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Police clash with protesters as anti-government rallies sweep France
Police have clashed with protesters in Paris as Yellow Vests defied a ban on their rally, leading to arrests.
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Masked protesters set off firecrackers and block roads in Albania
Police used water cannons to disperse masked protesters in Albania’s capital, Tirana.
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Protesters storm site of Microsoft’s planned Amsterdam data centre
Activists in Amsterdam have stormed the site of a proposed Microsoft data centre. Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports.
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Protesters break into Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam
Data centres face protests across Europe due to the massive amounts of computing power and water they use.
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Wounded French protesters to sue interior minister over police brutality
Around ten demonstrators wounded at recent protests in France on Friday said they will sue Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez over police brutality. Student and cost-of-living protests in recent weeks have been marred by violence, including reports of police inflicting serious and lifechanging injuries on protesters – many of whom are minors.
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Data center protesters break into Microsoft site in Amsterdam
Protesters are demanding a pause in data center construction in Europe. Campaigners planning protests in 16 countries say the AI building boom threatens water supplies, power grids and climate goals.
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Protesters break into Microsoft AI data centre site in Amsterdam
More than 100 activists broke into a Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam.
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Paraguay's president Pena impeached after resigning over banking scandal
Paraguay’s lower house voted unanimously to impeach President Santiago Pena on Thursday, just minutes after he announced his resignation on X. Protesters have rallied in the streets since the takeover of a bank linked to Pena blocked millions of people, including pensioners, from accessing their money.
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France faces new protests as government seeks to prevent violence
France faces new protests as the government seeks to prevent a repeat of October unrest. Protesters demand better public services, including education, and also critique the rising cost-of-living. FRANCE 24's Claire Paccalin reports from the ground.
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Europe's Gen Z protesters unite over living costs, housing and employment uncertainty
Although French high schoolers may have taken the lead in the youth protests that have since spread to Belgium, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain, they acted like "a catalyst" for their shared concerns over their future, researchers say, pointing to higher living costs, unaffordable housing and the uncertainty of their employment prospects.
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Police clash with housing crisis protesters in Portugal
Police clash with housing crisis protesters in Portugal
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India protesters march with 1km banner of deleted voters’ names
Protesters in New Delhi carried a one-kilometre banner bearing the names of people removed from India’s voter rolls.
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Photos: Thousands join India’s opposition rally against election chief
Protesters march in New Delhi demanding the election chief quit over voter roll changes seen as favouring Modi’s party.