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A wide range of social organizations in Colombia recently called for a general strike after President Iván Duque’s government proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions. The government intended to increase revenue and reduce debt, but the changes disproportionately affected middle- and working-class Colombians. These demands include the dissolution of the Colombian anti-riot police (known as ESMAD), an improved health-care system, a basic income, more educational and...

Newstalk Breakfast: "This was a case of state-sponsored hijacking… state-sponsored piracy. “I cant say much about it because the EU authorities and NATO are dealing with it at the moment. “Were debriefing our crew, who did a phenomenal job to get that aircraft and almost all the passengers out of Minsk after six hours." Russian Ambassador to Ireland, Yury Filatov, at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Dublin in 2018. Picture by: Sam Boal / RollingNews.ie Mr OLeary said the incident...

Share this article Northern Ireland DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson has suggested the British government has not changed the Northern Ireland Protocol by extending its grace period. It comes after London announced plans to unilaterally extend a grace period for food imports from Britain into Northern Ireland. It means businesses exporting food from Britain to Northern Ireland will not have to provide the necessary paperwork for a further six months. The European Union has warned that the move breache...

Published January 31, 2021, 3:44 PM The Philippine government should file a joint diplomatic protest before the United Nations (UN) together with other Southeast Asian countries to protest China’s law allowing its Coast Guard to launch armed attacks against foreign vessels in the West Philippine Sea. Sen. Francis Tolentino (Henzberg Austria/ Senate PRIB) Administration Sen. Francis Tolentino made the pitch Sunday, the eve of the first day of the implementation of the new law that allows Chin...