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US federal prosecutors on Thursday urged the judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal classified documents retention case to reject Trump’s bid to postpone the case indefinitely. The government filed its motion in response to Trump’s Monday motion to delay the trial. As of the time of this article, Judge Aileen Cannon has not issued any [...]

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Pita Limjaroenrat, a leading progressive candidate for Thai prime minister, failed on Thursday to obtain enough votes to secure the leadership position in Thai’s Parliament. During a joint parliamentary session, Pita fell short of the prime minister position by 52 votes, despite garnering overwhelming support in the May general election over the ruling military-backed government [...]

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The Kenya Human Rights Commission announced Wednesday that police authorities killed at least three protesters on Wednesday and another seven on Tuesday. The deadly protests come only a week after police shot and killed two stone-throwing protesters from the nationwide taxation protests. As a result of the violence, Kenya’s Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) announced [...]

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The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an application for leave Thursday in the case of Gwendolyn Louise Deegan v. Attorney General of Canada. The decision brings to an end a legal battle over the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and the Canada-US Enhanced Tax Information Exchange Agreement Implementation Act (IGA) that began in [...]

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Russian lawmakers unanimously passed a bill on Friday to ban gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people in the country. The Chairman of the Russian State Duma Viacheslav Volodin announced the bill’s passage on his Telegram channel, claiming the bill will protect Russian citizens and children. The bill prohibits surgery and hormone therapy for transgender individuals as [...]

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International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan announced Thursday that the court has opened an investigation into human rights offenses committed by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Security Forces (RSF) 90 days after the conflict began in Sudan. Khan appeared before the UN Security Council on Thursday to make the announcement. Khan [...]

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Zing News, a popular Vietnamese online magazine owned by one of Vietnam’s foremost digital organizations VNG Corporation, announced Thursday that it will be suspending publications for three months starting on July 14. This comes after an investigation by the inspector of the Ministry of Information and Communications. Zing News stated that it will focus on [...]

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UK Cabinet Secretary Simon Case confirmed Wednesday that he “flagged” UK Conservative MP Nadine Dorries to the Chief Whip and the Speaker of the House of Commons for sending “threatening” messages to senior officials after she was not granted a peerage. The allegation pertains to the “forceful” emails apparently sent from the MP to the [...]

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The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday said it was concerned about reports that hundreds of Burkinabe refugees, including women and children, fleeing to Ghana were being deported. For the past few years, Burkina Faso has been experiencing violence and terrorist attacks from extremist groups in many cities. According to UNHCR, more than 17,500 [...]

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