Indigenous groups protest Brazil bill limiting recognition of tribal lands
Brasilia/São Paulo, BrazilReuters Indigenous groups in Brazil on Tuesday blocked a highway and burned tires to protest a proposed law that would limit their ability to win protected status for ancestral lands. Outside São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, demonstrators blocked a major motorway with flaming tires and used bows and arrows to confront police, who […]
Australian state to impose hefty fines to compel COVID-19 isolation; Uluru access blocked
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia’s second-most populous state Victoria said on Tuesday that anyone breaking COVID-19 isolation orders will face hefty fines, as high as $A20,000, and that more military personnel will be deployed to fight the spread of the virus. Australia, once heralded as a global leader in containing COVID-19, is desperately trying to slow the […]