Carrefour Brasil expresses regret after new protests about Black killing
Supermarket chain Carrefour Brasil said on Tuesday that it deeply regretted that a Black man was beaten to death by security guards last Thursday at...
Protests
Police scouring social media, warn protest organisers against planning any demos
Police said on Thursday they had identified and warned certain members of the public who were planning to participate in demonstrations after the health minister...
‘There is another wall in Cyprus – the privileged and non-privileged’
A protest was held in the centre of Nicosia on Saturday against government corruption, following the exposure the citizenship by investment scheme. The protest by...
Police crack down on marathon anti-Kremlin protest in Russia’s Far East
Police in Russia’s Far East broke up a long-running anti-Kremlin protest with force on Saturday, detaining 25 people according to local authorities, in response to...
Famagusta hospital will remain Covid facility, health ministry says
The health ministry has made clear that until the end of the pandemic, Cyprus needs a reference hospital for Covid-19 patients. The ministry was responding...
Coronavirus: authorities draw up guidelines allowing protests (Update 2)
Police will not act against hundreds of demonstrators who staged a protest against Covid restrictions outside the presidential palace on Saturday night, it was announced...
‘Putin, have some tea’: Russian city holds eighth anti-Kremlin protest
Thousands of people took to the streets on Saturday in Russia’s far eastern city of Khabarovsk to protest against President Vladimir Putin’s handling of a...
Controversial works on Limassol street to begin Friday
Works on Nikos and Despina Pattichis Street in Limassol will begin on Friday, the public works department announced amid threats from business owners that they...
Hong Kong protesters face off with police in mall protests
Hong Kong riot police swept into several shopping malls on Saturday, chasing off and arresting some anti-government Hong Kong demonstrators who had gathered to press...
Protests everywhere
Journalists don’t just travel in packs; they write in packs too. And what they’ve written this week is endless pipe-sucking ruminations about what’s driving the...
Hong Kong braces for weekend mass demonstrations after Halloween clashes
Hong Kong cleaned up its famed party zone Lan Kwai Fong on Friday after a night of clashes marred Halloween festivities when police fired tear...
Hong Kong braces for Halloween havoc as protesters target party district
Hong Kong is bracing for a rowdy and possibly hugely dangerous Halloween on Thursday, when thousands of pro-democracy protesters, many wearing banned face masks, plan to...
Climate-change protesters poised to kick off global wave of street marches
As world leaders begin arriving for a summit at the United Nations on accelerating action to address climate threats, adults are planning to join students in an...
Protesters vow to go ahead with Heathrow disruption despite arrests
Climate-change activists have vowed to go ahead with plans to disrupt Heathrow with drones on Friday morning, despite the arrest of five of their members...
Hong Kong students rally peacefully before brief night skirmishes
Thousands of Hong Kong university and school students boycotted class and rallied peacefully for democracy on Monday, the latest acts of defiance in an anti-government...
Contract workers protest outside palace
Hundreds of public contract workers called for a meeting with President Nicos Anastasiades and cabinet members during a protest in front of the presidential palace...
Scores gather at palace for second week to protest killings
Scores of people gathered on Friday afternoon outside the Presidential Palace for the second week to demonstrate for the victims of the serial killer and...
Monks to join residents in protest over asphalt plant
MONKS from Stavrovouni monastery are joining forces with residents of Pyrga and Kornos in mobiliaing against the planned construction of an asphalt production and recycling...
Venezuelan general urges military to disavow Maduro as opposition stages rallies
An active Venezuelan general called on the armed forces to rebel against President Nicolas Maduro and to recognize the opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim chief...
Catalan separatists seethe at Spanish cabinet visit (Update 2)
Police dragged Catalan separatists off roads and arrested 11 during protests on Friday as Spain‘s government brought a cabinet meeting to regional capital Barcelona in both...
