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CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Protesters hurled debris at police in St. Louis, Missouri Sunday and smashed store windows as demonstrations over the acquittal of a former police officer in the shooting death of a black man turned violent for a third straight day. “Agitators are breaking multiple windows at Olive & 10th. Officers are heading to scene,” said on its Twitter account. Hundreds of protesters earlier staged a “die in” outside a police headquarters […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea fired off an “unidentified projectile” Sunday according to South Korean defense officials, a week after its latest missile launch. “North Korea fired an unidentified projectile at Pukchang, South Pyongan province in the afternoon today,” the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. There was no further information given about the nature of the projectile. Last week Pyongyang launched an intermediate-range missile named the Hwasong-12 its longest-range […]
Brazilian riot police on Tuesday (January 12) fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse further protests over a rise in public transport fares in the country’s largest city, Sao Paulo. Local media reported that some protesters threw stones and rocks at the police. Student protester, Heber Velozo, who suffered head injuries in the clashes, said the police were attacking peaceful demonstrators. “The police do not know how to work, they are not prepared. We […]
