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Pro-democracy revolt scuppers China's reform plans for Hong Kong

Pro-Chinese members of Hong Kong’s legislature attempted to foil a revolt by pro-democracy members by walking out of the electoral reform debate

Chile

Chile: Teachers and students protests against education reforms

Tens of thousands of teachers and students have been protesting in Santiago against a government education reforms. The peaceful march turned more

Greece

Greeks rally ahead of eurozone crunch talks

As the sun set over Athens, thousands gathered outside of parliament for an anti-austerity demo, but could the sun also be setting on Greece's future in the eurozone?

Greece

Athens rallies against austerity ahead of eurozone crunch talks

It may be 31 degrees Celsius in Athens, but the political temperature is at boiling point and the Greeks appear to be in a defiant mood. We’re

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China

Hong Kong wants 'two systems' promise honoured

For 79 days last autumn, thousands of citizens blocked Honk Kong’s main streets. The Umbrella Movement beginning late 2014 opposed Beijing’s plan for

China

Protesters slam Hong Kong's electoral reform debate as a sham

Until Friday (June 19) Hong Kong’s Legislative Council is debating the political reforms that will shape the next elections. In the lead-up to the

World News

Donetsk residents stage rare protest against rebel authority in Ukraine

While the US and Russia on Monday renewed calls for all sides to implement the Minsk peace accord in Ukraine, those on the front line in Donetsk

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Video shows Israeli soldiers beating unarmed Palestinian demonstrator

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People power: students protest ahead of Copa América

Greece

Athens protest warns Greek government against debt deal with more austerity

With Greece under constant international pressure to make more cuts and reforms to secure bailout money – at home there was a strong warning not to

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Tibetan activists disrupt Beijing's bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics

USA

Pool party outcry: US police officer resigns

A US police officer has resigned after footage emerged of him wrestling a black teenager to the ground at a pool party in Texas.

USA

McKinney: Viral video raises fresh questions about US police brutality

Racially-motivated violence, or unruly teens antagonising the authorities? Fresh questions are raised about racial bias in the US police force as a video emerges of an officer pushing a teenage girl t

Romania

Romanian PM refuses to step down despite criminal probe

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta has refused to step down despite the launch of a criminal investigation against him. Hundreds protested in the

Germany

Protesters block road to G7 summit

About 200 people rallied in the Bavarian mountain town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday and tried to march towards the Elmau Castle where a G7

Germany

Germany: Protesters clash with police in Bavaria ahead of G7 summit

At least 3,500 demonstraters are in the German town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen to demand action from G7 leaders, who are due to meet on Sunday, on a number of issues including climate change, poverty a

Germany

Activists call on G7 summit to be more than hot air

Over 30,000 activists have been gathering in Munich since Thursday, urging G7 leaders meeting Sunday to take real action on the world's most pressing issues - from poverty to climate change and the wa

Germany

Over 20,000 activists protest in Munich against weekend G7 summit

More than 20,000 protesters gathered in the German city of Munich on Thursday against a G7 summit that will be held in the region this weekend.

Argentina

Argentina: thousands of protesters call for end to 'femicide'

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Buenos Aires to call for tougher measures to end “femicide” – the killing of a woman by a man

Mexico

Mexico: Protests and calls for boycott ahead of state elections

Protesting teachers in Mexico's Oaxaca state have set fire to electoral offices and material ahead of the June 7 polls.