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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Crisis averted? The Suez Canal is open again

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03/31/2021

This week, we speak to five protesters in Myanmar who tell us why they will not give up, even as the military responds with escalating violence to protests calling on them to step down.

Also, a global sigh of relief was heard as traffic resumed through Egypt's Suez Canal after a giant container ship that blocked the busy waterway was refloated.

And finally, from Canada, we bring you the stories of Indigenous people who died in police encounters and the loved ones they left behind.

Traffic in Suez Canal resumes after stranded ship refloated

Helped by the peak of high tide, a flotilla of tugboats wrenched the bulbous bow of the skyscraper-sized Ever Given from the canal’s sandy bank.

Myanmar: Five protesters explain why they will not give up

More than 500 have died, but protesters say they must continue to fight to avoid a return to Myanmar’s dark past.

The president's bodyguard who amassed dozens of cars and houses

Norman Chisale for years headed the security detail of Malawi’s ex-President Peter Mutharika. Now he faces corruption charges.

OPINION: A cold civil war is being waged in America

Republicans who failed to overturn the 2020 presidential election are now trying to prevent future electoral defeats through voter suppression.

The Indigenous people killed by Canada's police

The stories of Indigenous people who died in police encounters in Canada and the loved ones they left behind.