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Farmers in Italy, Spain and Poland protest over European Union policies

By Ciarán Giles, Monika Scislowska, Associated Press

The actions follow similar ones in other EU member nations in recent weeks with farmers complaining that the 27-nation bloc's environmental and other policies are a financial burden and make their products more expensive than non-EU imports.

Thousands of Spanish farmers stage a 2nd day of tractor protests over EU policies

By Ciarán Giles, Raf Cassert, Associated Press

Spanish farmers blocked highways and caused traffic jams to demand changes in European Union farming policies. They are also calling for more funds and measures to combat production cost hikes and severe drought.

EU scraps pesticide proposal in another concession to protesting farmers

By Raf Cassert, Associated Press

Farmers have insisted that measures like the one on pesticides would increase the bureaucratic burden and add to the price gap between their products and cheap foreign imports.

Senegal parliament delays election until after opposition lawmakers are blocked from voting

By Babacar Dione, Associated Press

Senegal's parliament has voted to delay the West African nation's presidential election until Dec. 15 in a chaotic voting process that took place after opposition lawmakers were forcefully removed from the legislative building.

As Europe’s farmers find common cause in grievances, governments race to offer concessions

By Derek Gatopoulos, Costas Kantouris, Associated Press

Protests have swept Europe as farmers on the continent take their grievances over inflation, foreign competition and the costs of combating climate change to the streets.

2 key French farmer unions suspend protests after government offers new measures

By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

Farmers have been protesting for days across the country to denounce low wages, heavy regulation and unfair competition from abroad.

Traffic-blocking farmers now closing in on EU capital in a protest seeking better market conditions

By Raf Cassert, Associated Press

The protests had an immediate impact. The European Commission announced plans to shield farmers from cheap exports from Ukraine during wartime and allow farmers to sidestep environmental rules.

France’s government announces new measures to calm farmers’ protests as blockades squeeze Paris

By Sylvie Corbet, Oleg Cetinic, Associated Press

France's newly appointed prime minister has announced controls on foreign food products in order to guarantee "fair competition," seeking to calm the anger of protesting farmers camped out around Paris.

Indiana bill defining antisemitism in the state education code advances to Senate

By Isabella Volmert, Associated Press

Advocates for the bill said instances of antisemitism have increased at college campuses in Indiana since the Oct. 7 attack, when militants stormed into Israel from Gaza, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and capturing around 250 people.

How watermelon imagery, a symbol of solidarity with Palestinians, spread around the world

By Anna Furman, Associated Press

Over the past three months, on banners and T-shirts and balloons and social media posts, one piece of imagery has emerged around the world in protests against the Israel-Hamas war: the watermelon.