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Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrate against Netanyahu’s justice plans

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Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrate against Netanyahu’s justice plans

TEL AVIV, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests on Saturday against the judicial reform plans of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government which protesters say will threaten ministers’ democratic checks and balances by courts. The plans, which the government says are necessary to curb the overreach of activist judges, have … Read more

Thousands of people join a right-wing rally against the Spanish government

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Thousands of people join a right-wing rally against the Spanish government

MADRID, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Thousands gathered in central Madrid on Saturday to protest against the socialist government and accuse it of undermining the constitution, at a rally backed by right-wing parties. Demonstrators gathered in the Plaza de Cibeles in front of City Hall, waved Spanish flags, called on Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to resign … Read more

In Mexico, a journalist published an article. The next day he was shot

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In Mexico, a journalist published an article. The next day he was shot

MEXICO CITY, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Just after sunset on Thursday, February 10, two men in a white Dodge Ram pickup truck pulled up outside Heber Lopez Vasquez’s small radio studio in southern Mexico. A man came out, walked inside and shot the 42-year-old journalist dead. Lopez’s 12-year-old son Oscar, the only person with him, … Read more