All posts tagged "Protests and demonstrations"
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InternationalVenezuelan President Maduro to be sworn in again despite serious doubts over election results
CARACAS, Venezuela — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro will extend his increasingly repressive rule over Venezuela until 2031 when he...
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Panama marks Martyrs’ Day amid Trump threats to retake control of Panama Canal
PANAMA CITY — A Panamanian national holiday remembering the killing of 21 protesters by police and U.S. troops in 1964 is taking...
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91International
Conflict between Turkey and Kurdish groups rises around key dam in northern Syria
TISHRIN DAM, Syria — A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and...
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371International
Venezuela’s opposition calls for protests against a third term for President Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela — Police were out in force in Venezuela ‘s capital Thursday ahead of what the opposition hoped would be major...
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24International
Mozambique opposition leader returns from exile as police fire tear gas at his supporters
MAPUTO, Mozambique — Mozambique’s main opposition leader returned from exile Thursday as security forces fired tear gas at hundreds of his supporters...
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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to her politically polarizing father
PARIS — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen paid tribute Wednesday to her father Jean-Marie, the founder of the National Front party...
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Guinea’s junta faces protests after missing a deadline for a return to democracy
CONAKRY, Guinea — Parts of Guinea’s capital were on lockdown as civil society and opposition groups protested the ruling junta’s missed deadline...
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Demonstrators block a key Pakistan-China trade route over power outages
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Hundreds of protesters angered by power outages have blocked a key highway in northern Pakistan, officials said on Tuesday....
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Residents of Syria’s Quneitra are frustrated by lack of action to halt Israeli advance
QUNEITRA, Syria — A main road in the provincial capital of Quneitra in southern Syria was blocked with mounds of dirt, fallen...
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Thousands protest in Montenegro to demand ouster of top security officials over mass shooting
PODGORICA, Montenegro — Several thousand people rallied in Montenegro on Sunday demanding the resignations of top security officials over the shooting earlier...
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South Korea: Protesters brave cold to demand President Yoon’s ouster
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of South Koreans, bundled up against freezing temperatures and snow, rallied overnight into Sunday near the...
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South Korean protesters brave cold to demand impeached president’s ouster
SEOUL, South Korea — Hundreds of South Koreans, bundled up against freezing temperatures and snow, rallied overnight into Sunday near the residence...
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Protesters in Syria demand justice for disappeared activists
DOUMA, Syria (AP) — Protesters in Syria held a sit-in Wednesday demanding justice for four activists who were forcibly disappeared in 2013...
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Saudi Arabia says it executes 6 Iranians for drug smuggling
BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday that the kingdom executed six Iranian men for drug smuggling, sparking strong objections from...
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Protesters in Syria demand justice for disappeared activists and accountability from all factions
DOUMA, Syria — Protesters in Syria held a sit-in Wednesday demanding justice for four activists who were forcibly disappeared in 2013 and...
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Tens of thousands of people in Istanbul protest Gaza war
ISTANBUL — Tens of thousands of people gathered on Istanbul’s Galata Bridge on New Year’s Day on Wednesday to express solidarity with...
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Palestinian taxi driver recounts surviving attack by right-wing protesters
A Palestinian taxi driver describes surviving a violent attack by a right-wing mob in Jerusalem earlier this week as Israel continues to...
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15International
CEOs are tired of being held responsible for gun regulation
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Opinion: Why is ‘60 Minutes’ amplifying the views of Marjorie Taylor Greene?
Editor’s Note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” Follow him @DeanObeidallah@masto.ai....
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Israeli military veterans, a backbone of protest movement, vow to keep demonstrating
Tel Aviv CNN — In a sea of Israeli flags, Yiftach Golov holds one that looks a little different. Among the hundreds...
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Serbia’s prosecutor charges 13 in a deadly canopy fall that fueled mass protests
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s public prosecutor on Monday indicted 13 people, including a former minister, over the collapse of a concrete canopy...
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German government seeks to downplay Musk’s backing of far-right party ahead of general election
BERLIN — The German government on Monday sought to downplay efforts by tech entrepreneur Elon Musk to get involved in the country’s...
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