Emergency orders were issued last night in several neighborhoods in Utrecht. The municipality says that a group of young people in the vicinity of Marnixlaan in the Zuilen district and in the Ondiep district has thrown fireworks and that an emergency order is therefore issued for the entire area. According to a spokesman for the police, the Mobile Unit has also been deployed. Source NOS
A federal judge in Texas on Tuesday temporarily blocked a move by new U.S. President Joe Biden to halt the deportation of many immigrants for a 100-day period, a swift legal setback for his ambitious immigration agenda. Source Reuters
The United States could face a heightened threat of domestic extremist violence for weeks from people angry at Donald Trump’s election defeat and inspired by the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Homeland Security warned on Wednesday. Source Reuters
Chinese military exercises near Taiwan are a “solemn warning to external forces”, Beijing said Wednesday, after the new US government expressed strong support for the self-ruled island. Source Bangkok Post
