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Germany Puzzles at Elon Musk's Embrace of Its AfD Populists
The billionaire tech entrepreneur has cast the far-right party as moderate, but many in Berlin beg to differ.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 14 -
Arrests after Charles Darwin grave spray-painted by climate protesters
Two climate activists are in police custody for spraying chalk paint on the Westminster Abbey grave.BBC News - Jan. 13 -
Germany's AfD embraces mass deportation of migrants as German election nears
During a party conference Alice Weidel publicly endorsed the mass "return" or deportation of people with a migrant background.BBC News - Jan. 13 -
AfD launches manifesto as campaign season for German election begins
Polling for far-right insurgent and its extreme policies is rising but other parties have closed ranks against it despite their weak popularity. Germany’s far-right AfD party has signed off on its ...The Guardian - Jan. 12 -
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Tens of thousands protest in Romania’s capital against annulled presidential race
Tens of thousands protested in Romania’s capital against a top court’s decision last month to annul the presidential election after an outsider candidate unexpectedly emerged as the frontrunnerABC News - Jan. 12 -
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Co-leader of Germany’s far-right AfD calls for mass deportations
Alice Weidel promises “repatriations on a large scale” in speech to party faithfulFinancial Times - Jan. 11 -
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Protesters stage blockade as AfD holds conference before German elections
Heavy police presence in place as far-right party meets in Saxony to finalise details of campaign platform. Thousands of people have demonstrated against a convention of the far-right Alternative ...The Guardian - Jan. 11 -
Protesters in Calais condemn UK policies to stop Channel crossings
Alliance of groups from across France call for measures to make crossings safer after 77 deaths recorded in 2024. More than 70 organisations from across France willcome together on Saturday to ...The Guardian - Jan. 11 -
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Far-right party's convention draws protests as Germany heads into election
A convention of a far-right party is being met by protests in Germany as it and other major parties launch their campaigns for the country’s election next monthABC News - Jan. 11 -
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Reform UK councillors resign in protest over Farage
A group of councillors in Derbyshire say the party "has lost its sense of direction" under Farage's leadership.BBC News - Jan. 11 -
Venezuela's Maduro takes new oath amid protests and international rebuke
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been sworn in to serve a third term despite credible evidence that his opponent won the July 2024 electionABC News - Jan. 10 -
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Trump supporters and protesters agree – sort of – on his sentencing: ‘the opposite of justice’
A small group of activists faced off outside court in Manhattan as the president-elect was sentenced to an ‘unconditional discharge’ in his hush-money case. Outside the lower Manhattan courthouse ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
The AfD leader’s fawning over Elon Musk should sink her party. Instead, it will boost it | Thomas Verreyer
Alice Weidel’s livestreamed chat with the X owner made for excruciating listening – but even talk of Hitler won’t deter her supporters. Imagine a politician fighting a general election being ...The Guardian - Jan. 10 -
Violent protests in China after student falls to his death
Protesters and police clash after a boy is found dead at his school dormitory.BBC News - Jan. 9 -
Venezuela’s Opposition Leader, Maria Corina Machado, Detained at Protest
Ms. Machado has garnered enormous support for her opposition to the country’s autocrat, Nicolás Maduro.The New York Times - Jan. 9 -
Elon Musk heaps praise on AfD’s Alice Weidel during live talk on X
X owner and far-right politician appear to agree on everything, as Musk faces accusations of meddling in German election. Elon Musk has praised the co-leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative für ...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
Elon Musk Is Trying to Break Germany’s Quarantine on the Far-Right AfD
Political leaders have shunned the Alternative for Germany. But on his social media platform X, Mr. Musk is pitching the party as mainstream.The New York Times - Jan. 9 -
Musk ‘lying like hell’ over AfD interview, says ex-EU tech leader
Thierry Breton says EU is not trying to censor tech chief’s discussion with Alice Weidel of German far-right party. A former EU leader on tech has accused Elon Musk of “lying like hell” by claiming ...The Guardian - Jan. 9 -
Prison considered charging inmates who burned themselves in protest for 'intolerable' conditions
Staffers at Red Onion State Prison in Virginia weighed whether to charge the inmates “thousands of dollars for the hospital and medical treatment,” according to emails obtained through a public ...NBC News - Jan. 8 -
Peter Hain urges South Africa to protest Afghanistan game at Champions Trophy
Anti-apartheid campaigner plea to governing body Women’s cricket team disbanded under Taliban rule The veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain has called on Cricket South Africa to ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
Elon Musk is boosting the AfD. But why is Germany’s mainstream helping him?
After years of politicians and media figures normalising far-right ideas, the billionaire’s meddling is falling on fertile ground. When Elon Musk endorsed the far-right Alternative für Deutschland ...The Guardian - Jan. 8 -
Ex-adviser: Trump didn't promise to pardon all Jan. 6 protesters
One of President-elect Trump’s former campaign advisers said the incoming commander in chief didn’t promise to pardon all Capitol insurrectionists, as speculation swirls over how broad Trump's ...The Hill - Jan. 7 -
Guinea’s junta faces protests after missing a deadline for a return to democracy
Civil society and opposition groups in Guinea are protesting the ruling junta’s missed deadline to launch a return to democracyABC News - Jan. 7 -
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How ‘Stop the Steal’ Became a Protest Slogan in South Korea
Right-wing YouTubers helped President Yoon Suk Yeol get elected. Now that he’s been impeached, they’re rallying his supporters with conspiracy theories.The New York Times - Jan. 6 -
South Korean protesters call for President Yoon’s arrest as deadline nears
Protesters in South Korea are calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol to be arrested as a warrant expires at midnight on Monday. The chief of security for Yoon, Park Chong-jun, said Sunday he could not ...The Hill - Jan. 5 -
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South Korean protesters brave cold to demand impeached president's ouster
Hundreds of South Koreans, bundled up against freezing temperatures and snow, rallied overnight into Sunday near the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, calling for his ouster and ...ABC News - Jan. 4 -
Protesters march in London for release of teenage boy in Dubai jail
Marcus Fakana from north London was convicted of having sex with British girl, now 18, when they were on holiday. Protesters have marched through central London calling for the release of a ...The Guardian - Jan. 4 -
Caen fans protest Mbappé ownership: 'Not a toy'
Fans of French second division side SM Caen made their feelings about part-owner Kylian Mbappé clear on Friday, unfurling several banners during their 1-0 defeat to Clermont Foot.ESPN - Jan. 4 -
South Korea’s Dueling Protests
A standoff between the impeached president’s security team and officials seeking to detain him was echoed on the streets outside the presidential residence.The New York Times - Jan. 3 -
Twenty councillors quit Labour in Starmer protest
The group have accused the party of "abandoning traditional Labour values" in recent months.BBC News - Jan. 2
