170,000 protesters flooded Madrid against an amnesty law following PM Pedro Sanchez's deal with Catalan nationalists. The law pardons figures tied to the 2017 Catalan bid, triggering national dissent and seen as endorsing Catalonia's secession, leading to widespread discontent.
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Civil society organisations rallied in Madrid on Saturday in protest against Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who was reelected as prime minister by a highly fragmented parliament.
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Opponents of acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's pact to form a coalition government with the pro-independence Catalan party have protested again outside the Socialist Party headquarters in Madrid. Tension boiled over at the demonstration resulting in several arrests.
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North Korea Closes , Several Global Embassies.
North Korea is shuttering up to a dozen embassies
around the world, NBC News reports.
Closing up to 25% of its diplomatic missions is
an indicator that the country is having a difficult time
making money overseas due to international sanctions, according to South Korea's unification ministry. .
They appear to be withdrawing as
their foreign currency earning business has stumbled due to the international community’s strengthening of sanctions, making it difficult to maintain the embassies any longer, South Korea's unification ministry, via statement.
This can be a sign of North Korea’s difficult economic situation, where it is difficult to maintain even minimal diplomatic relations with traditionally friendly countries, South Korea's unification ministry, via statement.
According to Seoul’s unification ministry, North Korea previously maintained
53 diplomatic missions overseas.
North Korea also "has formal relations with 159 countries," NBC News reports.
Among the North Korean embassies that will close are those in Spain, Hong Kong and several African countries.
The country's Madrid embassy garnered
attention in 2019 when a group opposing
Kim Jong Un broke in and stole various technology. .
At the time, Pyongyang called the altercation a "grave breach of sovereignty and terrorist attack.".
It also accused America of "refusing to extradite its leader," NBC News reports. .
It also accused America of "refusing to extradite its leader," NBC News reports.
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