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Nepal police fire rubber bullets and use water canons as hundreds protest against a $500-million US grant going before the country's parliament. Nepal signed the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) pact in 2017 to fund infrastructure projects, but its ratification has been in limbo because of divisions within political parties. Some say it undermines Nepal's sovereignty, but Washington believes China is behind a disinformation campaign against the pact.
Sudanese police fired tear gas Monday as thousands of protesters rallied against the military-dominated government near the presidential palace in Khartoum. The demonstrators marched from various districts of the capital, many carrying national flags or chanting "No to military rule" and "The army might betray you, but the street will never betray you".
Around 7,000 people protested in Athens on Sunday against a new rule obliging health workers to get vaccinated against Covid-19, said police who fired teargas to quell violence among the demonstrators
Riot police fired water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters in Bangkok Tuesday as hundreds rallied for democratic reform and against the government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Haitian police fire tear gas on hundreds of protesters