Following this week’s far-right election victory, thousands of women participated in marches across Italy on Wednesday to defend access to abortion amid worries that abortion rights may be in danger. … Read more
Police in Czech said Thursday that they arrested more than 120 migrants and seven smugglers at the border with Slovakia on Wednesday night. The large numbers of detainees are Syrian … Read more
New Zealand announced on Wednesday it will ban the export of live animals starting in April 2023 due to welfare concerns. Minister of Agriculture Damien O’Connor said the legislation banning … Read more
Highland Park shooting survivors and the victims’ families sued gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson for illegally marketing and advertising assault rifles, allegedly targeting young men in its ads. Brady and … Read more
A court in Myanmar sentenced Sean Turnell to three years in prison on Thursday for violating a secrets law in the country. Turnell, an Australian professor and Aung San Suu … Read more
A Hong Kong court sentenced ex-lawmaker Ted Hui to three and a half years in prison for his role in an anti-government protest in 2019. Hui faced charges for an … Read more
Protesters shaved their heads outside the New York Times office in Manhattan Tuesday, calling on the newspaper company to boost its coverage of the unrest in Iran. Iranian and American … Read more
The Kremlin announced it would formally annex four occupied regions of Ukraine on September 30 following controversial referendums. “Tomorrow, in the Grand Kremlin Palace, in the St. George’s Hall, at … Read more
People in Kuwait returned to the polls on Thursday to elect the country’s next parliament in the second legislative election in less than two years. The country’s royal rulers vowed … Read more
The Bank of England (BoE) initiated a historic intervention by delaying its scheduled gilt sales to the end of October and announcing a two-week long-dated bond purchasing program in an … Read more