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Hong Kong activist loses legal fight over prison shorts ban for female inmates

A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...

20hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Live: UN rights chief 'horrified' by Iranian crackdown amid reports of hundreds killed

UN ​human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday he was "horrified" by the violence in Iran as a government crackdown continued. The Human Rights Activists News Agency estimated the death toll at 646 w...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Why the White House keeps shitposting

Screens at the White House display AI-modified videos of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that were shared on social media by President...

10hThe VergePoliticsImpact

Offshore wind developer prevails in U.S. court as Trump calls wind farms 'losers'

A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down. (Image credit: Steve Helber...

1dNPR NewsPolitics

Counsel seeks death sentence for ex-S. Korean leader Yoon over martial law imposition

A court in South Korea confirms that an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his martial law imposition in Decem...

20hABC NewsPoliticsImpact

RFK Jr.’s new food pyramid could be a disaster for the environment — if Americans actually follow it

The Trump administration announced last week that it wants Americans to consume more protein, churning out a colorful illustration of an inverted food pyramid that prominently features a big, red stea...

13hThe VergePoliticsImpact

Uganda shuts down internet ahead of election

In tonight's edition, a week after Ugandan authorities denied plans to shut down internet access during this week's presidential elections, public online access is blocked for millions of voters. Also...

12hFrance 24Politics

Uganda: Crackdown, internet blackout ahead of vote

Uganda's authorities have shut down rights groups, arrested opponents and their supporters, now they've turned off the internet. After 40 years in office, President Yoweri Museveni has no intention of...

16hDeutsche WellePolitics

How Iran switched off the internet — and Iranians fought back

Tehran went from ‘halal internet’ to near-total blackout but activists have smuggled in Starlink devices to get information out...

4hFinancial TimesPolitics

Iran updates: Tehran warns of fast trials, executions

The leader of Iran's judiciary has said there will be rapid trials and executions for those arrested in nationwide protests. Washington has threatened military action over the crackdown. DW has the la...

1hDeutsche WellePolitics

Protesters say 'unliveable to be a farmer in France today' as they condemn Mercosur deal

French farmers steered some 350 tractors on January 11 toward French Parliament to protest low incomes and an EU trade deal with South America that they fear threatens their livelihoods. They say thei...

21hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Venezuela: Trump's $3 billion oil windfall — why it matters

US President Donald Trump has announced an agreement with Venezuela's interim government to transfer millions of barrels of oil to the US. DW explores how the plan could be a blow to China, Russia, Ir...

6dDeutsche WellePolitics

Inside the US justice department’s probe of Jay Powell

Investigation into Federal Reserve chair’s testimony raises questions around the independence of the country’s judicial arm...

4hFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

Australia: Writers' festival called off amid boycott

The Adelaide Writers' Week retracted an invitation to an Australian-Palestinian author, citing the the Bondi Beach attack. Dozens, including the event's director and the former PM of New Zealand, with...

21hDeutsche Welleculture

Crypto Bill Draft Grants XRP, Solana and Dogecoin Same Legal Status as Bitcoin

The draft provision would treat tokens as “non-ancillary” assets, exempt from SEC securities rules, if they were in an ETF by 2026....

17hDecryptcryptocurrencyImpact

Chinese student numbers at Harvard rise despite Trump visa crackdown

Enrolment at Harvard for Chinese students rose in the autumn from a year earlier, even as the Donald Trump administration moved to rein in visas for them and limit foreign enrolment and funding at the...

11hSouth China Morning PosteducationImpact

Should EU leaders sit on Trump's 'Board of Peace' for Gaza?

The next phase of the US-sponsored Gaza peace plan involves setting up a "Board of Peace." Trump wants to chair it and, even though it's been heavily criticized, Europeans also want a seat....

13hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

'We choose Denmark,' says Greenland PM ahead of W. House talks

Greenland would choose to remain Danish over a US takeover, its leader said Tuesday, ahead of crunch White House talks on the future of the Arctic island which President Donald Trump has repeatedly th...

13hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Macron brandishing 'threat of dissolution' as budget talks resume, although 'unlikely'

Crucial budget talks are resuming in French parliament, as MPs have failed to secure the 2026 budget in time last year. President Emmanuel Macron has brandished the threat of dissolution in case parti...

18hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Iranian goes on trial in France ahead of possible prisoner swap

An Iranian went on trial in France Tuesday accused of promoting "terrorism" on social media in a case linked to a possible prisoner swap with two French citizens held by the Islamic republic for over ...

19hFrance 24Politics
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