Florida abortion providers prepare for a public health crisis as state’s 6-week abortion ban draws closer In Florida, the state Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday that triggered a six-week abortion ban approved by state lawmakers last year. On May 1, it will replace the state’s current 15-week ban. 04/5/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Florida bill criminalizing the harassment of working first responders awaiting DeSantis' signature A bill criminalizing the harassment of first responders on duty in Florida is awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis' signature after it was approved by the state legislature. Senate Bill 184 would make it ... 04/4/2024 - 10:43 pm | View Link
Biden Campaign Sees Florida as ‘Winnable’ After State’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Threatens Women in the Southeast The campaign noted that Florida's near-total abortion ban will be a central issue in ... “Floridians have rejected the radical left policies of Joe Biden. It’s why Republicans have gone ... 04/2/2024 - 8:11 am | View Link
Florida abortion ruling: Six-week ban looms, but voters can change it. Your questions answered. Florida's 15-week ban upheld and newer 6-week ban will go into ... the pregnancy may be terminated. However, the bill included new language requiring that the pregnancy must not have "progressed ... 04/2/2024 - 3:46 am | View Link
Florida Supreme Court puts abortion on the ballot – and hands Trump a serious problem The Florida governor’s draconian six-week abortion ban – which he pushed as part of his presidential run, thinking he could out-extreme Trump and the other GOP candidates – got the green ... 04/1/2024 - 10:08 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.