Farmer protests spread in Europe ahead of EU summit
Jossigny, France/Brussels, Belgium Reuters French and Belgian farmers angry about rising costs, EU environmental policies and cheap food imports blocked highways and access roads to a major container port on Tuesday as the protests spread across Europe. In France, farmers, who have been protesting for over two weeks, stepped up their pressure on the government […]
Indigenous leader pushes EU to block Brazil deal over native community deaths
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Thomson Reuters Foundation Europe must press Brazil to end killings of Indigenous people by refusing to sign off on a major trade deal, a community leader said on Monday after a young member of the country’s protected Guajajara tribe was shot dead by illegal loggers. Sonia Guajajara, the head of APIB […]