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Rio Tinto is pushing to become a global copper powerhouse after giving the green light to a $5.3 billion expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia, despite copper prices languishing near seven year lows. Kirsty Basset reports.
Scores of trucks mark two weeks stranded at a roadblock on a main road near Silimin, western Panama, in the third week of protests over a big mining contract. A gunman killed two demonstrators blocking another road near Panama City, according to the police. IMAGES
Jarinje (Kosovo), Sep 22 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Valdrin Xhemaj) The Special Operations Unit of the Kosovo Police traveled to the border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia located in Jarinje, Kosovo, in response to the roadblocks with trucks and cars erected by Serbs in the city of Mitrovica.Tensions have soared at the Kosovo-Serbia border after Kosovar police banned Serbian-registered vehicles from entering Kosovo, sparking protests.FOOTAGE OF THE KOSOVAR POLICE AT THE JERINJE BORDER
A Bangladeshi writer's death in jail sparks protests and an outcry from rights groups, months after his arrest under internet laws which critics say are used to muzzle dissent. IMAGES
Port-au-Prince, Feb 16 (EFE).- The kidnapping of an elderly man in the Delmas 19 neighborhood in Haiti's capital led to a spontaneous protest on Tuesday by the victim's neighbors, which ended with the dispersion of some 150 people by the Haitian police using tear gas.The victim of the kidnapping is 74-year-old Vienne Dwane, a shopkeeper who residents see as a father figure.According to testimonies, he was taken away by individuals dressed in police uniforms on Monday afternoon. (Camera: MARIA MONTECELOS). SHOT LIST: AN ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST ON FEBRUARY 16, 2021, IN PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI.
Police and protesters clash with tear gas, flares and firecrackers in a second night of protest violence in Belgrade, where demonstrators are angry over the Serbian government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES