Month: July 2023
Judge allows nearly all of North Carolina’s revised 12-week abortion law to take effect
A federal judge has blocked temporarily a small portion of North Carolina’s new abortion restrictions from taking effect this weekend.
U.S. poised to give Ukraine controversial cluster bombs
The Biden administration is pushing lawmakers and allies to put aside human rights concerns as regular ammunition stocks are depleted.
Strong earthquake shakes Indonesia’s main island of Java
The quake killed one and damaged at least 93 houses, schools, health centres, and houses of worship and government facilities in Yogyakarta and its neighbouring provinces.
Violent protests continue in wake of French teen’s fatal shooting by police
Hundreds of protesters squared off with riot police in France amid escalating violence after a police officer fatally shot a 17-year-old delivery driver in Paris. Elaine Cobbe has the latest.
Rioters loot gun store in Marseille – media
Attacks on police precincts and an armory were reported on the fourth night of riots in France
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Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro Banned From Running Office For 8 Years
Brazil’s far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro vowed Friday to appeal a court ruling to bar him from public office for eight years over unfounded attacks he had made against the country’s voting system.
ABC News Prime: SCOTUS student loan, web designer free speech ruling; COVID era health coverage ends – ABC News
ABC News Prime: SCOTUS student loan, web designer free speech ruling; COVID era health coverage ends ABC News
Sex life of rare ‘leopard-print’ frog revealed – BBC
Sex life of rare ‘leopard-print’ frog revealed BBC
Sex life of rare ‘leopard-print’ frog revealed
An all-female team tracked it down amid deadly snakes and 50C heat in a forest known as ‘hell on Earth’.