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Taiwan sees 10th anniversary of Sunflower Movement

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A crowd of 800 people gathered outside the legislature on Monday evening (March 18) with speeches and commemorative events held on the 10th anniversary of the student-led ...

Polish farmers block crossings on German border again

A Polish police spokeperson said farmers in Poland blocked two crossings on the German border in protest Monday. The farmers parked their tractors on the A2 highway, blocking traffic in both directio...

Putin wins Russia election in landslide with no serious competition

MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin won a record post-Soviet landslide in Russia's election on Sunday, cementing his already tight grip on power in a victory he said showed Mosco...

Russia election: Putin set for landslide victory

Russian President Vladimir Putin was slated to win the country's presidential election, state-run exit polls showed Sunday. The government-run VTsIOM pollster showed the 71-year-old had won a lan...

Spanish farmers protest in Madrid despite EU concessions

Thousands of Spanish farmers once again protested with tractors in Madrid on Sunday, demanding better prices for their produce and denouncing European Union agricultural policies. The farmers argue t...

Russia: Opposition calls on voters to protest against Putin

Russian opposition members called on eligible voters to join the "Noon against Putin" protest at polling stations across the country on Sunday, the final day of voting in Russia's three-...

Crimea: 10 years on, fight to liberate peninsula continues

When Russia illegally annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea in 2014, tens of thousands of people fled the southern peninsula. Some of these exiles joined Ukraine's armed forces in the fight again...

Russia votes: Why does Putin bother holding elections?

Critics have regularly said Russia is a dictatorship but nonetheless, between March 15 and 17, the country will hold a presidential election. But the outcome has been predicted long before this week: ...

Farmers rally in New Delhi to demand higher crop prices

Thousands of farmers gathered in India's capital, New Delhi, on Thursday to demand higher prices for crops. The demonstrations came a month after farmers set up camp in northern India after riot ...

Biden clinches nomination, bruising presidential rematch with Trump looms

March 12 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden won enough delegates on Tuesday to seal the Democratic Party's nomination, with a face-off against former President Donald Trump looming in what would be t...

American YouTuber hops Taipei MRT barrier, shouts 'free Palestine'

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — An American tourist surnamed Chang (張) was removed by police on Monday (March 11) from a Taipei Metro station after he climbed over a barrier without paying to protest the...

India implements citizenship law opposed by Muslims before election

NEW DELHI, March 11 (Reuters) - India moved on Monday to implement a 2019 citizenship law that has been criticised as discriminating against Muslims, weeks before Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a ...

Protestors mark 13th anniversary of Fukushima disaster

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Stop Nukes Now organization hosted a protest outside the legislature commemorating the 13th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on Monday (March 11). Gree...

Taipei hosts ‘Free Tibet’ protest

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The 65th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising was commemorated on Sunday (March 10) with a large parade in Taipei. Tibetan monks led the public in singing the Tibetan na...

Indebted Turkish farmers worse off than EU agriculturists

All over Europe, farmers have been taking to the streets to protest in recent months, snarling traffic with their tractors. Farmers in Turkey haven't yet taken to the streets, but the agricultural...