Farmer-citizen movement. Trump and Le Pen supported Dutch farmers, now they have caused an electoral shock.

CNN: – In the Netherlands, a farmers’ protest party has caused a shock after winning state elections this week, just four years after it was founded. Could their rise have wider implications? The farmer-citizen movement, or BoerburgerBeweging (BBB), arose out of mass demonstrations against the Dutch government’s environmental policies, protests that saw farmers use their … Read more

South Korea’s leader made his first visit to Japan in 12 years amid concerns over China and North Korea

CNN: – South Korean President Yun Suk-yeol met his Japanese counterpart in Tokyo on Thursday for a fence-mending summit, the first such visit in 12 years, as the two neighbors try to counter North Korea’s threats to growing concerns about China. Those shared security challenges were on display just hours before the trip, when North … Read more

Israel complains. Lloyd Austin hits out at Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul as protesters block airport

Tel Aviv, Israel CNN: – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to weaken Israel’s judiciary as protesters paralyzed two of Tel Aviv’s main tourist arteries on Thursday, fueling a nationwide movement against the controversial proposals. A CNN team at Ben Gurion Airport saw people walking with suitcases to Terminal 3 … Read more

A wave of suspected poison attacks on schoolgirls has sparked protests in Iran

Concerned parents protested in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that have hit female students at dozens of schools, according to Iranian news agencies and social media videos. So far, unexplained illnesses have affected hundreds of schoolgirls in recent months. Iranian officials believe the girls may … Read more

Mexico’s Electoral Reform Bill. AMLO accuses the protesters of drug connections

CNN: – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador dismissed concerns on Monday about his plan to downsize the country’s electoral watchdog, accusing protesters of links to drug traffickers. Images of a mass protest in Mexico City on Sunday showed tens of thousands of people wearing pink, the color of the National Electoral Institute (INE), which … Read more