Tag: Demonstrations, Protests and Riots
Thousands of Russians Protest President Putin’s Assault on Ukraine
Thousands of protesters took to the streets and squares of Russian cities on Thursday to protest President Vladimir…
A Truck Caravan With Far-Right Links Heads to Washington, D.C.
ADELANTO, Calif. — Though it was billed as a grass-roots, nonpartisan event intended to oppose government Covid-19 mandates,…
Canada Ends Its Freeze on Hundreds of Accounts Tied to Protests
OTTAWA — With the capital’s streets cleared of the heavy trucks and cars that made some of them…
Was Canada Trucker Protest a Blip, or the Start of Something Bigger?
OTTAWA — A cavalcade of big rigs rumbled into the Canadian capital, blocked major streets, drew thousands of…
Defiant Protesters in Canada Brace for a Clampdown
The police on Wednesday ordered protesters clogging Ottawa’s streets to leave or face criminal charges, appearing to set…
Behind the Fractious Collaboration Steering the Canada Protests
At a news conference in the Sheraton Ottawa Hotel on Monday, opened to media other than solely conservative-leaning…
Canadians Donated Half of Funds for Trucker Protest, Leaked Data Shows
The Bitcoin campaign, which has received more than 5,000 mostly small-dollar donations, has been supported by a handful…
Canada Protests Baffle a Nation of Rule Followers
Traditionally, Canadian politics is a fight for the center, not for the fringes of the ideological spectrum. Political…
In Ottawa Trucker Protests, a Pressing Question: Where Were the Police?
OTTAWA — A two-minute walk from Canada’s Parliament buildings, hundreds of people danced in an intersection that has…
Canada Toughens Stance on Protests, Promising ‘Robust’ Police Response
OTTAWA — After weeks of treading lightly around the protests paralyzing much of Canada’s economy, federal, provincial and…
How The Trucker Protests Are Snarling the Auto Industry
Shelley Walker, the chief executive of the Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada, said she had been fielding calls…
Armed Nationalists in Ukraine Pose a Threat Not Just to Russia
KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian political activist and militia member sat before his party’s flag leaving little doubt…