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Bolsonaro backers deface Congress in ugly anti-Lula stand

Decked out in the colors of Brazil's national flag, supporters of vanquished ex-president Jair Bolsonaro smashed windows and sowed destruction as they barged into Congress Sunday clamoring for "military intervention.". The sea of yellow-and-green clad "bolsonaristas" flooding up the ramps leading to the roof of the modernist Congress building starkly evoked a similar attack: the storming of the US Capitol building in Washington by supporters of then-president Donald Trump -- a Bolsonaro ally -- almost exactly two years ago.

Sun, Jan 8, 2023 2 mins read

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Brazil police wrest back seat of power from pro-Bolsonaro rioters

Brazilian security forces wrested back control of Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Sunday after a flood of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro's supporters stormed the seat of power, unleashing chaos on the capital.. - Brasilia security chief sacked - The chaos came after a sea of protesters dressed in military-style camouflage and the green and yellow of the flag flooded into Brasilia's Three Powers Square, invading the floor of Congress, trashing the Supreme Court building and climbing the ramp to the Planalto.

Sun, Jan 8, 2023 4 mins read

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Second coming of once-banned conspiracy theorists after Twitter amnesty

A conspiracy theorist urging Americans to burn voting machines, an anti-Muslim activist posting a photo with a gun, a retired general who called for a coup -- Elon Musk's Twitter has reinstated thousands of once-banned accounts.. After thanking Musk for restoring his account, election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell called on his followers to "melt down the electronic voting machines and turn them into prison bars."

Sun, Jan 8, 2023 3 mins read

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Ukraine rejects Russian claim of devastating 'retaliatory strike'

Russia said Sunday it had carried out a devastating "retaliatory strike" in eastern Ukraine to avenge a recent deadly attack on its troops, a claim quickly denied by Kyiv.. Russia described the attack as a "retaliatory strike" following Ukraine's New Year's Eve missile salvo in the eastern Ukrainian town of Makiivka, which Moscow said killed 89 of its soldiers.

Sun, Jan 8, 2023 2 mins read

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Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil Congress, presidential palace

Supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro pushed through police barricades and stormed into the national Congress building Sunday in a dramatic protest against President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's inauguration last week.. In startling images uploaded to social media -- and reminiscent of the January 6, 2022 invasion of the US Capitol building by supporters of then-president Donald Trump, a Bolsonaro ally -- a tide of people stormed the national Congress, many waving Brazilian flags.

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Pakistan risks 'extraordinary misery' without flood recovery help: UN

The international community must help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods and boost climate resilience, or the country will be locked in misery, the head of the UN development agency told AFP. Pakistan is still reeling from the unprecedented monsoon floods unleashed last August which killed more than 1,700 people and affected some 33 million others.. Steiner insisted the international community had a moral duty to help Pakistan recover from a catastrophe clearly amplified by climate change. 

Sun, Jan 8, 2023 3 mins read

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Iranian held in Germany suspected of chemical terror plot

An Iranian man has been arrested in western Germany suspected of preparing an "Islamist attack" using cyanide and ricin, police and prosecutors said Sunday.. The 32-year-old man was "suspected of having prepared a serious act of violence threatening the security of the state by obtaining cyanide and ricin with a view to committing an Islamist attack", police in Muenster and Recklinghausen, along with the Duesseldorf prosecutor's office, said in a statement.

Sun, Jan 8, 2023 2 mins read

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Protest at German village to block coal mine expansion

Protesters gathered in the west German village of Luetzerath on Sunday to challenge the extension of an open-air coal mine they say runs counter to the country's climate commitments.. Protesters participated in a walk around the village, which is slated for destruction to allow for the extension of a neighbouring open-air coal mine.  

Sun, Jan 8, 2023 1 mins read

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Benin elects lawmakers, with opposition allowed to stand

Benin voted for a new parliament on Sunday with opposition candidates authorised to stand in the legislative elections for the first time under President Patrice Talon after four years of absence. . Only two movements allied to the president were authorised to compete, bringing about a parliament entirely won by Talon's supporters. 

Sun, Jan 8, 2023 2 mins read

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More arrests over murder of Kenya LGBTQ activist

Kenyan police have arrested more suspects over the killing of LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba, whose mutilated body was found on a roadside stuffed in a metal trunk, media reports said Sunday.. On Saturday another three suspects were detained for their alleged role in disposing of his remains, media reports said, quoting police officials. 

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