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New Delhi, Feb 3 (EFE/EPA).- Pop superstar Rihanna, climate activist Greta Thunberg and several global celebrities tweeting to support protesting Indian farmers sparked angry government reaction Wednesday over "neither accurate nor responsible" comments by foreign individuals.Tens of thousands of farmers have been protesting on the outskirts of the Indian capital, New Delhi, for the last nearly three months against new farm laws.The protesters allege the new laws will benefit big businesses and leave agricultural workers at their mercy. (Camera: RAJAT GUPTA/HARISH TYAGI).SHOT LIST: FARMERS' PROTEST ON FEBRUARY 3, 2021, IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
Hong Kong, Apr 14 (EFE/EPA).- Lawmakers in Hong Kong on Wednesday began reviewing the Improving Electoral System (Consolidated Amendments) Bill 2021, a series of amendments to local laws in line with the sweeping electoral reforms initiated by Beijing in March to ensure only ‘patriots’ can rule the city. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). SHOT LIST: PEDESTRIANS WALK PAST A GOVERNMENT BANNER PROMOTING AN OVERHAUL OF THE ELECTORAL SYSTEN IN HONG KONG AND LAWMAKERS REVIEW THE IMPROVING ELECTORAL SYSTEM (CONSOLIDATED AMENDMENTS) BILL 2021 DURING A SESSION AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN HONG KONG, CHINA.
Pro-abortion rights activists demonstrate to demand the legalisation of abortion on the Global Day of Action for Safe and Legal Abortion in Mexico City. Eight of Mexico's 32 states have decriminalised abortion, but in September 2021 the Supreme Court declared several state laws banning abortion unconstitutional, effectively allowing it throughout the country. IMAGES
Nicolas Sarkozy is back at Paris Court House this Friday to answer questions in his appeal trial about illegal campaign financing during his 2012 failed re-election bid. The Former head of state was sentenced to one year's imprisonment in 2021 in what has been dubbed the "Bygmalion case". Conservative Sarkozy has faced a litany of legal problems since his one term in office from 2007 until 2012, and has been charged separately with corruption, bribery, influence-peddling, and breaking campaign financing laws. IMAGES
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin takes part in a ceremony in tribute to Stephanie Monferme, a police officer who was fatally stabbed in the entrance of the Rambouillet police station, near Paris, in April 2021 by a Tunisian delivery driver, who was subsequently shot dead by a police officer. IMAGES
In the Jam Jar invite à partager l'intimité des derniers jours de Joan (81), dont les rêveries sur la mort résonnent silencieusement avec celles de son fils Dan (50). Ce court-métrage de fiction est une immersion dans la mort et le deuil, un hommage à l'amour maternel composé de rognures d'ongles, d'aquarelle, de confiture aux fraises et d'un détecteur de fantômes.
Le combat d'un homme homme âgé pour sauver son fils et de sa femme pour faire libérer son mari : Julian Assange, fondateur de WikiLeaks et prisonnier politique.
Echoes of the Past est une fiction en partie inspirée de faits historiques réels, le massacre de Kalavytra par les troupes nazies le 13 décembre 1943.
The EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis warned Tuesday that Chinese regulations governing the transfer of data out of the country, including a revised anti-espionage law, could have "unintended consequences". "This may be an issue of systemic concern and it may affect all internationally active companies, not only European companies but also Chinese companies," he said. SOUNDBITE