In Benin, tensions soar over cost of living
Cotonou (AFP) - In the heart of Cotonou’s large Dantokpa market, Diane Makpenon's family corn shop is less busy than ...
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French police union threatens to disrupt Olympics relay
Paris (AFP) - A French police trade union threatened Tuesday to disrupt the Olympics torch relay ahead of the start ...
Mass protests in Canary Islands decry overtourism
Madrid (AFP) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of Spain's Canary Islands on Saturday to demand changes ...
Pro-Palestinian protesters block Golden Gate bridge, roads across US
Los Angeles (AFP) - Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge on Monday, completely halting traffic for hours as ...
Zara owner Inditex workers protest after record profits
Madrid (AFP) - Workers at Inditex's Zara and other big name stores protested outside the company shops across Spain on ...
Polish farmers block roads in new Ukraine imports protest
Zakręt (Poland) (AFP) - Polish farmers on Wednesday staged tractor blockades on roads nationwide in their latest protest against farm ...
EU chief outlines more concessions for bloc’s farmers
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Friday laid out a further series of concessions ...
Angry Polish farmers protest EU rules, Ukraine farm imports
Warsaw (AFP) - Throwing smoke bombs and lighting fires, thousands of angry farmers demonstrated in Warsaw on Wednesday against EU ...
Dozens arrested at farmers’ protest on Champs-Elysees in Paris
Paris (AFP) - French police arrested dozens of people Friday at a farmers' protest on the Champs-Elysees in central Paris ...
French farmers protest near Paris’s Arc de Triomphe
Paris (AFP) - French farmers blocked traffic around Paris's famed Arc de Triomphe monument with tractors and bales of hay, ...
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