We can beat Macron": Why women's anger is fuelling French pension protests

Unionists and left-wing parties in the French capital moved their rallies from the poorer eastern suburbs to the affluent 6th arrondissement (district) of central Paris, congregating along the fashion boulevards of the left bank. Organizers estimate that over half a million people attended (polic...

'We continue our revolution,' demonstrators in Iran said, dismissing reports that morality police had been 'disbanded.'

Iranian anti-regime protests occurred in September following the murder of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the infamous "morality police," despite widely publicized statements by an official implying that the contentious security unit had been abolished. According to our observers in Iran...

Tracking recent protests against China's zero-covid policy amid widespread surveillance

India Today investigates the latest surge of Covid-19 opposition in China, as authorities attempt to remove protest episodes from the social media environment.

At a news conference earlier today, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian answered questions concerning recent demo...

Germany's World Cup players covered their lips in protest against FIFA

Germany's players covered their lips for a team photo before their first World Cup match to protest FIFA's crackdown on seven nations' plans to wear armbands in protest of host nation Qatar's human rights record.

Before Wednesday's game against Japan, Germany lined u...

French media demand that Iran free a journalist reporting the Mahdi Amini protests.

French media outlets have demanded the release of a journalist assigned to cover protests in Iran for the Franco-German television network Arte, which reported his arrest.

Iranian native and French resident Vahid Shamsoddinnezhad was arrested in Iranian Kurdistan a month ago, Arte repor...

Students return to high school in Iran and immediately begin protesting the regime

Following the start of the academic year in Iran in October, the explosive protests that have swept the country have reached universities and even high schools. Several videos showing large groups of students protesting have gone viral; among them are numerous young ladies. They have been caught ...

The call-up of Putin increases Russians' ire, protests, and violence

There are lengthy car lineups on the winding roads leading to the Russian border crossings with Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia, as well as similar lines at airports.

furious protests, not just in Moscow and St. Petersburg, but even in the distant far-north province of Yakutia and in ...

Numerous people want the state funeral for Abe to be cancelled.

In a Tokyo park on Friday, several hundred protestors chanted and waved placards calling for the postponement of the former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official burial.

Demonstrator Mayumi Ishida stated that Abe's policies "favored war," stressing that Abe per...

Anti-Prayut protestors will face legal punishment, police say

In a press conference, Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Pol Maj Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-Ek said that demonstrators who ran riot and set fire to a police vehicle near the Din Daeng intersection after marching from the Democracy Monument to the Victory Monument in protest of Prime Minister Pra...

As a result of the oil shock, poorer countries are wracked by shortages and protests

The oil shock this year has had the greatest impact on developing countries. Many are reliant on imported petroleum, which is being suffocated by a combination of high international prices, weak currencies, and competition from wealthy nations recovering from the pandemic.

In countries ...

The Pakistani embassy in the United Arab Emirates has warned its nationals against holding protests

Pakistan's embassy in the UAE has issued a warning to its people not to stage rallies in the UAE.

Any type of parade or demonstration is prohibited, as is any misuse or out-of-context social media activity, according to an embassy caution released on Tuesday.

It comes just...

Angus Taylor criticises Beetaloo Basin protestors, claiming Australia has every right to grow its fossil fuel industry

Angus Taylor, Australia's energy minister, has slammed "activists" who oppose additional oil and gas production in the Beetaloo Basin, saying European countries are now regretting not pursuing a "gas-fired recovery."

Taylor told Sky News Australia that Australia ...

Despite protests, Nepal's parliament approves a disputed US assistance agreement

Despite popular demonstrations and resistance from the Communist parties, Nepal's parliament has accepted a disputed $500 million US handout.

Nepal signed the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) deal with the US government in 2017 to fund infrastructure projects, but it has yet t...

Prime Minister Modi announces that 3 farm laws will be cancelled

Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a stunning announcement today, just ahead of key state elections. The Prime Minister addressed the nation at 9 am today and announced a repeal of the three contentious farm laws.

Highlights

• PM Modi makes stunning annou...

Cuban Foreign Minister accuses Facebook and US for stimulating protests on November 15

Cuba's foreign minister blames the United States for protests over human and civil rights which occurred on November 15. He also alleged the social media giant Facebook for helping them in promoting this.

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Police arrest 39 climate activists in Britain for blocking the Port of Dover

Highlights

• Protestors blocked the Port of Dover and the police arrested 39 people
• Britain is aiming to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050

British climate change protesters had temporarily blocked the Port of Dover. Thi...

Ford employees are protesting against the company, demand government intervention

Highlights

• Employees of Ford India are protesting against the company
• The management’s decision to shut the manufacturing unit is affecting the livelihood of the nearly 2,700 employees

Employees at the manufacturing facility of...

HARYANA GOVERNMENT URGED TO CURB RUMOURS LINKING COVID SPREAD TO 5G

HIGHLIGHTS

• Telecom operators are urging Haryana government to curb rumors linking COVID spread to 5G.
• The DoT clarified that testing of the 5G network was yet to start in India.

Many telecom operators have sent a joint letter to Hary...

LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER UNITED MATCH POSTPONED AFTER FANS PROTEST

Highlights:

• The Premier League game between Manchester United and Liverpool had been postponed
• The match was postponed as around 200 fans have broken into the stadium to protest Glazer family’s ownership of the club

The Premier...

CHINA GIVES JAIL TERMS TO HONG KONG’S ANTI-GOVT. PROTESTORS

Highlights –

• China gives jail terms to Hong Kong’s anti-govt. protestors.
• Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong publisher has been sentenced to 14 months in jail this week.
• Some of the sentences handed down on Friday were suspended.