Indonesians seek escape as anger rises over quality of life
Jakarta (AFP) - Indonesian private tutor Patricia has been learning German for two years, armed with a dream of leaving ...
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Steel decline sparks protests and a movie in Belgium
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Thousands of steelworkers took to the streets of Brussels on Wednesday to demand EU help for ...
Bolivian ex-president, who fled to US, sentenced to six years prison
La Paz (AFP) - A Bolivian court has sentenced ex-president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in absentia to six years and ...
Kenya reintroduces tax reforms with new deputy president
Nairobi (AFP) - Kenya plans to reintroduce some of the tax hikes that sparked deadly protests earlier this year, the ...
Bolivia’s breadbasket squeezed by pro-Morales blockades
Cochabamba (Bolivia) (AFP) - At a wholesale market in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, farmer Damaris Masias watches through ...
Bolivia ‘going from bad to worse’: At the barricades with Morales supporters
Cochabamba (Bolivia) (AFP) - At a traffic stop on a road leading to the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, a ...
Spain logs record summer tourism as inflow draws protests
Madrid (AFP) - Spain welcomed a record 21. 8 million international visitors this summer, official data showed on Wednesday, an ...
Spain welcomed record number of tourists this summer
Madrid (AFP) - Spain welcomed a record 21. 8 million international visitors to its shores this summer, official data showed ...
Argentine Congress backs Milei veto of pensions hike
Buenos Aires (AFP) - Argentina's Congress on Wednesday upheld President Javier Milei's veto of a bill to increase pensions which ...
Colombian police break up road blockades against diesel price hikes
Bogotá (AFP) - Colombian police moved in Thursday to break up road blockades in and around the capital on the ...
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