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Protesters covered themselves with umbrellas as they gathered outside the Eastern District Courts in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Cabinet Member Floats Internet Curbs To Contain Unrest

Hong Kong may curb access to the internet in a bid to contain months of increasingly violent pro-democracy protests, a cabinet member told AFP on Monday, after an emergency-law ban on demonstrators wearing face masks failed to quell the unrest.The warning came as the international financial hub remained partly paralysed from three days of protests in which the city's rail network and business outlets seen as pro-China were badly vandalised.
'We have tried petitions, lobbying and marches, and now time is running out.' Extinction Rebellion protesters in Melbourne, Australia.

Global Climate 'Rebellion' Sees Mass Arrests And Blocked Roads

Climate protesters from Sydney to New York blocked roads Monday, sparking hundreds of arrests, as two weeks of civil disobedience demanding immediate action to save the Earth from "extinction" kicked off.The demonstrations, triggered by the group Extinction Rebellion, were mostly limited to a few hundred people in each city, far from the size of last month's massive Greta Thunberg-inspired protests.
A Hong Kong woman holds a mask with slogans written on it -- critics say the ban on face masks during protests is a major step towards authoritarianism

Hong Kong Lashed By Fresh Violence As Thousands Defy Mask Ban

Hong Kong was rocked by fresh violence Sunday as tens of thousands hit the streets to defy a ban on face masks, sparking clashes with police, street fights and vandalism across the strife-torn city.Large crowds marched through torrential rain in peaceful but unsanctioned rallies on both sides of Victoria Harbour, condemning the government for deploying emergency powers to ban face masks at public gatherings.
Protest organisers chartered two high-speed TGV trains and around 100 buses to bring people to Paris

Tens Of Thousands Protest French IVF Law For Single Women, Lesbians

Tens of thousands gathered in Paris on Sunday to protest the government's plan to let single women and lesbians become pregnant with fertility treatments, the country's first major social reform since France legalised gay marriage in 2013.Waving red and green flags, a crowd estimated at around 74,500 by an independent media count marched from the French Senate toward the monolithic Tour Montparnasse skyscraper, chanting "Liberty, Equality, Paternity" -- a play on the French motto which ends with "Fraternity".

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