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Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Sunday that his government will offer new fuel tax cuts to try to end crippling protests over soaring gas costs, though he slammed the tactics of farmers and truckers who had blocked access to the nation’s only oil refinery and several depots. CBC | World News
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Fuel protests in Ireland continue to disrupt as pumps run dry
Trucks and tractors continued to block access to vital fuel depots and a major port, and vehicles clogging traffic led to closures of part of the main highway around Dublin, the capital, as well as sections of other major roadways. CBC | World News
Read More »Dublin airport issues warning to passengers as protests spark delays on M50
People have been spotted walking with their luggage along the motorway near the airport. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »London protests see 25 people arrested, 18 over alleged Palestine Action links
Half a million people rallied in London against the far right today. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Anger over Iran war adds fuel to anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests across U.S.
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Read More »No Kings protests in the U.S. on Saturday could be the biggest yet. Here’s why
More than 3,100 events are being organized in communities large and small across all 50 states on Saturday in the latest No Kings protests, with demonstrations also planned internationally, including in Canada. CBC | World News
Read More »More than 5,000 killed in recent protests in Iran, rights group says, as regime rejects Trump claims
Iran’s top prosecutor on Friday called U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that he halted the hangings of 800 detained protesters there “completely false.” Meanwhile, the overall death toll from a bloody crackdown on nationwide demonstrations rose to at least 5,002, activists said. CBC | World News
Read More »As protests in Iran are silenced, rights groups work to count the dead amid internet blackout
The Iranian regime says just over 3,000 people were killed in recent protests over the country’s failed economy, while human rights groups put the number of protesters confirmed dead at more than 4,000 and rising. CBC | World News
Read More »Britain calls some anti-Israel protests a form of terrorism. Is it state overreach?
A trio of British hunger strikers is taking food again last week, after claiming victory in a standoff with the U.K. government over the group Palestine Action. The activist group, best known for vandalizing British companies associated with Israel, has been proscribed as a terrorist organization by the government. CBC | World News
Read More »Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blames Trump for inciting anti-government protests
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has acknowledged that thousands of people were killed during anti-government protests over the last two weeks, but blamed the U.S. for the death toll. He also called President Donald Trump a criminal for supporting the protests, which have been countered by tens of thousands of pro-government demonstrators. The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency ...
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