Pope Francis this week canonized an 18th-century Indian convert to Christianity who fought for equality for the lower classes, and made him the first layman in India to be bestowed with sainthood, the National reported. Devasahayam – also known as Lazarus – joins a group of...
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Venezuela’s government and opposition groups will restart stalled negotiations, an announcement made shortly after the United States said it would ease sanctions against the South American nation, NBC News reported. On Tuesday, the Biden administration said it would provide minor sanction relief in exchange for continued...
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Spain will allow women suffering from menstrual pains to take days off work, a proposed law that will make the country the first in Europe to entitle female workers to such leave, Sky News reported. The Spanish government said the bill would give women who suffer...
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Somalia’s newly elected president welcomed a decision by the United States to send special forces to the Horn of Africa country again, amid fears that the al-Shabab terrorist group has grown even more powerful recently, the Voice of America reported. Earlier this week, the Biden administration...
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French President Emmanuel Macron picked Elisabeth Borne as the country’s new prime minister this week, an appointment many observers described as an effort to attract left-leaning voters ahead of next month’s legislative elections, the Washington Post reported. Borne’s selection marks the second time a woman has...
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Cuba welcomed a decision by the United States this week to ease a series of longstanding restrictions on travel, family reunification and remittances, a move that US officials said aims to support “Cubans’ aspirations for freedom,” the Washington Times reported. On Monday, the Biden administration removed...
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Germany’s center-right opposition scored a big win during legislative elections in the country’s most populous state, underscoring another loss for the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the New York Times reported. Results showed that the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won almost 36...
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Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and its allies appeared to have suffered significant losses in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, a vote that comes as a severe economic crisis has plunged the majority of the population into poverty, the Associated Press reported Monday. Preliminary returns showed that rivals of...
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Canada’s top court ruled this week that defendants charged with violent crimes can use extreme intoxication as a defense, a verdict that has raised concerns among women's advocacy groups, Reuters reported. The Supreme Court said that a 1995 federal law that banned the use of the...
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Somalian lawmakers elected former President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the country’s tenth president Monday, following a long-delayed vote as the Horn of Africa nation grapples with a major drought and an ongoing Islamist insurgency, CNN reported. Mohamud defeated outgoing President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed – also known...
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Israeli police and Palestinian mourners clashed over the weekend during the funeral of a prominent Palestinian-American journalist, a death that has already inspired international condemnation and calls for an investigation, the Wall Street Journal reported. The clashes broke out over the killing of Al Jazeera correspondent...
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Venezuela is planning to attract private investors to pump money into its essential but crippled state-run firms, a move analysts consider a major reversal after the country’s socialist government seized them years ago, the Associated Press reported. The government will begin offering five to 10 percent...
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An Indian couple sued their son for almost $650,000 this week, demanding he and his wife either produce a grandchild by the end of the year or pay the full amount, Agence France-Presse reported. Parents Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad said they had exhausted their savings by...
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A growing number of Latin American leaders are threatening to shun a key Americas summit hosted by the United States next month after Washington hinted that the meeting would exclude Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, the Washington Post reported. Held every three years in a different country,...
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North Korea confirmed its first Covid-19 cases Thursday, two years after the isolated nation had insisted it was virus-free, NBC News reported. State-controlled media said that test samples collected this week showed that an unspecified number of people were infected with the omicron variant of the...
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The governor-general of St. Kitts and Nevis dissolved the Caribbean nation’s parliament this week, a move that could usher the country into snap elections, the Associated Press reported. The trouble started after Prime Minister Timothy Harris fired a number of cabinet ministers – including Deputy Prime...
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Japanese lawmakers passed an economic security bill Wednesday aimed at protecting the country's supply chains and critical infrastructure from theft and cyberattacks amid growing tensions with China, Reuters reported. The legislation would allow the government to closely monitor Japanese companies working in sensitive sectors, including transport,...
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The European Union is proposing a new law that would order online platforms to do more to screen and remove child abuse online even as privacy rights activists expressed concern over the legislation’s broad reach, CNBC reported. The planned rules would allow bloc countries to require...
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India’s Supreme Court ordered the temporary suspension of the country’s sedition law Wednesday, legislation human rights advocates say has been used by the government to curb dissent and free speech, CNN reported. The top court said it would pause the law until the government conducts a...
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The son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. won Philippine’s presidential elections this week, a victory that has raised questions about the future of the Southeast Asian nation’s democratic values and its stance against China’s increasing influence in the region, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Ferdinand...
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