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Riots occurred in Mexico City late Friday as hundreds of women took to the streets in the city’s centre to protest violence against women. The demonstrations came after two young women had separately claimed to have been raped by police in Mexico City over the past two weeks. Fires brokeContinue Reading

Almost 400 people more died in the Netherlands during Europe’s recent record-breaking heatwave than in a regular summer week, Dutch national statistics agency, CBS, said on Friday. In total, 2,964 people died in the Netherlands during the week that started on July 22, the CBS said, which was around 15Continue Reading

The south-western city of Nagasaki on Friday urged the Japanese government to be party in a UN treaty banning nuclear weapons. The call came as Japan paid tribute to the victims of the U.S. atomic bomb attack on the city 74 years ago. Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue gave the adviceContinue Reading

Twenty-six candidates, including two women, have been cleared run in Tunisia’s early presidential elections, slated for Sept. 15, the country’s electoral commission said on Wednesday. The 26 were cleared out of 97 aspirants, who submitted applications to run for president, the commission said in a news conference. Tunisia’s first democratically-electedContinue Reading

German authorities in Berlin have launched a hate crime investigation after a Jewish man was pushed to the ground from behind by two men, police said on Wednesday. The 55-year-old victim told police he was wearing clothing that identified him as a Jew when the incident occurred on Tuesday inContinue Reading

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday is expected to address the U.S. troops stationed in Poland during his visit to the country, according to Polish Defence Minister, Mariusz Blaszczak. Blaszczak said the address, coming after a deal in June to increase the U.S. troop presence in Poland, would take placeContinue Reading