World Protests - Page 25

June 20, 2024

Climate activists targeting Taylor Swift's plane spray-paint 2 other private jets orange

Climate change activists spray-painted two jets orange after breaking into a London airport where they claimed Taylor Swift's luxury plane was parked.

June 19, 2024

Climate activists spray Stonehenge with orange powder, demanding end to fossil fuels in UK

Activists with the climate protest group Just Stop Oil sprayed the ancient British landmark of Stonehenge with orange powder on Wednesday to protest the use of fossil fuels.

June 18, 2024

More than 200 arrested in Kenya protests over proposed tax hikes in finance bill

Police in Kenya have arrested 210 people in the country's capital of Nairobi amid continuing protests against proposed tax hikes; businesses were forced to temporarily close over looting fears.

June 12, 2024

Riot police unleash tear gas, water cannons on rowdy anti-Milei protesters in Buenos Aires

Riot police converged in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday to disperse aggressive protesters of policies brought forth by libertarian President Javier Milei.

June 12, 2024

Armenia to withdraw from Moscow-dominated security alliance as tensions flare

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced Wednesday his intent to withdraw from the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization.

June 8, 2024

European farmers' discontent with EU climate policies may sway elections: expert

An expert told NPR that the frustrations felt by European farmers over the EU's climate policies could sway the ongoing 2024 European Parliament election.

June 8, 2024

AI enabling Iran’s crackdown on women as authoritarian regime uses tech to enforce head covering

Iran is using a host of AI tools to find and arrest regime critics. NGOs and others worry the mullahs' other target is women who fail to wear the hijab.

June 4, 2024

US-China policy failures highlighted on Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary

The naïve U.S. desire to try and shape China's emergence on the global scene may have ultimately proven its undoing as Beijing failed to liberalize its society as various administrations had hoped.

June 3, 2024

35 years after China's Tiananmen Square massacre: Why we must never forget

Tiananmen Square was described as “a bloodbath in the center of a world capital." The massacre shocked the international community, while highlighting humanity’s innate desire for liberty.

May 30, 2024

United Nations slammed for holding meeting to honor 'Butcher of Tehran': 'Outright offensive'

Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi died earlier this month, along with Iran's foreign minister and other high-ranking officials, when the helicopter carrying them crashed in a mountainous region.