Thousands of Colombians took to the streets Sunday in the latest rebuke of leftist President Gustavo Petro's reform agenda. The demonstrations took place in several cities, including the capital. Protesters filled Bolivar Plaza outside the presidential palace in Bogota. While protests have been a constant since the former leftist guerrilla
Local people say archipelago’s outdated industry made life unaffordable and prompts environmental emergenciesThousands of people will join protests across the Canary islands on Saturday to call for an urgent rethink of the Spanish archipelago’s tourism industry and a freeze on tourist numbers, arguing that the current, decades-old model has made life unaffordable and environmentally unsustainable for local people.The protests – which will take place under the banner “Canarias tiene un límite”...
(The Center Square) - A ruling that declared state-funded allotments for the correspondence programs has some confused as to what it means for Alaska's more than 24,000 homeschooled children. Gov. Mike Dunleavy crafted the law as a constitutional amendment while serving as a state senator in 2013. That measure failed and he reintroduced it as a bill in 2014 that passed and was signed into law. The bill allows families to receive up to $4,500 in state funds for...
Trudi Warner was arrested on March 27 last year for holding up a sign outside an entrance used by jurors at Inner London Crown Court.
Thousands of people have joined protests on the Canary Islands to call for a limit on tourism numbers. Protesters are reportedly calling for a temporary limit on visitor numbers to ease pressure on the islands' infrastructure and housing situation. 13.9 million people visited the islands in 2023. Tourism accounts for around 35% of the archipelago’s GDP and brought in €16.9bn in 2022. Protests took place in Lanzarote, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Palma and Gran Canaria on April 20. David Gainford,...
Thousands of people have joined protests on the Canary Islands to call for a limit on tourism numbers. Protesters are reportedly calling for a temporary limit on visitor numbers to ease pressure on the islands' infrastructure and housing situation. 13.9 million people visited the islands in 2023. Tourism accounts for around 35% of the archipelago’s GDP and brought in €16.9bn in 2022. Protests took place in Lanzarote, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Palma and Gran Canaria on April 20. David Gainford,...
Thousands of people have joined protests on the Canary Islands to call for a limit on tourism numbers. Protesters are reportedly calling for a temporary limit on visitor numbers to ease pressure on the islands' infrastructure and housing situation. 13.9 million people visited the islands in 2023. Tourism accounts for around 35% of the archipelago’s GDP and brought in €16.9bn in 2022. Protests took place in Lanzarote, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Palma and Gran Canaria on April 20. David Gainford,...
Flights delayed and traffic disrupted as protesters in major US cities intensify call for ceasefire in GazaThousands of people held protests across the US on Monday condemning Israel’s attack on Gaza, shutting down airports and disrupting traffic in major cities from New York to San Francisco.A portion of the Kennedy Expressway into Chicago O’Hare international airport, one of the US’s busiest, was blocked off by protesters calling for an end to the violence. Continue reading
Thousands of Indigenous people began gathering in Brazil's capital on Monday for what was expected to become a protest against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's unfulfilled promises to create reserves and expel illegal miners and land-grabbers from their territories. Holding Lula's government to account appeared to be the focus of this year's 20th Free Land Camp, an annual weeklong encampment of Indigenous people in Brasilia. CONSERVATIVE BRAZILIANS LAUD ELON MUSK AT RALLY IN SUPPORT OF...
"The situation is an emergency and we have to start acting like it."
Thousands of Colombians took to the streets Sunday in the latest rebuke of leftist President Gustavo Petro’s reform agenda.
The Met Police has today arrested nine people as thousands of pro-Palestine activists and Israel supporting counter protesters marched through London amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza.