Hong Kong legislature unanimously passes new national security law
The new law will have extraterritorial effect, giving rise to fears it could be used to intimidate and restrict the free speech of residents outside Hong Kong.
The new law will have extraterritorial effect, giving rise to fears it could be used to intimidate and restrict the free speech of residents outside Hong Kong.
Many women in China are opting to remain childless due to high childcare costs.
Republican House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson has so far refused to call a vote on a bill that would provide $60 billion more for Ukraine and the White House has been scrambling to find ways to send assistance to Kyiv.
The IPC said 70% of people in parts of northern Gaza were suffering the most severe level of food shortage, more than triple the 20% threshold to be considered famine.
The contrasting reactions underscored the geopolitical fault lines that have gaped wider since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago.
Several opposition parties have submitted parliamentary questions requesting more information from the ministry.
Protests on the island are exceedingly rare but have cropped up more often in recent years as economic crisis rocks the country.
The Russian President has often warned of the risks of nuclear war but says he has never felt the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
The information, published by the election commission on the orders of India’s Supreme Court, shows Prime Minister Modi’s BJP was the biggest overall recipient but does not detail which party any donor gave to.
The 71-year-old won 87.8% of the vote, the highest-ever result in Russia’s post-Soviet history, according to an exit poll by pollster the Public Opinion Foundation.
Russians who oppose the veteran Kremlin leader went to their local polling station at midday to either spoil their ballot paper in protest or to vote for one of the three candidates standing against Putin.
Makes public eight prisoners of war including five Nepalis at a news conference in central Kyiv.
Scientists fear the eruptions could continue for decades, and Icelandic authorities have started building dykes to divert burning lava flows away from homes and critical infrastructure.
A general election rematch with Biden is likely to be extremely close.
Local Russian officials said early Sunday that Kyiv’s forces continued their strikes on Russian regions bordering Ukraine.
The election pits two-term strongman Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his regional allies against a bickering alliance of two dozen opposition parties.
Ukraine has staged repeated strikes this week on Russian refineries. Russia mounted its deadliest attack in weeks on Friday that killed at least 20 people and injured more than 70.
The incident in northwest Pakistan was carried out by six attackers, the military’s media wing said in a statement, without naming the militant group responsible for the attack.
The charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) aims to deliver the aid on a temporary jetty, though precise details of how supplies would reach shore have not been made clear.
The Gaza conflict has displaced most of the enclave’s 2.3 million population. Chaotic scenes and deadly incidents have taken place during aid distributions as desperately hungry people scrambled for food.