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The councilor's comments came a day after it was reported that she was drafting an ordinance that would allow councilors to openly carry weapons while at City Hall, as an extra layer of self defense. Portland city codes prohibit the possession of a loaded firearm in public spaces or vehicles, with exceptions for those with a concealed carry permit, law enforcement officers, and others designated in Oregon law.

Azerbaijan's embassy defended its security personnel in a statement, alleging protesters had violently attempted to enter the protected area and took offensive actions against the Presidential vehicle as Aliyev's motorcade approached the hotel. The Presidential Security Service had no choice but to immediately intervene, the statement said, arguing that any attempt to obstruct a protected vehicle carrying a head of state constitutes a serious security concern. The embassy also said its personnel always operate in strict coordination with the host country.

A quick look at the website of Tucker Carlson - one of right-wing America's most influential personalities - shows his current preoccupations: criticising protesters in Minneapolis, selling baseball caps with insulting slogans and encouraging his fans and followers to buy gold.

48 Hills teamed up with El Tecolote and URL Media to capture the scene around the Super Bowl in Santa Clara.

Police in the Australian city of Sydney have used pepper spray against pro-Palestine protesters who have rallied against a visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog. A journalist with the AFP news agency witnessed police arresting at least 15 demonstrators during the confrontation on Monday. Media members covering the event were also affected by pepper spray. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Sydney's business district with more protests planned across the country on Monday night.

A march supporting California's billionaires didn't exactly draw a huge crowd on Saturday - the San Francisco Chronicle counted around three dozen attendees, along with another dozen tongue-in-cheek counter-protesters. To be fair, organizer Derik Kauffman had predicted attendance of only "a few dozen" beforehand. But the "March for Billionaires" has drawn outsized attention on social media because it's such an incongruous idea, and according to Mission Local, journalists nearly outnumbered demonstrators at the event itself, where marchers carried signs with messages like "We ❤️ You Jeffrey Bezos" and "It's very difficult to write a nuanced argument on a sign."

Demonstrations across Malawi's four main cities during the past week have achieved a delay in the introduction of a new tax regime that business owners claim will cripple their livelihoods. Tens of thousands had signed petitions which this week were presented to tax officials and on Monday thousands of small traders shut up shops and businesses to hold protest marches in Blantyre, Lilongwe, Zomba and Mzuzu.

Show respect. Be humble and a good Olympic partner. Keep Team USA athletes safe. United States Olympic leaders set out goals Thursday for the Milan Cortina Winter Games that arrive during what they acknowledged is a period of geopolitical turmoil. The days before the opening ceremony Friday saw street protests in Milan against a U.S. federal security plan involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and organizers of the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games quizzed by African members of the IOC

And the Olympics have not yet officially begun. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Milan's Piazza XXV Aprile, named for the day Italy was liberated from Nazi fascism in 1945, to protest against the planned deployment of ICE agents during the Games. The ICE agents to be deployed to Milan are not from the same unit as the immigration agents cracking down in Minneapolis and other US cities.

Fiddelke, who officially took the reins of the struggling retailer on Sunday, laid out in a note on LinkedIn and on Target's website on Monday what his priorities are as he takes over. They include restoring Target's leadership in cheap-chic merchandise, making its stores and website easier and more pleasant to use, more fully leveraging tech to improve customer experience and operations, and "strengthening" employees and "growing alongside the communities" where Target runs its stores.

The state-imposed blackout has disconnected Iranians from the world and choked off businesses. Tehran, Iran Iran's economic outlook appears increasingly grim more than three weeks after the start of what became one of the most comprehensive and prolonged state-imposed internet blackouts in history, impacting a population of more than 90 million people. Iranian authorities abruptly cut off all communications across the country on the night of January 8,

The protest in Piazza XXV Aprile, a square named for the date of Italy's liberation from Nazi fascism in 1945, drew people from the left-leaning Democratic Party, the CGIL trade union confederation and the ANPI organisations that protect the memory of Italy's partisan resistance during World War II, along with many other people. list of 4 itemsend of list Organisers handed out plastic whistles, which participants blew as music blared from a van.

"stayed a little back, a little off the front lines."

The Palestine Coalition which includes groups such as the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition and Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament will be marching from Russell Square, down to the Strand, past Trafalgar Square and into Whitehall. The Metropolitan Police said the procession must not start before 12.45pm and the rally in Whitehall must end by 6pm. The Ukip march will go from Marble Arch, along Oxford Street, down Charing Cross Road and into Trafalgar Square.

San Franciscans will descend upon Dolores Park on Friday afternoon to join the "ICE Out" walkouts and protest taking place in dozens of cities across the country today. Organizers are hoping to replicate the success of a "general strike" that took place on Jan. 23 in Minneapolis, when hundreds of businesses shut down and thousands of people filled the streets to lambast Immigration and Customs Enforcement.