BANGKOK (AP) — Lawmakers in Thailand‘s lower house of Parliament overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill on Wednesday that would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal rights for marriage partners of any gender. The bill passed its final reading with the approval of 400 of the 415 members of the […]
A merger approved on Friday by investors could net former President Donald Trump billions of dollars just days before he faces his deadline to pay the state of New York a $464 million bond. The merger will see Truth Social combined with another company that will take the social media platform public as early as […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously passed a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown that was triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019. The legislature passed the Safeguarding National Security Bill during a special […]
PARIS — French lawmakers approved a bill that will enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution during a historic joint session of parliament in at the Palace of Versailles on Monday. The bill was approved in an overwhelming 780-72 vote, and nearly the entire joint session stood in a long standing […]
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – The New York state Legislature on Wednesday approved a Democrat-drawn congressional map that gives the party a modest boost in a few battleground districts, helping their candidates in a heavily contested election year when House races in the state could determine control of Congress. Lawmakers in the Democrat-dominated statehouse approved the […]
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Parliament votes Thursday on a deal with Italy to hold thousands of migrants rescued in international waters by the Italian authorities while their asylum applications are processed. Under the five-year deal, Albania would shelter up to 3,000 migrants at any one time. With asylum requests expected to take around a […]
The European Union has agreed to provide Ukraine with a major financial support package to help bolster an economy that has been ravaged by two years of fighting against Russian invaders, with holdout Hungary unexpectedly dropping its opposition to the move at the last minute. On Thursday, leaders of the 27 members of the European […]
When Bud Light decided to partner with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney for an ad campaign last April, the company set off a conservative firestorm. Conservative media outlets and personalities like Kid Rock led a boycott that was more effective than anyone could have predicted, battering sales and the brand’s reputation in a way few modern […]
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