Fiji’s opposition parties reached a deal Tuesday to form a coalition government, putting an end to the 16-year rule of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama of the South Pacific Island nation, Agence France-Presse reported. The minor Social Democratic Liberal Party said it would join a broad coalition...
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The UK’s High Court ruled this week that the government’s controversial immigration plan to deport potential asylum-seekers to Rwanda was lawful, a verdict that came just months after the policy’s introduction, NPR reported. The court found that the immigration plan did not violate the UK’s legal...
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Less than nine percent of registered voters showed up this weekend to vote in Tunisia’s parliamentary elections, a dismal turnout that is sparking questions over the legitimacy of the government following its takeover by President Kais Saied last year, the Middle East Eye reported Monday. Officials...
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Nearly 200 countries signed a historic agreement this week to halt the destruction of the Earth’s ecosystems, a pact that could put humanity on track to live in harmony with the environment by the middle of the century, the Guardian reported. The agreement was reached during...
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Guam passed a bill this week to restrict abortions in the US territory, a measure that resembles a new Texas law that leaves enforcement up to private citizens instead of law enforcement, the Associated Press reported. The Guam Heartbeat Act of 2022 would ban abortion on...
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Mexican lawmakers have passed a reform bill that would cut funding for the country’s electoral authority, a move critics warn will undermine the institution’s independence and its ability to organize elections, the Financial Times reported. The bill is part of a push by populist President Andrés...
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Three police officers have been killed and five wounded in a raid over the weekend on the suspected killer of a high-ranking police officer shot dead during protests against high fuel prices that have swept Jordan, the Emirate-based the National reported. The suspect behind the death...
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A Netherlands-based tribunal has sentenced a former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) guerrilla commander to 26 years in prison, the first war crimes conviction by the special court, which was established to investigate crimes during the 1998-99 independence war with Serbia, Radio Free Europe reported. The Kosovo...
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Africa took center stage at a summit this week in the US capital with Washington announcing its backing for the African Union’s (AU) membership in the elite G20, Reuters reported. The African Union is made up of 55 members and is one of the largest regional...
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Canada plans to stop the military from probing and prosecuting alleged sexual offenses within the country’s armed forces, a move aimed at promoting more transparency and a better response to problems identified in a scathing report on the issue earlier this year, Al Jazeera reported. Defense...
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European Union policymakers have agreed to impose a border tax on imports of highly polluting products with a heavy carbon footprint, a deal that seeks to protect the bloc’s own climate ambitions while pressuring polluting nations to become greener, the Washington Post reported. The agreement –...
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A French court handed down prison terms Tuesday for eight individuals convicted for their involvement in the 2016 terrorist attack in Nice when an extremist drove a truck into crowds on the city’s Promenade des Anglais killing 86 and injuring more than 450, Agence France-Presse...
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Voters in Fiji went to the polls Wednesday to decide which party would govern the archipelago against a backdrop of rising inflation and questions about democracy in the country, Reuters reported. Wednesday’s race pits the FijiFirst party of Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama – a former coup...
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The son of an Ethiopian academic filed a lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company Meta this week, accusing the company of failing to remove hateful and violent posts that led to the death of his father during Ethiopia’s ongoing civil war, the Washington Post reported. Abrham Meareg...
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Peruvian President Dina Boluarte offered to hold early elections in two years in an effort to quell the deadly protests that broke out following the ousting of her predecessor, Pedro Castillo, last week, the Wall Street Journal reported. Boluarte said Monday that she would send a...
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Iran executed a 23-year-old man this week, the second execution related to the anti-government protests that have been sweeping the Islamic Republic for months, the BBC reported. Officials said Majidreza Rahnavard was hanged Monday in the city of Mashhad after a court convicted him of “enmity...
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New Zealand passed a law Tuesday that would impose a lifetime ban on the young from buying cigarettes, a unique plan to phase out tobacco smoking in the country, the Associated Press reported. The bill says that tobacco can never be sold to anyone born after...
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US authorities apprehended a Libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, a major milestone in a decades-long investigation into the deadliest terrorist attack in the United Kingdom, NPR reported. Scottish officials confirmed that the US took...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping ended his multiple-day visit to Saudi Arabia with a series of agreements that have bolstered concerns by the United States over China’s efforts to expand its influence worldwide, CNN reported. Observers described the state visit as a snub to the US, as...
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France will make condoms free for everyone aged 25 and under starting next year, a move aimed at curbing the rise of sexually transmitted infections in the country, Business Insider reported. President Emmanuel Macron announced the decision in a Twitter video, saying it was part of...
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