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Memes, cartoons and caustic Cantonese: the language of Hong Kong’s protests
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Memes, cartoons and caustic Cantonese: the language of Hong Kong’s protests

Viral artwork pummelling city leaders, clever word plays and Cantonese cursing that would make a sailor blush — Hong Kongers…
Climate activists block German mine despite orders to leave
Environment

Climate activists block German mine despite orders to leave

BERLIN (AP) — Hundreds of climate activists are keeping up their protest inside one of Germany’s biggest open-pit mines despite…
Leaderless and livid: The youngsters on Hong Kong front lines
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Leaderless and livid: The youngsters on Hong Kong front lines

Young Hong Kongers who marshaled the fight against a police force that was armed with tear gas and rubber bullets…
Extinction Rebellion delays drone protest at Britain’s Heathrow until after summer
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Extinction Rebellion delays drone protest at Britain’s Heathrow until after summer

LONDON (Reuters) – Climate activism group Extinction Rebellion has postponed until later this year a plan to shut down Britain’s…
Hong Kong leader refuses to scrap extradition bill despite rally
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Hong Kong leader refuses to scrap extradition bill despite rally

Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing leader on Monday refused to scrap a controversial plan to allow extraditions to the Chinese mainland, a…
No country meeting global goals for gender equality: study
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No country meeting global goals for gender equality: study

No country is on track to achieve the gender equality called for in the United Nations’s development blueprint, a report…
Saudi minister denies activist Baghdadi faced any Saudi threat
Middle East

Saudi minister denies activist Baghdadi faced any Saudi threat

RIYADH (Reuters) – A senior Saudi official denied the authorities posed any threat to prominent Palestinian human rights campaigner Iyad…
Fake blood flows at anti-extinction protest in Paris
Environment

Fake blood flows at anti-extinction protest in Paris

Environmental protesters spilled fake blood Sunday on the steps of the Trocadero, a Paris tourist landmark, in a stunt to…
Sudan protest leaders to unveil civilian ruling body
Middle East

Sudan protest leaders to unveil civilian ruling body

Sudanese protest leaders have announced plans to unveil a civilian body to take over from the ruling military council as…
Volunteer doctors, cooks help Sudanese keep up protests
Middle East

Volunteer doctors, cooks help Sudanese keep up protests

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The protesters in Sudan wave national flags, chant “freedom” and bang plastic drums in the sweltering…
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