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Australia's hate crime law gives Nazi salutes mandatory jail
Australia's hate crime law gives Nazi salutes mandatory jail

Australia’s hate crime law gives Nazi salutes mandatory jail

Australia passed anti-hate crime laws that include minimum sentences for displaying hate symbols like the Nazi salute. It comes as acts of antisemitism are on the rise in Australia. Australia’s parliament passed
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India: Kashmir awaits result of first vote in a decade
India: Kashmir awaits result of first vote in a decade

India: Kashmir awaits result of first vote in a decade

The election in Kashmir is seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial 2019 decision to revoke the region’s semi-autonomous status. Votes were being counted on Tuesday to decide the
4 months ago
US: Supreme Court throws out Texas emergency abortion appeal
US: Supreme Court throws out Texas emergency abortion appeal

US: Supreme Court throws out Texas emergency abortion appeal

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Joe Biden’s administration on requiring hospitals to perform abortions to stabilize a patient’s emergency medical condition. Texas argued its law allows for this
4 months ago
Fresh rallies held globally on eve of October 7 anniversary
Fresh rallies held globally on eve of October 7 anniversary

Fresh rallies held globally on eve of October 7 anniversary

A pro-Palestinian protest drew tens of thousands in Morocco’s capital while similar rallies took place around the world. Munich, London, and Melbourne were among many cities that also saw pro-Israel demonstrations. Pro-Palestinian and
4 months ago
Kazakhstan votes on first nuclear plant construction
Kazakhstan votes on first nuclear plant construction

Kazakhstan votes on first nuclear plant construction

Kazakhstan is the world’s top producer of uranium but has no nuclear power plant of its own. That could change with Sunday’s vote on the issue. Kazakhstan voted on Sunday in a referendum
4 months ago
Scholz urges more support for the east on German Unity Day
Scholz urges more support for the east on German Unity Day

Scholz urges more support for the east on German Unity Day

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany still needed to work to improve the lives of the people in the east, for whom reunification also represented “a collapse.” Germany’s political establishment gathered on Thursday
4 months ago
NATO chief Mark Rutte visits Kyiv
NATO chief Mark Rutte visits Kyiv

NATO chief Mark Rutte visits Kyiv

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is visiting Kyiv on his first official trip since taking the role. Former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrived in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Thursday — two
4 months ago
Palestinian organization wins 'Alternative Nobel Prize'
Palestinian organization wins 'Alternative Nobel Prize'

Palestinian organization wins ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’

The Youth Against Settlements group has won the Right Livelihood Award for “steadfast non-violent resistance” against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Issa Amro, a Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank,
4 months ago
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