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'Defence' budget under attack
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 18/10/2019
» The opposition attacked government spending plans for favouring the Defence Ministry and imposing "ineffective" economic stimulus measures, as three days of debate on the budget bill began in the House on Thursday.
Budget bill passed in first reading
Online Reporters, Published on 19/10/2019
» The fiscal 2020 budget passed the first of three readings on Saturday in the House of Representatives, after three days of intense debate.
EU fires budget warning shots to Italy, France
AFP, Published on 22/10/2019
» BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Tuesday demanded urgent clarifications from Italy and France on their budget plans for next year, worried they veer widely from spending cut commitments made to Brussels.
Chile president announces social measures to stem street violence
AFP, Published on 23/10/2019
» SANTIAGO: Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced a package of social measures Tuesday aimed at stemming days of protests over economic inequality that have swept the country and claimed 15 lives.
Chileans go on strike as protest death toll hits 18
AFP, Published on 24/10/2019
» SANTIAGO - Thousands of Chileans flooded the streets of Santiago and other cities Wednesday on day one of a general strike, upping the pressure on President Sebastien Pinera after days of social unrest that have left at least 18 dead.
Anti-government protests resume in Iraq after bloodshed
AFP, Published on 25/10/2019
» BAGHDAD - Anti-government rallies have renewed across Iraq, the second phase of protests that turned deadly earlier this month and which could balloon after the endorsement of populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
New wave of protests in Baghdad's Green Zone
AFP, Published on 25/10/2019
» BAGHDAD: Thousands of protesters massed near the high-security Green Zone in Iraq's capital on Friday in a resumption of anti-government demonstrations that left more than 150 people dead earlier this month.
A surge in protests around the world in October
AFP, Published on 26/10/2019
» PARIS - The past weeks have seen a wave of often unprecedented protest movements erupt in countries around the world.
Over a million protesters demand Chile president's resignation
AFP, Published on 26/10/2019
» SANTIAGO - More than one million people took to the streets in Chile Friday for the largest protests in a week of deadly demonstrations demanding economic reforms and the resignation of President Sebastian Pinera.
Iraq forces try to clear lingering protesters
AFP, Published on 26/10/2019
» BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces fired tear gas to clear lingering protesters in Baghdad on Saturday morning, after dozens died in a bloody resumption of anti-government rallies to be discussed in parliament.