Sep 30 Haiti braces for new protests demanding President Moise resign By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Opposition protesters are expected to block streets and attempt to paralyze Haiti's economy as they press for President Jovenel Moïse to give up power. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 5:22 News Wrap: House challenges Trump on border national emergency In our Friday news wrap, House Democrats voted to end the national emergency declaration that allows money to be diverted from the military to fund construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The Senate already approved the measure, but… Continue watching
Sep 24 Thousands of Indonesian students rally against changes to corruption law By Niniek Karmini, Associated Press Several thousand university students are enraged that Indonesia's parliament passed a law last week that reduces the authority of the Corruption Eradication Commission, a key body in fighting endemic graft in the country. They joined the demonstration in front of… Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch 5:45 Why Hong Kong protesters say withdrawing extradition bill is ‘too little, too late’ Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced the formal withdrawal of a bill that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be extradited to mainland China for trials. The proposal sparked months of large-scale demonstrations that sometimes turned violent. Continue watching
Aug 15 Immigration protesters say 2 hurt when truck drives at them By Associated Press At least two people were injured Wednesday night outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, according to the Jewish youth movement Never Again Action. Continue reading
Aug 07 Protesters chant for action on guns as Trump visits Dayton By Zeke Miller, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Protesters greeted President Donald Trump's arrival in Dayton Wednesday, blaming his incendiary rhetoric for inflaming political and racial tensions in the country and demanding action on gun control as he visited survivors of last weekend's mass shootings and saluted first… Continue reading
Jul 16 Puerto Rico’s governor in crisis amid online chat scandal By Michael Weissenstein, Joel Colon, Associated Press The scandal that is threatening to buckle the 40-year-old Ricardo Rosselló centers on a profanity-laced and at times misogynistic online chat with nine other male members of his administration. Continue reading
Jun 26 Wayfair workers protest furniture sale to detention center By Alexandra Olson, Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press Employees at online home furnishings retailer Wayfair walked out Wednesday to protest the company's decision to sell $200,000 worth of furniture to a government contractor that runs a detention center for migrant children in Texas. Continue reading
Jun 12 Russians protest fabricated arrests after falsified case against journalist is dropped By Jim Heintz, Associated Press Supporters of a Russian journalist who was arrested on drug dealing charges and freed after the government admitted no evidence existed of wrongdoing marched Wednesday in Moscow to protest alleged fabrications by police. Continue reading
Apr 29 Protesters go bananas after artwork removed from Polish museum By Monika Scislowska The 1973 video "Consumer Art," by prominent artist Natalia LL, showing a young woman eating a banana with great pleasure, was removed from the National Museum in Warsaw last week after the new museum head was summoned to the Ministry… Continue reading