It looked like a military campaign. The farmers called it “Operation Paris Siege,” while the French interior minister ordered an “important defensive system” to protect the capital and its airports. On Monday, angry agriculturalists and their allies deployed their tractors in an attempt to surround Paris, choking major roadways and disrupting not only traffic and … Read more
WARSAW, Poland — Polish farmers who had blockaded a border crossing to Ukraine ended their protest after reaching an agreement with the government that met their demands, Poland’s state news agency PAP reported Saturday. The frustration of the farmers was one of the challenges facing the new Polish government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which … Read more
Swedish workers are uniting against Tesla. From tomorrow, cleaners will stop cleaning Tesla showrooms, electricians won’t fix the company’s charging points, and dockworkers will refuse to unload Tesla cargo at all Swedish ports. What started as a strike by Tesla mechanics is spreading, in something Swedish unions describe as an existential battle between Elon Musk’s … Read more
Republican senators tore into their GOP colleague Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Wednesday night. They’d had enough of Tuberville’s months-long blockade of military promotions. “There’s a reason this has not been done this way for a couple hundred years,” Sen. Lindsey Graham said at one point. A handful of Senate Republicans on Wednesday evening tore into … Read more
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The U.N. warned on Wednesday that without more fuel it will soon sharply curtail relief operations in the Gaza Strip, which has been blockaded and devastated by Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel more than two weeks ago. The warning came as hospitals in Gaza struggled to … Read more
MANILA, Philippines — Two Philippine supply boats breached a Chinese coast guard blockade in the South China Sea on Wednesday in a recurring confrontation near a disputed shoal some fear could spark a larger security crisis that could draw in the United States. Two Philippine coast guard ships escorted the smaller supply boats, but it … Read more
ROME — The Italian authorities accepted new measures to crack down on migration Monday, after the southern island of Lampedusa was once more overwhelmed by a wave of arrivals setting off from Tunisia and the migration concern returned to middle stage in Europe with speak of a naval blockade. The measures accepted by the Cupboard … Read more