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Organised backlash unravels progress in women's rights: research
Mar 05, 2024 (AFP)
Organised and politicised, the counter-movement unpicks abortion rights, fuels online hate and harassment and encourages domestic violence, researchers say. "Gl...
UK, US blast Hong Kong's proposed new security law
Feb 29, 2024 (AFP)
Massive pro-democracy protests rocked Hong Kong in 2019, bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the streets to call for greater freedoms. In response, Beij...
Spain opens 'terror' probe into Catalan separatist leader
Feb 29, 2024 (AFP)
In a statement, the Supreme Court said it had decided "to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute" Puigdemont "for terrorism offences in relation to the D...
UK urges Hong Kong to 're-consider' new security law
Feb 28, 2024 (AFP)
Massive pro-democracy protests rocked the finance hub in 2019, bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the streets to call for greater freedoms. In response...
Argentina broadens ban on gender-inclusive language
Feb 27, 2024 (AFP)
The government "will initiate actions to ban inclusive language... throughout the national public administration," presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni told rep...
Joe Biden meets with divided congressional leaders on shutdown, Ukraine aid
Feb 27, 2024 (UPI)
Biden will be joined by Vice President Kamala Harris as he meets with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky...
Beijing crushing Tibetans, exiled political leader says
Feb 21, 2024 (AFP)
Tibetans on March 10 will commemorate the 1959 uprising against Chinese forces that led the future Nobel laureate -- and thousands of his followers -- to cross ...
Myanmar junta 'increasingly desperate': UN expert
Feb 21, 2024 (AFP)
Earlier this month, the military said it would enforce a law allowing it to call up all men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27 to serve for at least two years, as ...
China declines comment on Navalny death, 'Russia's internal affair'
Feb 17, 2024 (AFP)
"This is Russia's internal affair. I will not comment," the Chinese Foreign Ministry's Spokesperson's Office said in response to a question from AFP. Navalny, t...
Mourners detained as Kremlin stays silent on Navalny's death
Feb 17, 2024 (AFP)
The 47-year-old spent three years behind bars in increasingly deteriorating conditions before prison authorities abruptly announced Friday he "felt bad after a ...
What Prabowo's presidency in Indonesia will mean for the world
Feb 16, 2024 (AFP)
Here is what his presidency will mean for Indonesia's allies around the world: How will Prabowo manage the US-China rivalry? Prabowo will have to balance relati...
Rocio San Miguel: woman who defied Venezuela army and irked Maduro
Feb 15, 2024 (AFP)
She has for decades fearlessly criticized the government, speaking out against corruption and abuses, and notably getting under the skin of President Nicolas Ma...
Indonesian Defence Minister Subianto has strong lead in presidential count: preliminary results
Feb 14, 2024 (AFP)
With around 60 percent of sample votes tallied in so-called "quick counts" that have previously proven reliable, two independent pollsters showed Subianto on mo...
White House 'deeply concerned' over arrest of Venezuelan activist
Feb 13, 2024 (UPI)
"We are aware of reports that Rocío San Miguel and I think a couple of members of her family now have been taken into custody. We're deeply concerned about tha...
AI giants to unveil pact to fight political deepfakes
Feb 13, 2024 (AFP)
Currently under negotiation by the companies, this so-called "accord" on deepfakes and other dangerous content is set to be announced during the Munich Security...
Biden slams Trump's 'appalling and dangerous' NATO comments
Feb 11, 2024 (AFP)
Biden spoke after Trump said in a speech Saturday that he would "encourage" Russia to attack members of NATO who had not met their financial obligations, his mo...
Indonesia set for presidential vote, ex-general tipped to win
Feb 11, 2024 (AFP)
The former general lost to Widodo in 2014 and 2019 but is on course to finally lead the world's third-largest democracy after rehabilitating his image. Widodo i...
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin agrees to testify about secret hospitalization
Feb 07, 2024 (UPI)
Armed Services Committee spokesperson Justine Tripathi told Axios that Austin had agreed to testify before the committee on Feb. 29. Mike Rogers, R-Ala., the co...
Chile ex-president Pinera dies in helicopter crash, aged 74
Feb 07, 2024 (AFP)
The 74-year-old Pinera often flew himself around in his own helicopter, and was a former shareholder in the country's national airline, with stakes in televisio...
Senegal plunged into crisis as opposition blasts 'democratic bankruptcy'
Feb 06, 2024 (AFP)
West African bloc ECOWAS said it "encourages" Senegal, a member state, to urgently restore the electoral timetable, adding it was following events "with concern...
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