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Italian MPs back surrogacy ban on couples going abroad
AFP, Published on 27/07/2023
» ROME - Italian lawmakers on Wednesday backed a bill to extend the country's ban on surrogacy to couples who seek it abroad, sparking warnings the move was unconstitutional and would damage children's rights.
One family, five candidates: dynasties rule rural Thailand
AFP, Published on 29/04/2023
» They are one of several families woven into the fabric of Thai politics — the most famous of which is the Shinawatras, whose patriarch Thaksin was prime minister from 2001 to 2006 and continues to loom large from exile abroad.
London police force 'racist, misogynist, homophobic'
AFP, Published on 21/03/2023
» LONDON: The London police force, Britain's largest, is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic and could still be employing rapists and murderers, a scathing independent review said Tuesday.
French govt faces make-or-break vote after pensions uproar
AFP, Published on 20/03/2023
» PARIS - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday faces two motions of no confidence in the National Assembly lower house, after forcing through an unpopular pension reform last week without a vote.
New pension protests in France ahead of crucial votes
AFP, Published on 19/03/2023
» PARIS: France faced another day of protests Sunday against a bitterly contested pension reform rammed through by President Emmanuel Macron's government, a day before crucial no-confidence votes in parliament.
Under-fire London police face 'rotten apple' protest
AFP, Published on 20/01/2023
» LONDON: Campaigners on Friday dumped a basket of 1,071 rotten apples outside the headquarters of Britain's biggest police force, in protest at officers accused of domestic abuse and violence against women and girls.
German parliament recognises Yazidi 'genocide' in Iraq
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» BERLIN - Germany's lower house of parliament recognised on Thursday the 2014 massacre of Yazidis by Islamic State group jihadists in Iraq as a "genocide", and called for measures to assist the besieged minority.
Serial rapist sacked from London police
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» LONDON: A British police officer who admitted being a serial rapist was formally sacked on Tuesday, as the government called on forces across the country to root out the criminal and corrupt in their ranks.
London police facing questions after officer admits serial rapes
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» LONDON - Britain's largest police force was on Monday facing fresh scrutiny about its vetting procedures after an officer admitted 24 counts of rape and a string of sexual assaults over nearly two decades.
Soul-searching in Senegal after woman MP hit in parliament
AFP, Published on 06/12/2022
» DAKAR - Senegal is asking some tough questions about the state of its democracy, reputedly one of the strongest in Africa, after opposition lawmakers physically attacked a woman MP in parliament.