Farmers attack Indigenous people reclaiming land in Brazil
Brasilia, Brazil Reuters Armed men backed by farmers in trucks and tractors attacked Indigenous people reclaiming land in Brazil’s farming state of Mato Grosso do Sul at the weekend, injuring 11 of them, government officials and a rights group said on Monday. The Ministry of Indigenous Affairs said five of the 10 people injured on […]
Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorised protest in years
Hong Kong, China Reuters Hong Kong police on Sunday permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security law in 2020. Several dozen demonstrators were required to wear numbered lanyards and were barred from wearing masks, as police monitored […]
Boon or bane?: Malaysian island reclamation plan divides residents
RINA CHANDRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on a controversial project proposed for the Malaysian island of Penang…