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EXPLAINER: What’s the history of the Olympics protest rule?

By EDDIE PELLSJuly 22, 2021 GMT

US orders some diplomats to leave Myanmar as unrest grows

March 30, 2021 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department on Tuesday ordered non-essential U.S. diplomats and their families to leave Myanmar, as a deadly government crackdown on demonstrators protesting last month’s coup intensifies...

The Constitution doesn’t have a problem with mask mandates

John E. FinnJanuary 23, 2021 GMT

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John E. Finn, Wesleyan University

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Demonstrators clash with police during an anti-government protest in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. BrazilÕs president ordered federal troops to restore order in the countryÕs capital following the evacuation of some ministries during clashes between police and protesters who are seeking the leaderÕs ouster. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Tens of thousands of demonstrators called for President Michel Temer’s ouster on Wednesday and federal police asked him to give a statement in a corruption investigation as the pressure on the leader ratcheted up...