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| 1.5 million in Seoul, South Korea |
In the latest development of the South Korean protests that have been taking place for several weeks now, the number of people in Seoul’s Guanghwamun Square has grow to over 1.5 million. President Park has just apologized publicly for the third time to the nation, but still refuses to step down. She has however, stated that she will allow the Parliament to decide whether she should stay or be impeached.......
In one of the largest organized marches in the history of the world, tens of millions of Shia Muslims made an incredibly heartening statement, by risking their lives to travel through war-stricken areas to openly defy ISIS. This massive event that would have undoubtedly helped to ease tensions in the West was almost entirely ignored by corporate media.
Women, men, elderly, and children made their way to the city of Karbala on Sunday and Monday last week for the holy day of Arbaeen. Arbaeen is the event which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period following Ashura, the religious ritual that commemorates the death of the Prophet Mohammad’s grandson Imam Hussein in 680 AD........
Thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday in
the latest Dignity March – a protest against the government’s austerity
policies.
Participants in Saturday
evening’s demonstration walked about two kilometers from Plaza de España
to Plaza de Neptuno carrying banners demanding that the government put
an end to budget cuts and act independently from Brussels. They also
accused their government of protecting the interests of big
multinational corporations at the expense of the Spanish people.... |
| Italy's PM has put forward a package of major reforms. |
Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has put his political future on the line by giving Italians a vote on a package of major reforms which include transforming the Senate and reducing its powers.
Currently, the country's parliament is composed of the Senate of the Republic and Chamber of Deputies - Italy's equivalent of the House of Lords and Commons respectively. Both chambers have an equal number of 315 members each, which can lead to political deadlocks. It is hoped the reforms will make passing legislation easier, however opponents argue that it could give the governing party too much power........
Presidential election is being held in Austria, after results of the May voting were annulled. The European nation is once again choosing between the former Green Party leader Alexander Van der Bellen and Norbert Hofer, who is running for the right-wing Freedom Party (FPO). The rerun vote was ordered by Austria's Constitutional Court after the previous presidential election, held on May 22, was disputed following complaints of irregularities. The initial election saw the former Greens’ leader, Van der Bellen win with 50.3 percent of the vote, compared to Hofer’s 49.7 percent, with only 31,000 votes separating the candidates.........
'France wants action': Thatcherite Francois Fillon promises radical reforms after winning presidential primary
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — At least 200,000 conservative Muslims rallied in the Indonesian capital on Friday in the second major protest in a month against its minority Christian governor who is being prosecuted for alleged blasphemy.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who is a political ally of the Jakarta governor, Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, and angered hard-liners by being out of the city during the first protest, unexpectedly went to the national monument to join Friday prayers with the sprawling crowd. He called for protesters to disperse peacefully. They cheered and then broke into chants calling for Ahok's arrest, but later people were streaming peacefully out of the area into a main thoroughfare of the city........
US military veterans continue to arrive at Standing Rock, with up to 3,500 expected in total. They are due to meet with tribal elders to discuss how they can best help the ongoing protest, marked by heavy police force and bitterly cold weather conditions.
Clashes over immigration have erupted between police and two opposing protest groups in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, and resulted in the arrests of 11 people, local media reports.
Pro-immigration protesters barricaded themselves against police. They set ablaze containers with litter and pieces of wood and lit a bonfire right on the roadway, which ended up in scuffles with police.........