Police in Georgia's capital have used water cannon, tear gas and stun grenades against crowds outside the country's parliament protesting against a bill the opposition says aims to crack down on press freedoms.
The Department for Work and Pensions has been asked to make a formal announcement in Parliament on changes to the managed migration of people claiming ESA benefits
Protesters were thrown out of the room while lawmakers from both parties aggressively questioned the Secretary of State
Draft bill tabled in Congress would open talks on trade deal with Georgia in return for commitments on civil rights
Former National Security adviser John Bolton argued that the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to seek arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, citing evidence of war crimes, shows it’s “not tethered to a rule of law” during Monday comments on CNN. Bolton joined CNN’s Kaitlan Collins to discuss the ICC’s recent move to seek arrest warrants for…
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) offered Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) an ultimatum this week: join his letter inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress, or the House will move ahead with an invitation on its own. Johnson told reporters Tuesday that his office notified Schumer’s staff the day before that if the…
Conservative councillors representing are calling on the ruling Labour cabinet to move forward with protecting the old Highworth Golf Course
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is defending her “built and strong” physique, after Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) returned a dig at her appearance during an insult-heavy clash in a House Oversight Committee hearing last week. “Yes my body is built and strong NOT with nips, tucks, plastic, or silicone, but through a healthy lifestyle,” the…
Senate Republicans blocked a similar bill earlier this year after the Supreme Court in Britt’s home state of Alabama issued a decision that halted the fertility procedure.
The Department for Work and Pensions could bring forward a compensation scheme before the end of July
The government's attempt to lower the threshold for police intervening in protests was unlawful, the High Court has ruled. Campaign group Liberty brought legal action against the Home Office over protest regulations passed by statutory instrument last year. The measures lowered the bar for what is considered "serious disruption" to community life, from "significant" and "prolonged" to "more than minor".
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he wants to work with Congress on legislation to penalize the International Criminal Court after it applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
A federal judge in Texas on Sunday blocked a Biden administration rule that expanded the requirements for background checks when selling a firearm. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk granted an injunction against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to prevent the federal government from fully implementing the rule in Texas, though he also found that the…
It is a landmark moment for driving in Britain
The UK payments regulator has found "little evidence" that fee hikes by Visa and Mastercard on retailers have majorly improved the quality of service, adding that the card giants do not face effective competition.
The U.K.'s self-proclaimed "world-leading" regulations for self-driving cars are now official, after the Automated Vehicles (AV) Act received royal assent -- the final rubber stamp any legislation must go through before becoming enshrined in law. "While this doesn’t take away people’s ability to choose to drive themselves, our landmark legislation means self-driving vehicles can be rolled out on British roads as soon as 2026, in a real boost to both safety and our economy," Transport Secretary Mark Harper said in a statement. Today's news comes just a few weeks after U.K.-based Wayve raised more than $1 billion from high-profile companies, including SoftBank, Nvidia, and Microsoft, to continue developing a self-learning software system for autonomous vehicles.
President Biden said what is happening in Gaza is not genocide and reiterated his support for Israel as he hosted a White House celebration for Jewish American Heritage month Monday. Biden addressed dozens of guests gathered in the Rose Garden, where he rejected claims that Israel is carrying out genocide in Gaza, criticized an International…
In painting the 2024 election as a democracy-or-bust binary choice, the president risks losing voters already dissatisfied with the status quo.
Republican lawmakers on Monday renewed calls for the United States to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the international body issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. After reports surfaced earlier this month that the ICC was planning to issue the arrest warrants, House Republican…
Georgia’s parliament speaker on Monday vowed to override the presidential veto on divisive legislation that sparked weeks of mass protests by critics who see it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union. The legislation, passed by the parliament earlier this month, requires media and nongovernmental organizations and other nonprofits to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. The opposition has denounced the bill as “the Russian law,” because Moscow uses similar legislation to crack down on independent news media, nonprofits and activists critical of the Kremlin.
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