UFAWUZ pickets Nestlé Zimbabwe demanding the company pay workers a living wageAccording to UFAWUZ Secretary General Ady Mutero, the union was compelled to organize the picket after Nestlé, despite being chair of the Employers Association in the Food and Processing Industry, refused to grant any wage increase following a deadlock at the National Employment Council (NEC).
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/11/18/ufawuz-pickets-nestle-zimbabwe-demanding-the-company-pay-workers-a-living-wage/South Africa deploys 3,500 extra police officers and braces for protests around the G20 summitSouth African police said they have designated specific areas for protesters to gather near the summit venue, an exhibition center next to the country’s biggest soccer stadium. The head of Airports Company South Africa, which runs the main international airports, said it had set up “speakers’ corners” in airports where protesters would be “kindly” taken by security if they stage demonstrations when world leaders arrive.
https://apnews.com/article/g20-preparations-protests-police-johannesburg-599771e0c8083b6aad0aab80a0a28e92Syria condemns Israeli PM Netanyahu’s ‘illegal visit’ to seized territoryIsrael has previously said the 1974 agreement has been void since al-Assad fled, and it has breached Syrian sovereignty with air strikes, ground infiltration operations, reconnaissance overflights, the establishment of checkpoints, and the arrest and disappearance of Syrian citizens.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/19/syria-condemns-israeli-pm-netanyahus-illegal-visit-to-seized-territoryhttps://archive.ph/mf64LSocial Democrats in Denmark suffer sweeping election lossesIn Copenhagen, Frederiksen’s close personal friend, Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil, who is understood to have been handpicked by the prime minister to run for lord mayor in the Danish capital, failed to get the votes she needed. The position of lord mayor, it was announced, will be held by Sisse Marie Welling from the Green Left (Socialistisk Folkeparti, known as SF), which won 17.9% of the vote. “We have written history at city hall,” she said. The Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten) remained the capital’s biggest party with 22.1% of the vote.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/19/denmark-social-democrats-suffer-election-losses-mette-frederiksenFormer police officer David Carrick guilty of fresh chargesMr Carrick, 50, who served as an armed officer in the Metropolitan Police, sexually assaulted the child in the late 1980s. More than 20 years later, he repeatedly raped a woman and subjected her to “degrading and humiliating” abuse during the course of a toxic relationship. The offences came to light after he pleaded guilty in 2022 and 2023 to 71 sexual offences, including 48 rapes, against 12 women over 17 years.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/former-police-officer-david-carrick-guilty-fresh-chargesAfghanistan seeks Indian investments, goods as Taliban minister arrives in DelhiLandlocked Afghanistan is seeking access to grains, medicines and industrial goods following the closure of its border with Pakistan in recent weeks after armed clashes last month between the neighbours killed dozens. India operates the Iranian port of Chabahar with land links to Afghanistan and last month received a six-month sanctions waiver from the U.S. to continue its operations, reducing Kabul's reliance on the Pakistani port of Karachi.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan-seeks-indian-investments-goods-taliban-minister-arrives-delhi-2025-11-19/Philippines ministers resign during continuing corruption scandalThe two ministers, executive secretary Lucas Bersamin and department of budget and management secretary Amenah Pangandaman, were both implicated in an ongoing investigation into “ghost” infrastructure and billions of dollars of missing government funds.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/philippines-ministers-resign-during-continuing-corruption-scandalDisease fears as Argentina child vaccination rates hit historic lows While coverage has been slipping since 2015, public health specialists say the speed and scale of the drop in 2024 is without precedent – a collapse deepened by Javier Milei’s sweeping austerity programme, which has slashed the national health budget and strained the outreach networks that once underpinned Argentina’s vaccination successes.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/19/argentina-immunisations-childhood-adolescent-plummetColombia: Patriotic Union Militant Killed in TolimaArenas was a candidate in 2023 for the Chaparral Council with the Historic Pact, the coalition that brought Petro to power in 2022, and he worked on rural development initiatives and the creation of productive alternatives for the municipality.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/colombia-patriotic-union-militant-killed-in-tolima/Internal Rifts Delay the Democratic Center’s Selection of Its Candidate for Colombia’s ElectionsUribismo appeared ready to project a united front ahead of the 2026 primary, but in practice it has run into a storm of disagreements. The various aspirations — from Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal to the veteran Miguel Uribe Londoño, father of the slain pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay — have clashed not only over personal interests but also over the party’s internal mechanics.
https://colombiaone.com/2025/11/14/colombia-democratic-center-reschedules-2026-candidate-selection/