MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday told people to stay home so as not to be “cannon fodder” for what he said were revolutionaries with foreign support after large crowds took to the streets on the seventh consecutive day to demand that he departed. Lukashenko, whose Sunday …
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MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has called for more protests and an election campaign, raising pressure on authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko as he faces the biggest challenge in his 26 years. In a video posted on YouTube of self-imposed exile in Lithuania, Tsikhanouskaya asked supporters to request …
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WASHINGTON / NEW YORK (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump is moving forward with his immigration agenda, even though voters say they are more concerned about the coronavirus pandemic and the economic devastation it has caused. PHILO PHOTO: US President Donald Trump blows as he tours a section of the …
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MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian leadership has released thousands of detainees and on Thursday offered a rare public apology in a bid to stop national street protests posing the biggest challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s 26-year rule. People greet each other during an opposition match to protest against police violence and …
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FILE PHOTO: Federal lawmakers return to the interior of the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse in the United States after setting fire to a demonstration against police violence and racial inequality in Portland, Oregon, US, August 2, 2020. REUTERS / Caitlin Ox (Reuters) – Oregon State Police on Thursday said they …
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