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Thunberg: Davos elite 'fuelling destruction of planet'
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» DAVOS, Switzerland: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed business and political leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, saying it was "absurd" to listen to them while they fuelled "the destruction of the planet".
Belarus begins trial in absentia of protest leader Tikhanovskaya
AFP, Published on 18/01/2023
» MOSCOW - The trial in absentia of Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya began in Minsk on Tuesday as strongman president Alexander Lukashenko cracks down on critics who challenged his three-decade rule.
UK strikes to intensify as teachers and nurses announce walkouts
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» LONDON - Industrial action looked set to intensify Monday as Britain's largest teaching and nursing unions announced further walkouts over pay, while the government seeks to limit strikes with a controversial bill.
Israelis rally against Netanyahu 'government of shame'
AFP, Published on 15/01/2023
» TEL AVIV - Tens of thousands of people protested in central Tel Aviv Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new hard-right government, which critics say threatens Israeli democracy.
Peru president insists 'I won't resign' as protests rage
AFP, Published on 14/01/2023
» LIMA: Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has insisted she will not step down, after another day of protests and roadblocks across the country saw calls for her resignation and the arrest of a trade union leader with alleged links to Maoist rebels.
Peru orders curfew in violence-hit region after 18 deaths
AFP, Published on 11/01/2023
» PUNO (PERU) - Peru on Tuesday announced a curfew in the southern Puno region in a bid to suppress violent protests, a day after 18 people were killed in clashes between demonstrators and security forces.
Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil Congress, presidential palace
AFP, Published on 09/01/2023
» BRASíLIA - Supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro pushed through police barricades and stormed into the national Congress building Sunday in a dramatic protest against President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's inauguration last week.
Iran executes two more men in connection with protests
AFP, Published on 07/01/2023
» PARIS - Iran on Saturday executed two men for killing a paramilitary force member during unprecedented protests sparked by the death in custody of a young woman.
Iran warns France over 'insulting' Khamenei cartoons
AFP, Published on 05/01/2023
» PARIS - Iran warned France on Wednesday of consequences after satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Tehran deemed to be insulting.
Myanmar marks Independence Day with show of force, mass pardons
AFP, Published on 04/01/2023
» Myanmar's junta announced an amnesty for 7,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day on Wednesday following a show of force in the capital, days after increasing democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi's jail term to 33 years.