigators
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Many Chicagoans vehemently oppose President Donald Trump’s promise to send federal officials to the third-largest city in the US, after seeing camouflaged agents deployed to a Portland club and protesters anti-racism with tear gas. Chicago Police shell markers are seen where a 37-year-old man riding a bicycle …
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