Tag: Demonstrations, Protests and Riots

Blaming Trump, Jan. 6 Suspect Says He Fell Down a ‘Rabbit Hole’ of Lies

Instead, at his trial this week, Mr. Shamansky has painted Mr. Thompson as an impressionable man who filled…

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Faces Huge Protest

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — As Sri Lankans waited hours in line for fuel, sweated through the springtime heat…

The Growing Religious Fervor in the American Right

At the revival, as worship music played gently, Mr. Frederickson, in a cardigan and cuffed skinny jeans, urged…

Judge Finds Man Not Guilty in First Jan. 6 Acquittal

A federal judge decided on Wednesday that a former government contractor from New Mexico who claimed that the…

Shaken at First, Many Russians Now Rally Behind Putin’s Invasion

The stream of antiwar letters to a St. Petersburg lawmaker has dried up. Some Russians who had criticized…

Retired Doctor’s Protest Gets Attention of Spanish Banks

MADRID — Because he has Parkinson’s disease, and his shaking hands make it hard for him to push…

Mass Graves Identified in Syria Could Hold Evidence of War Crimes

BERLIN — By day, the workers used heavy machinery to dig pits and trenches. After dark, the corpses…

Ginni Thomas Says She Attended Jan. 6 Rally

Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, said in an interview published on Monday that…

Russia’s Other Contest With the West: Economic Endurance

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grinds on, Moscow is finding itself mired in a parallel conflict: a contest…

Hate for Putin’s Russia Consumes Ukraine

LVIV, Ukraine — Trapped in his apartment on the outskirts of Kyiv during fierce battles over the weekend,…

Trucker Convoy Protesting Covid Mandates Slows Traffic Around Washington

Although the People’s Convoy was one of several groups inspired by the Canadian protests against pandemic measures that…

New Zealand Police Move to End Protest, and Violence Erupts

For more than three weeks, hundreds of protesters have disabled the center of New Zealand’s capital city, occupying…