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Traffic and weather on the 2s. High levels of lead discovered in the water. The taps now turned off as officials call for help from the state and federal government. Janelle burrell live in newark with more this morning. Reporter hi chris and mary, most of the samples were actually taken from water sources from sinks and polices where you would wash your hands these test results showed that some of the Drinking Water sources, some of the water fountains at this Charter School came back with lead levels ten times above the acceptable limits. The testing took 324 water samples, a sample from eve...

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Colombian president withdraws tax reforms after mass protests | New protests The tax reforms of right-wing President Ivan Duque spread public anger and protests throughout Colombia. Colombian President Ivan Duque has said he is withdrawing his controversial tax reform proposal, denouncing thousands of protesters across the South American nation over several days of measures. In a video on Sunday, Duque said he would ask Congress to “withdraw the law proposed by the finance ministry and urgently process a new law that is the fruit of consensus to avoid financial uncertainty.” The right-win...

Colombian President Ivan Duque has said he is withdrawing a contentious tax reform proposal after thousands of protesters took to the streets across the South American nation for several days to denounce the measures. In a video on Sunday, Duque said he would ask Congress “to withdraw the law proposed by the finance ministry and urgently process a new law that is the fruit of consensus, in order to avoid financial uncertainty”. The proposed reforms, which the right-wing government had insisted were vital to stabilising Colombia’s finances, maintaining its credit rating and funding socia...

Bogota, Colombia – Tens of thousands of protesters answered the call of Colombia’s biggest unions to take to the streets over the government’s proposed tax proposals despite a court order to postpone the strike over concerns of an overstretched health system amid a third wave of coronavirus. Teachers, university students, trade unions, Afro-Colombian and Indigenous groups and many others took part in the protests on Wednesday against tax changes put forward by right-wing President Ivan Duque’s government. The government has proposed an array of new or expanded taxes on citizens and bu...