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"They have taken a decision that they will allow employees at an institution that they fund to go hungry," Timour Azhari, a journalist who resigned from his position this week, told Newsweek. "They definitely have the money to pay."

"We must leave no room for collusion and interaction between Hong Kong's radical opposition and the U.S. government," an editorial in The Global Times argued.

Pro-democracy candidates swept the board in local council elections this weekend, winning almost 90 percent of seats.

Supporters of Evo Morales, who resigned on November 10, marched into La Paz on Thursday bearing the coffins of their fellow activists, who had been killed in the ongoing protests that have wracked the country.

Donald Trump commended Apple's plant as a "fantastic facility" and Ivanka Trump applauded the company for being "one of the early signers" of the administration's 'Pledge to America's Workers' initiative. 

Mohamed Ali's videos condemning the corruption of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's regime sparked violent protests in September.

At least six people have so far been killed in the unrest, which erupted last week over increases in the price of gasoline.

"Even if, hypothetically, the government says we're going to implement all the reforms that you want, they're not going to trust them," Kareem Chehayeb, a journalist and activist, told Newsweek.

Photos and videos of the Hong Kong protests show that universities have become major battlegrounds for students and police.

Five months of protests is taking its toll among young people heading to the front lines, who risk serious injury, arrest or even death.

Online shopping company Alibaba is preparing to sell shares of stock in Hong Kong in a move investors hope will calm a market shaken by protests.

The farmers market in Bloomington, Indiana has seen alleged white supremacists selling vegetables and protesters being arrested in all manner of costumes, and that was just Saturday.

Violent clashes on Monday left two people in critical condition—one shot by police and one set on fire by anti-government protesters.

Junis Ho was attacked on Wednesday morning while campaigning for local elections to be held at the end of this month.

On Monday #ChicagoTrumpProtest trended on Twitter in America as congregated outside of Trump Towers in Chicago to protest the president's first visit to the city since his election.

Vice President Mike Pence has said that China is "exploiting corporate greed" by dealing with American companies such as Nike and the NBA, but as Indiana Governor in 2013 he approved millions of dollars in incentives to companies which offshored American jobs to China.

Protestors clashed with police during an illegal protest on Sunday, where protesters vandalizing pro-China businesses were met with tear gas and water cannons.

"We are victims of systematic oppression by our own government," Dima El-Ayache, a student protester, told Newsweek. "Today we are revolting."

The state of emergency hands responsibility for security in the capital to the Chilean military.

About twenty Oahu-based protesters, inspired by the success of outcry against the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory, continue to protest the construction of wind farms in their neighborhood. It's a fight they've kept up for ten years.

Protests began October 11 as students jumped turnstiles and clashed with police in mass fare evasion to protest fare hikes.

The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 bill would allow the U.S. to sanction Chinese and Hong Kong officials believed to be undermining the territory's autonomy.

Nine Catalan leaders were sentenced to between nine and 13 years in prison by the Spanish supreme court on Monday.

Two well-known activists have been detained and tortured in a wave of arrests meant to crack down on protests against the Egyptian president, Abdel Fatteh el-SIssi,

Denise Ho said China's aggressive approach to freedom of expression is only making its reputation worse and its situation more difficult.

Andrew Pollack, father of Parkland shooting victim, Meadow Pollack, voiced his objections over her image being used by the "March For Our Lives" movement, which was started by survivors of the same massacre.

Queensland government may enact stricter search and seizure laws against Extinction Rebellion protesters.

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Nearly 700 have been arrested in protests in the Ecuadorian capital as President Lenin Moreno tries to quell the violence.

As the Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases involving LGBTQ employment rights, over 100 protesters were reportedly arrested.