Protests
US Air Force member dies after setting himself ablaze outside Israeli embassy
The 25-year-old airman, Aaron Bushnell, appeared to be protesting the Israel-Hamas war, saying he would “no longer be complicit in genocide”.
- by Michael Balsamo
Latest
Navalny supporters clash with pro-Russian protesters in Sydney
Crowds of pro-Navalny supporters clashed with a handful of Putin loyalists outside the Russian Consulate.
- by Mary Ward and Clare Sibthorpe
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Putin's Russia
Putin critic Alexei Navalny dead, says Russia’s prison service
Russia’s prison agency says that imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died. He was 47.
- by Rob Harris
Shadow of 1998 hangs over Jakarta’s Chinatown on poll day
Presidential favourite Prabowo Subianto, a former general with a murky past, has a complicated relationship with Indonesia’s Chinese community.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Woodside begins quest for compensation from activists who set off smoke bomb at Perth office
Woodside wants to compel three Disrupt Burrup Hub protestors charged over a 2023 smoke bomb incident at its headquarters to reveal details of any others involved as it chases compensation for the cost of an evacuation of the building.
- by Peter Milne
‘You’re gonna eat bugs’: Climate fears and conspiracies at Canberra renewables protest
A crowd gathered on the lawn of Parliament House on Tuesday this week to protest the government’s plan to implement “reckless renewables”.
- by Nick O'Malley
Editorial
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The protest that brought shame to our city
The NSW Police say they have no evidence that protesters chanted “gas the Jews” at Sydney Opera House just days after the Hamas attack on Israel. But other antisemitic phrases were uttered, and must be condemned by all right-minded people.
- The Herald's View
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Police review finds no evidence ‘gas the Jews’ phrase chanted at Sydney Opera House protest
The Minns government has been criticised for rushing through hate speech laws after police say analysis of a pro-Palestine Opera House protest found no evidence of an antisemitic phrase.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Michael McGowan and Michaela Whitbourn
‘Angry’ French farmers’ tractor siege shuts down highways to Paris
The government, wary of seeing the protests escalate ahead of European elections, has already dropped plans to gradually reduce subsidies on agricultural diesel.
- by Sarah Meyssonnier and Marco Trujillo
Mona Lisa painting targeted by protesters
Protesters in Paris have thrown soup as the iconic Mona Lisa painting.
Climate change activists hurl soup at Mona Lisa
“What is more important? Art or the right to have a healthy and sustainable food system?” shouted the activists, speaking in French.
- by Sudip Kar-Gupta