Ecuador rejects Indigenous protesters’ demands 10 days into tense standoff
Issued on: 23/06/2022 – 08:15 Thousands flooded the Ecuadoran capital Quito Wednesday for a tenth day of demonstrations over living costs, in an ever-tenser standoff...
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Sudan lifts state of emergency imposed since military coup
Issued on: 29/05/2022 – 21:29 Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Sunday lifted a state of emergency imposed since last year’s military coup, the...
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Sri Lanka’s cabinet ministers resign amid protests, social media ban
Issued on: 03/04/2022 – 22:03 Sri Lanka’s entire cabinet aside from the president and his sibling prime minister resigned from their posts Sunday as the...
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Sri Lankan opposition lawmakers defy curfew to stage protest amid economic crisis
Issued on: 03/04/2022 – 10:42 Armed troops in Sri Lanka blocked a Sunday opposition protest march staged in defiance of an emergency curfew to protest...
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Canada’s Ontario declares state of emergency over ‘illegal’ trucker protest
Ontario’s premier declared a state of emergency Friday in reaction to the truck blockades in Ottawa and at the U.S. border and said he will...
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Rescuers hunt for survivors after US tornadoes kill dozens
US emergency workers searched Sunday for survivors of ferocious tornadoes that killed dozens of people across several states and left towns in ruins, but the governor...
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Dozens feared dead as tornadoes tear through Kentucky, southeastern US
Issued on: 11/12/2021 – 12:14 Some 50 people are “likely” to have been killed in a devastating outbreak of tornadoes that ripped through Kentucky and several other...