Kenyan police used tear gas and water cannon on ... In the capital Nairobi, Kenyan security forces repelled protesters with tear gas and water cannon hours after blocking major roads leading into the city.
The villagers have become accustomed to living with the unpleasant odour, but they stare at a bigger crisis that looms large — polluted water and air, and associated health risks. Fires in the landfill are an added worry, they say.
BARCELONA and MADRID — Thousands of people took to the streets of cities in southern Europe on Sunday to demonstrate against overtourism, firing water pistols at shop windows and setting off smoke in Barcelona, where the main protest took place.
China’s coastguard fired water cannon on a Philippine marine research vessel in the contested South China Sea, putting the crew’s “lives at risk” and reigniting a diplomatic row between the two nations ... It did not mention the use of water cannon.
The Philippines fisheries bureau accused the China Coast Guard on Thursday of firing water cannon and sideswiping a government vessel while it collected sand for a research project ... water cannons”.