Ecuador: Indigenous protesters block roads to protest fuel prices
Indigenous protesters blocked a road in Quito on Monday in protest against economic policies implemented by the government.
Protesters' demands include reducing the cost of fuel and price caps on agricultural goods. Similar roadblocks were been erected in other Ecuadorean provinces.
Ecuador is currently struggling with rising levels of inflation, unemployment and poverty, and protesters are accusing conservative President Guillermo Lasso of submitting to pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
A local pasta manufacturer in Modena described on Wednesday the growing uncertainty in the market due to wheat shortages caused partially by the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Paolo Serafini, owner of Ferrari Food, expressed his concerns for the rising wheat prices from his factory.
Global food market, already affected by COVID-19 pandemic, received another blow after the Russian military offensive in Ukraine, since both countries produce about 30 percent of global wheat exports.
The speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi led a congressional delegation to Kiev to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday.
Pelosi became the highest-ranking US official to meet with Zelensky since the start of the conflict.
Zelensky awarded Pelosi with 'the Order of Princess Olga' for her contribution to strengthening Ukrainian and American ties.
Ruptly is live from Sheikh Jarrah on Monday, May 16, as people gather to pray and protest after Walid a-Sharif died of wounds sustained in recent Jerusalem's Temple Mount clashes. His family is expected to be able to pick up his body from the hospital after his was pronounced dead on Saturday.
The 21-year-old was critically injured when he was reportedly hit by a sponge-tipped bullet on April 22 during clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters. Police say he fell and hit his head while throwing rocks.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that during the national elections he 'had to deal with all', including Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky, in Budapest on Sunday.
"We had to deal with all, the Hungarian left, the international left all around us, the bureaucrats in Brussels, all the funds and departments of the Soros’ empire, the international mainstream media and at the end on top of all these, the president of Ukraine too," Orban said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the nation on Tuesday saying Russian troops 'could use chemical weapons against the defenders of Mariupol.'
"One of the mouthpieces of the occupiers stated that they could use chemical weapons against the defenders of Mariupol. We take this as seriously as possible," the Ukraine leader declared.
He stressed that Kiev takes potential chemical weapons use ‘as seriously as possible' and called on the international community to react 'much tougher and faster.'
Hundreds of migrants clashed with local police guards in Tapachula on Friday, as they were prevented from marching to Mexico City.
Reports suggest that the incident took place against the backdrop of the migrants' frustration over having to wait long for their applications to be processed by the Mexican authorities.
At least three civilians were killed, and the other ten received injuries following the shelling of a market in Donetsk by the Ukrainian forces, the Russian Investigative Committee informed adding that at least nine houses were damaged.
Emergency services could be seen working on the scene of the attack.
According to the DPR representatives in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination on ceasefire, Ukraine fired at least 80 rockets at the city.
The Ukrainian forces used the so-called 'Grad' rocket launchers designed in the USSR, JCCC said.
Dust from the Sahara covered the Spanish capital, Madrid, on Monday.
A thick dust cloud filled the atmosphere and could be seen on surfaces around the city, including cars and bicycles.
Hundreds of Muscovites attended the re-branded McDonald's restaurants, which finally reopened as "Vkusno i Tochka" ("Tasty and that's it" in Russian).
The first 15 restaurants of the chain, counting over 850 branches in 62 regions, reopened on Russia Day. The new owner Alexander Govor pledged to reopen all of the restaurants nationwide within one month.
On March 14, the US fast-food giant suspended its operations in the country, in response to the Russian aggression in Ukraine. Later in May, McDonald's definitively left the Russian market and sold its business to Govor, who owned some of the franchised restaurants in Siberia.