LAGOS, Nigeria – Many people were killed when Nigerian troops opened fire on a main protest site in Lagos, witnesses said, as the government sought to end a two-week march against police brutality that engulfed a nationwide demonstration. Three witnesses gathered among hundreds of protesters at the Lakey Toll Gate …
Read More »The mix will be cut in the presidential debate on Thursday to allow 2-minute answers
President Donald Trump is speaking during the president’s first debate against Joe Biden on September 29. Getty Images WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and Democrat J B Biden will cut off their microphones in Thursday’s debate, while their rivals respond with their initial two minutes on each topic of discussion. …
Read More »Nigerian protesters shut down Africa’s largest city, protest standoff with government
Lagos, Nigeria Police On Monday thousands of protesters settled in Africa’s largest city, staged the largest demonstration in a two-week campaign against police brutality and extended a standoff with the government that has promised to restore order. Groups of placard-waving protesters blocked major roads leading to Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital …
Read More »Chilean protesters burn churches, loot stores ahead of constitutional referendum
In the Chilean capital, protesters set fire to two churches, looted a store and clashed with police a week before a referendum on whether to erode a one-sentence constitution. In television images from Santiago on Sunday, masked protesters were shooting from their smartphones and excited as the spire of the …
Read More »No inappropriate activity was found in the ‘unmasking’ requests under Obama
A federal attorney’s review found no inappropriate activity by Obama administration officials who sought to identify Americans whose names appeared in classified intelligence reports during the 2001 presidential election, two officials familiar with the matter said. Prosecutor John Bashe, a U.S. attorney for the West Texas district, left the Justice …
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