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CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Portland mayor bans cops from using tear gas during protests

4:23 pm September 11, 2020

Portland: The mayor of Portland on Thursday ordered police in Oregon’s largest city to stop using tear gas for crowd control during the frequently violent protests that have racked the city for more than three months since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Mayor Ted Wheeler, a Democrat, was tear gassed when he went to a demonstration […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump spins baseless tale of ‘thugs’ flying to protests

2:46 pm September 2, 2020

Chicago: President Donald Trump is recycling a baseless conspiracy theory to claim that recent protests have been orchestrated by powerful people in “dark shadows” intent on undermining his reelection prospects. The claims first took root on Facebook and Twitter earlier this year after racial justice protests swelled across the country following the deaths of Black Americans in […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

When Trump talks law and order, some Wisconsin voters listen

2:16 pm August 31, 2020

Washington: Alexis Arnold says she’s sympathetic toward protesters who have peacefully fought racial injustice this summer. But as some demonstrations spiral into violence, her anxiety is building. “Why are we so broken right now?” the 44-year-old art gallery owner wondered. The uncertainty is drawing her to whatever stability President Donald Trump can offer. He has […]

Teen charged in Kenosha killings stalls return to Wisconsin

8:51 pm August 28, 2020

Kenosha: A judge agreed Friday to delay for a month a decision on whether a 17-year-old from Illinois should be returned to Wisconsin to face charges accusing him of fatally shooting two protesters and wounding a third during a night of unrest following the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. The Illinois judge […]

Misinformation, police mistrust stir unrest in Minneapolis

7:22 pm August 28, 2020

Minneapolis: After a Black man fatally shot himself on a pedestrian plaza in downtown Minneapolis, rumours of another police shooting in the city still reeling from the death of George Floyd began spreading quickly on social media, sending concerned residents and activists to the area — many of them anxious and some of them misinformed. Tensions […]