Govt gestures leave roots of Indonesia protests intact
Jakarta (AFP) - Government gestures to calm deadly protests in Indonesia have done little to address the economic inequality and ...
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Brazilians burn Trump effigies as tariffs spark anger
Brasília (AFP) - Brazilians set fire to effigies of Donald Trump in protests across several cities Friday, denouncing the US ...
Trade on agenda as Trump lands in Scotland for diplomacy and golf
Turnberry (United Kingdom) (AFP) - US President Donald Trump landed in Scotland on Friday for a five-day visit set to ...
Panama launches maintenance work at contested mine
Panama City (AFP) - Panama's government said Friday it would start maintenance work at a major mine forced to shut ...
Prospect of copper mine reopening revives tensions in Panama
Donoso (Panama) (AFP) - Piles of copper concentrate from a Canadian-owned mine closed by the Panama courts in 2023 sit ...
Indonesians seek escape as anger rises over quality of life
Jakarta (AFP) - Indonesian private tutor Patricia has been learning German for two years, armed with a dream of leaving ...
Steel decline sparks protests and a movie in Belgium
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Thousands of steelworkers took to the streets of Brussels on Wednesday to demand EU help for ...
Bolivian ex-president, who fled to US, sentenced to six years prison
La Paz (AFP) - A Bolivian court has sentenced ex-president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in absentia to six years and ...
Kenya reintroduces tax reforms with new deputy president
Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya plans to reintroduce some of the tax hikes that sparked deadly protests earlier this year, the ...
Bolivia’s breadbasket squeezed by pro-Morales blockades
Cochabamba (Bolivia) (AFP) - At a wholesale market in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, farmer Damaris Masias watches through ...
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