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By Mayank Bhardwaj and Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Farmers in India vowed on Monday to intensify their months-long protest against laws aimed at liberalising agriculture as tension flared a day after eight people were killed in clashes between growers and ruling party supporters. Four of the eight were killed when a car linked to a senior ruling party official crashed into protesters in Uttar Pradesh state, protest leaders said. Police said they were investigating the crash and had regi...

CAIRO (Reuters) -Sudan is about to run out of essential medicine, fuel and wheat after political protests forced the closure of Port Sudan, the main port in the east of the country, the cabinet said on Sunday. Members of eastern Sudans Beja tribes have blocked roads and forced Red Sea ports to close in recent weeks in protest at what they say is the regions lack of political power and poor economic conditions there. The cabinet acknowledged eastern Sudans just cause and stressed the right to pea...

CAIRO (Reuters) -Sudan is about to run out of essential medicine, fuel and wheat after political protests forced the closure of Port Sudan, the main port in the east of the country, the cabinet said on Sunday. Members of eastern Sudans Beja tribes have blocked roads and forced Red Sea ports to close in recent weeks in protest at what they say is the regions lack of political power and poor economic conditions there. The cabinet acknowledged eastern Sudans just cause and stressed the right to pea...

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Antonio Galvan, head of soybean grower lobby Aprosoja, is part of a group of 10 people under investigation for their alleged role in a conspiracy against Brazilian institutions including the Supreme Court, according to court records seen by Reuters. According to authorities, the people under investigation have incited the population through social networks to practice criminal and violent acts on the eve of the Sept. 7 national holiday, when Brazilians observe Inde...

EU vows to shield itself from Chinese security threats, Michel says FILE PHOTO: European Council President Charles Michel speaks during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France June 9, 2021. Julien Warnand/Pool via REUTERS reuters_tickers This content was published on June 10, 2021 - 08:33 June 10, 2021 - 08:33 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Council President Charles Michel said on Thursday that the European Union was ready to stand up to aggressive actions by China and...

Colombia protests lose steam, but their economic toll rises Demonstrators gather outside a local hotel where representatives of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) and union leaders meet, in Bogota, Colombia June 9, 2021. REUTERS/Nathalia Angarita reuters_tickers This content was published on June 9, 2021 - 23:12 June 9, 2021 - 23:12 By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) - Anti-government protests in Colombia were sparsely attended on Wednesday, but the economic fall-out of the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China reported 12 new COVID-19 cases in the mainland on May 8, up from seven a day earlier, the countrys national health authority said on Sunday. The National Health Commission said in a statement that all the new cases were imported infections originating from overseas. The number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, rose to 10 from eight a day earlier. The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in mainland China now stands at 90,75...

By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indias prime minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday protesters that stormed New Delhis Red Fort had caused insult to the country, his first public comments on a months-long farmers agitation that turned violent last week. Tens of thousands of farmers have camped on the outskirts of the capital for more than two months, protesting new agricultural laws they say benefit private buyers at the expense of growers. A tractor parade on Tuesdays Republic Day turned v...

By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) - A new form of African swine fever identified in Chinese pig farms is most likely caused by illicit vaccines, industry insiders say, a fresh blow to the worlds largest pork producer, still recovering from a devastating epidemic of the virus. Two new strains of African swine fever have infected more than 1,000 sows on several farms owned by New Hope Liuhe, Chinas fourth-largest producer, as well as pigs being fattened for the firm by contract farmers, said Y...