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Germany puts anti-lockdown group under surveillance for possible extremist ties

Germany’s intelligence service is putting some anti-lockdown activists under surveillance because of concerns they are attempting to undermine the legitimacy of the federal state. The country’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) announced on Wednesday that the new surveillance would focus on some members of the ‘Querdenker’ group. The movement has been

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Summer camps across Canada prepare to reopen with COVID-19 modifications

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Summer camps across Canada are gearing up to welcome back campers this summer with modifications to prevent COVID-19 transmission, while preparing contingency measures in case provinces once again impose restrictions on camps. New Brunswick-based camp consultant Stéphane Richard, who serves as the president

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Navalny appears in court for first time since ending hunger strike, saying ‘I’m just an awful skeleton’

A judge in Moscow upheld a defamation conviction Thursday against jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, who joined a court hearing via videolink, in his first public appearance since he went on hunger strike. The visibly gaunt Navalny used the platform to launch a broadside against President Vladimir Putin and his government, likening him to the

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Biden’s Covid case for big government

The pandemic occupied a major part of US President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress on Wednesday, as he made a sweeping case for big government that would transform and vastly expand its role in Americans’ lives. “Now, after just 100 days, I can report to the nation, America is on the move again. Turning peril into possibility,

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Officer posted a TikTok mocking LeBron James’ views on police. His department says it will be dealt with internally

After an Idaho officer posted a TikTok video mocking NBA star LeBron James’ comments about the use of force by police, his employer, the Bellevue Marshal’s Office, said it was addressing the issue internally. In a statement posted on Facebook, it said: “The statements made do NOT represent the Bellevue Marshal’s Office.” The post added:

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Three men indicted on hate crime and kidnapping charges in connection to Ahmaud Arbery’s death, federal prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors indicted the three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery on hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges, the Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was out for a jog near Brunswick, Georgia, on February 23, 2020, when he was chased down in a truck by three men and fatally shot.

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India is one of the world’s top 10 buyers of Covid vaccines. It still has nowhere near enough

India has the world’s biggest vaccine producing capacity but is suffering a devastating second wave of coronavirus infections — just as supplies of Covid-19 vaccines for its huge population are running low. The government has purchased at least 205.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, according to data from the Duke Global Health Innovation Center, placing

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Hong Kong passes new immigration law that could enable China-style exit bans

Officials in Hong Kong will soon be able to block people from entering or leaving the territory, raising concerns over the possibility of mainland Chinese-style “exit bans” being used to prevent activists and former lawmakers from leaving. Authorities in mainland China routinely impose similar travel bans on dissidents and foreign citizens, including those facing civil

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Columbia Boone County Health Department hosts first walk-in only vaccine clinic

CENTRALIA, MO (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone Public Health and Human Services Department hosted its first walk-in only vaccination clinic for rural areas Wednesday. The health department, in partnership with the Missouri National Guard, vaccinated 95 people at its walk-in clinic in Centralia Wednesday. Ashton Day, the health educator for Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services,

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