Catalonia is a powder keg, the newest protests being sparked by the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasél, however the roots of its issues lie far deeper within the tradition and means again within the historical past of Spain. ...

The chief of the Proud Boys has confessed to torching a Black Lives Matter banner at a Washington, DC church final weekend after the FBI opened a “hate crime” probe into the incident, however maintains he did nothing unlawful. ...

There have been renewed calls this week for the US authorities to pay compensation to army veterans who've been sickened by poisonous publicity on account of unregulated waste disposal at abroad bases. ...

Portland was subjected to extra protests in a single day, as activists and agitators, together with one man in a wheelchair, confronted off in opposition to police. Elsewhere within the metropolis, a church caught fireplace, prompting hypothesis as to the culprits. ...

As wildfires sweep by means of US West Coast states, inflicting tens of millions of in injury and disrupting numerous lives, economist Peter Schiff says the Federal Reserve has set an excellent fiercer wildfire: inflation. ...

Legendary desert gathering Burning Man has, like each different massive 2020 occasion, been sandbagged by the Covid-19 pandemic. Reasonably than postpone or downscale, it went digital – an insult to Burners, spectators, and humanity generally. ...

Airports are abandoned, planes are mothballed, and the cash’s operating out. Caught between state assist and limbo, the Covid-19 epidemic is destroying an already reeling business. ...

The now-nightly standoff between BLM protesters and officers guarding the courthouse in downtown Portland stays intense. On Saturday, activists tried to dam the realm, and accused their opponents of utilizing a 'sound weapon.' ...

In 1919, lots of of individuals had been murdered in race riots throughout the US and UK. Males, girls and youngsters had been butchered. So why is it a footnote in historical past? As a result of the media and governments don’t need you to know the way they reacted. ...

Activists in Portland have torn down a statue of George Washington after protecting its head with a flaming US flag in the course of the newest evening of protests sweeping town. ...