World Headlines Weekly
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Headlines for the week: Protests expand and evolve across Haiti, calling for the Prime Minister to resign and for international military interventions to stay away The European Parliament issues a groundbreaking resolution, calling for European countries to support a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty at COP 27 Burkina Faso swears in Ibrahim Traore as a transitional president after his successful coup in September brought him to power Sudan sees intense tribal violence as conflict over land rights explodes
Headlines for the week: World's biggest climate summit picks world's worst plastic polluter as chief sponsor South Africa encounters funding deadlock because of predatory, high risk loans Okinawan protestors physically block construction of 33rd U.S. military base on the island Colombia resumes historic peace talks with rebel group, with potential to end a decades-long civil war
Headlines for the week: In Africa, Burkina Faso experiences a military coup, overthrowing an administration that governed for just 9 months Brazil heads to a runoff presidential election as neither major candidate crosses the 50% threshold to win outright Haiti gas protests expand, targeting US-based multinational oil companies UN representatives and warring parties fail to extend a ceasefire in Yemen, raising fears of a reignited civil war The Cuban people pass a groundbreaking civil rights referendum, reforming the country's dated national Families Code
Headlines for the week: Brazil approaches monumental general election as violence from far-right supporters increases Pakistan continues to suffer from nationwide flooding Lebanon announces 3-day bank closures as the country's financial situation and living conditions worsen Protests over gas prices erupt in Indonesia and Haiti Indigenous-led nonprofit in Guam fights to protect the island's drinking water from military munitions detonations and dumps