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Former Shanghai Bookseller’s Wife Hit With ‘Exit Ban’
Fang Xie wrote in a letter that the police have told her she cannot leave until her husband, a former bookseller who left China after his store was shut down for political reasons, gives himself up.
UK gov’t facing High Court battle over arms sales to Saudi Arabia
The Campaign Against Arms Trade group says the weapons exports have contributed to the deaths of thousands of civilians.
Hungary says Sweden should ‘act differently’ if it wants to join NATO
Hungary’s foreign minister said a recent incident when a Quran was burned outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm was “unacceptable.”
French government’s anti-discrimination plan will prevent ‘history stuttering’
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has this week presented the government’s three-year plan to fight racism, anti-Semitism, and discrimination linked to origin. It aims in particular to make young people less vulnerable to hateful messages.
Pope begins trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Pontiff’s visit to the Congo and South Sudan aims to bring a message of peace to the two countries riven by poverty.
Durenberger, former US senator from Minnesota, dies at 88
Former U.S. Senator David Durenberger has died at age 88. He won a U.S. Senate seat in 1978. He served three terms and championed health care reform.
George Santos to step down from House committees after meeting with Kevin McCarthy
Congressman now has little power outside of voting for legislation on the House floor