Hong Kong prisoners jailed for national security crimes unlikely to get early release, leader says
Hong Kong's leader said Tuesday that prisoners convicted for serious national security crimes would not likely be granted early release...
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EU plan to address climate change is shelved following farmer protests across Europe
A major European Union plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc has been indefinitely...
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously pass controversial security law, granting government power to curb dissent
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash...
Gambia lawmakers consider lifting ban on women’s genital mutilation
Lawmakers in Gambia will vote Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal a 2015 ban on female genital cutting, which...
Moldova breakaway region appeals to Russia for protection as domestic tensions flare
Officials in Moldova’s Russia-backed breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Moscow for protection Wednesday, as tensions escalate with the pro-Western...
Concerns of media censorship mount as Hong Kong moves to enact new national security law
As Hong Kong moves toward enacting a new national security law, four years after Beijing imposed a similar law that...
Bill to enshrine abortion in constitution goes to a vote in French Senate
France's Senate is to vote on Wednesday on a bill meant to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in...
Germany moves forward with plan to enable use of underground carbon storage technology
Germany plans to enable underground carbon storage at offshore sites, pushing ahead with a much-discussed technology in an acknowledgment that...
Palestinian prime minister submits government’s resignation to President Abbas
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced Monday that he submitted his government's resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas."I submitted the government’s...
Anti-gang task force agreement with Kenya in the works, Haitian government says
Haiti’s government announced Wednesday that it is working on an official agreement with Kenyan officials to secure the long-awaited deployment...
