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Demonstrators gather in the Praca da Se as part of protests against poor public services, police violence and government corruption, in Sao Paulo June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Alex Almeida

Brazilian president salutes protesters as cities cut bus fares

President Dilma Rousseff last night sought to defuse a massive protest movement sweeping Brazil, acknowledging the need for better public [...]

Demonstrators face riot police during one of the many protests around Brazil's major cities in Belo Horizonte June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Pedro Vilela

Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil

As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil’s biggest cities last night in a swelling wave of [...]

People run as riot police fires a water cannon on Gezi Park protesters at Taksim Square in Istanbul.
Credit: Reuters

Thousands gather around Istanbul square after police raid

Thousands of people took to the streets and began building barricades on a main avenue to Istanbul’s Taksim Square on Saturday after police firing tear gas raided an adjoining park to evict anti-government protesters, a Reuters witness said.

Report: Poverty soaring for Philadelphia International Airport workers

Though the Philadelphia International Airport is an economic engine, subcontracted employees are working in poverty, according to a new report.

Can Councilman Wilson Goode Jr. save Philadelphia airport workers?

Councilman Wilson Goode Jr. will propose extending living wage to employees of city subcontractors like those at the Philadelphia International Airport.

Philly carpenters to picket Merion Golf Club through U.S. Open

The Philadelphia Carpenters Union claims U.S. Open body USGA under-budgeted their work and “abruptly” stopped using their services.

'Unite Against Fascism' demonstrators shout across police lines at 'English Defence League ' demonstrators, during a protest in Whitehall, organised following the recent killing of British soldier Lee

Anti-Muslim protests over murdered British soldier, pressure on Cameron

Around a thousand far-right protesters shouting “Muslim killers, off our streets” marched through central London on Monday against a backdrop of swelling anti-Muslim feeling following the killing of a British soldier last week.