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Amazon employees plan a walkout

As many as 1,000 Amazon workers at the tech giant’s headquarters in Seattle plan to walk off the job to protest layoffs, a return-to-office mandate and concerns about corporate climate policies.

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Protests follow Senegal leader's detention

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko says he is being "illegally held" by security forces. Sonko has called on his supporters to protest, leading to fierce fighting between demonstrators and police in some neighbourhoods in Senegal...

Al Jazeera

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India’s wrestlers threaten to throw medals

India’s top wrestlers threatened to throw their Olympic and world medals into the Ganges River to protest government inaction against a BJP-linked official who they accuse of sexual harassment.

Al Jazeera Shorts

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Journalist who revealed Mahsa Amini's death on trial

An Iranian journalist went of trial behind closed doors on Monday on charges linked to her coverage of the funeral of a Kurdish-Iranian woman whose death in custody last year triggered months of unrest, her lawyer told ILNA news agency.

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China mosque demolition sparks unrest

Footage from China’s Yunnan province is believed to show Muslims from China’s Hui minority clashing with police after they were barred entry to a mosque. People online suggested the authorities were looking to demolish part of it.

Al Jazeera Shorts

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NATO troops injured in Kosovo clashes, 3 critical

The NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping force on Monday said that 25 of its troops, including 11 from Italy, were injured in the clashes with ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo who were trying to take over the offices of one of the municipalities wh...

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NATO soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes

Around 25 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes with Serb protesters on Monday (May 29), while Serbia's president put the army on the highest level of combat alert.

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Protesters in Serbia demand free-press

Huge crowds of anti-government protesters on Saturday encircled the Serbian state television building in downtown Belgrade to press their demand for autocratic President Aleksandar Vučić to ease his tight grip on the mainstream media and...

EuroNews

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One thousand activists arrested in The Hague

More than 1,000 climate activists from the climate change protest group, the Extinction Rebellion were arrested on Saturday for blocking a major highway in The Hague. The police reportedly managed to remove the protesters from the A12 in...

EuroNews

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Serbs clash with police in northern Kosovo

In Kosovo, groups of ethnic Serbs have clashed with police in several northern municipalities as they attempted to prevent elected Albanian officials from taking office.

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Climate protesters, police clash at TotalEnergies

French riot police used pepper spray against several hundred climate activists who sought to block shareholder access to oil major TotalEnergies's annual general meeting on Friday.

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Mali protesters demand exit of UN peacekeepers

Protesters have gathered in Mali's capital Bamako to demonstrate against the UN peacekeeping mission there. They have accused the troops of failing to bring peace. The security situation has worsened, with tens of thousands of people for...

Al Jazeera

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'Threat to democracy': Capitol riots leader jailed

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack. It's the longest penalty yet for any crime committed in the attempted insurrection. The judge said Rhodes poses ...

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A deeply divided India hosts the G20

As India hosts a G20 summit on tourism in Kashmir, the country is keen to project an image of stability and peace in the part of the region it controls. But on the ground, CBC's India correspondent Salima Shivji hears a simmering anger f...

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Protests in Brazil over racism against footballer

Dozens of protesters demonstrated outside the Spanish consulate in Brazil’s Sao Paulo to condemn the racist abuse of Real Madrid’s Brazilian player Vinicius Junior during a match against Valencia.

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Supporters rally for Julian Assange’s release

Supporters of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have held a demonstration in Australia. The event follows a diplomatic push by Canberra for his release.

Al Jazeera

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Topless activists target Italian Government

Environmental activists are not staying quiet. On Tuesday a string of new protests against governments, oil companies, and the air travel industry took place around the continent.

EuroNews

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Belarus 'pardons' dissident blogger

Roman Protasevich was accused of coordinating mass protests against President Alexander Lukashenko in 2020.

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Activists turn the waters of Trevi fountain black

Climate activists from the Last Generation group targeted Rome's iconic Trevi fountain, turning its waters black before being removed by police. The group has previously thrown food at famous paintings and protested at Milan's La Scala o...

EuroNews

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Anger, outrage after Iran executions

Protesters in London gather outside the Iranian embassy, urging the international community to take action against continued executions and human rights violations in Iran. They worry that the plight of Iranian protesters is fading from ...

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Tanzania businesses shut down over new tax

In a rare protest against the government, more than 1,000 shops in Dar-es-Salaam have remained shut for a third day.

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Chinese comedy group given $2 million fine

A comedy group in China has been given a $2 million fine for a joke about the military that invoked a slogan from President Xi Jinping.

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UK transport secretary urges Union vote on deal

Mark Harper, UK transport secretary, says a fair and reasonable offer was made to the unions representing rail drivers. A labor dispute has been ongoing for about a year. He spoke to Bloomberg's Lizzy Burden.

Bloomberg

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Pakistan arrests Imran Khan's party workers

Thousands of workers and leaders of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have been arrested. The mass arrests come as the former Pakistan prime minister urged his supporters to prepare for more demonstrations.

Al Jazeera

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California healthcare workers to go on strike

Thousands of health care workers across California say they are going on strike next week. Workers say they are walking off the job because of short staffing and declining patient care.

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Thailand: Protest leaders set to win election

Update: Thailand's two major opposition parties dominated Sunday's national elections, with voters rejecting nearly a decade of military-backed rule.

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Ethnic riots rock India

Thousands of security personnel are on high alert in the northeast Indian state of Manipur. At least 60 people were killed and 35,000 others displaced in riots and ethnic violence last week. Authorities say the situation is under control...

Al Jazeera

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Russia's silent protest against war

A student with an anti-war slogan. A vocational school founder who doesn't want to recruit for the military: some people in Russia are still demonstrating opposition to the war in Ukraine. They're taking huge risks in doing so.

DW News

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Guinea pro-democracy protests turn deadly

Protesters threw stones amid clouds of tear gas as an anti-government demonstration took place in Guinea on Wednesday. Two people have died, doctors in Guinea's capital Conakry have said, amid clashes between police and anti-government p...

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Thailand elections: pro-reform movement hopes for change

Thailand is holding its first election since the pro-democracy protests in 2020. The government cracked down on the protests, but some former protestors have since shifted their focus from the streets to the ballot box.

DW News