UK's controversial Rwanda policy close to being passed but I am confident that once the bill is passed, we will be able to get this scheme up and running". It was also reported recently that national carrier RwandAir had rejected the chance to get ... 04/15/2024 - 10:17 pm | View Link
House Passes Controversial Spying Bill as Speaker Johnson Overcomes GOP Objections WASHINGTON—The House passed legislation Friday to renew a controversial ... down-to-the wire dispute over Americans’ privacy. The bill extending the foreign surveillance program was approved ... 04/12/2024 - 12:12 pm | View Link
Archibald: Alabama House passed controversial – but bipartisan – grass bill Who knew? The bill passed with 63 yeas, 11 abstentions and 22 nays. Thirteen Democrats and nine Republicans voted against. What was the controversy? That the grass is not exactly a household name? 04/10/2024 - 7:51 pm | View Link
Ukraine’s parliament has passed a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament has passed a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks. 04/10/2024 - 4:54 pm | View Link
Ukraine's parliament has passed a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks Ukraine's parliament has passed a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's parliament has passed a controversial law to boost much-needed ... 04/10/2024 - 1:54 pm | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.