Thomas Andrews

A person wearing an air-filtration mask and helmet is show looking through makeshift metal barriers with the words 'Defense Force' and a hand holding up three fingers painted on them.

The lethal crackdown in Myanmar continues with widespread calls for the violence to end

Top of The World

Top of The World: The deadly crackdown on demonstrators, activists and also journalists in Myanmar has continued unabated with at least 10 more people shot to death by security forces. And, nearly a year after suffering one of the worst outbreaks of the coronavirus infections in Europe, the government in Italy is again considering new “red zone” lockdown restrictions. Also Senegal has been engulfed in deadly protests over the past week over government corruption and a crackdown on political opposition.