Hundreds of climate change activists shouted "rebellion!" on Monday morning in Amsterdam city and blocked the traffic. 

Police have approved plans by activist group Extinction Rebellion to demonstrate on condition they would not block traffic.

The city warned people to avoid the area on the way to work by car or bicycle, because "the police are planning to end the illegal blockade.”

As anti-government protests swept through Hong Kong, the number of tourists visiting Hong Kong in August tumbled, indicating that the economic costs caused by the unrest have continued to rise.

Hong Kong's Financial Secretary Paul Chan said in his blog that the number of tourists has dropped by nearly 40% from last year. He said that this marked a sharp increase in the 5% year-on-year decline in July. 

In contrast, Hong Kong was one of the most visited cities in the world with 30 million visitors last year.

A 12-year-old boy has spent his school holidays visiting children’s hospitals delivering turtle-shaped nightlights to cancer patients.

Bryce U’ren is accompanied by a giant turtle named Max, and says his message is that no matter where the kids are, as long as they have their nightlight, they’re all connected under the same stars.

The turtle-shaped lights are able to be easily sterilised and are ideal for children who can’t bring their toys into the oncology ward.

A University of Queensland student has arrived back in Iran after avoiding extradition to the United States.

Reza Dehbashi Kivi had been in custody for 13 months in Australia, accused of exporting American equipment for detecting stealth planes or missiles to Iran.

The US sought to extradite him on six charges, dating back to 2008, for which he faced a maximum of 20 years in prison.

Six Victorian councils are back to sending their footpath waste to recycling rather than to the tip, following the repair of Victorian processor SKM.

After the collapse of the processor, councils were forced to divert waste to landfill for months.

Environment Minister Lily D’Ambrosio said SKM’s Laverton North site is now fully operational, while its Coolaroo site is yet to return to business.

30 protesters were arrested by police in the Sydney CBD yesterday, as climate action group ‘Extinction Rebellion’ kicked off a week of protests across Australia.

Images have emerged of elderly people and men in suits being dragged through Broadway, Sydney by police as crowds blocked the busy road.

Just this morning, police have been negotiating with a climate protester dangling off Brisbane’s Story Bridge in a hammock, with ‘The Extinction Rebellion’ flags hanging from it.

According to local media reports, a taxi driver broke into a group of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, causing at least two people to be injured and then beaten by the crowd.

A witness named Huang said two girls were hit by a car, and a girl was trapped between a car and a store.

The Hong Kong Free Press said that the driver was beaten by the crowd. The graphic image shows his face being beaten and bleeding, and the protesters attacked the taxi and smashed the window with an umbrella. 

In order to curb the outbreak of African swine fever, tourists are prohibited from entering the demilitarised zone (DMZ) separating North Korea and South Korea.

The South Korean Unification Ministry announced yesterday that it is expected to prevent visitors from entering the Panmunjom store in the DFZ region.

The decision is part of an inevitable increase in quarantine measures to prevent the spread of ASF to other regions while the government said they will restore Panmunjom travel as soon as possible.