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Aston Martin showroom hit as UK vows action on climate protests
Aston Martin showroom hit as UK vows action on climate protests
World
by  AFP

Climate activists on Sunday sprayed orange paint over an Aston Martin showroom in central London, as the government vowed new powers for police to halt an intensifying wave of "direct action" protests. Another spray-painting protest by the same group on Friday targeted the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, who arrested 28 demonstrators.

Pope urges UN reform after Ukraine war, Covid 'limits'
Pope urges UN reform after Ukraine war, Covid 'limits'
World
by  AFP

Pope Francis said the need to reform the United Nations was "more than obvious" after the Covid-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war exposed its limits, in an extract of his new book published Sunday. "The necessity of these reforms became more than obvious after the pandemic" when the current multilateral system "showed all its limits", he added.