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Some U.S. senators sent a letter to the inspector general at the Department of Defence to formally request an investigation into how top Trump national security officials used Signal to discuss military strikes. CBC | World News
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Iowa lawmakers vote to remove gender identity protections from civil rights code
Iowa lawmakers voted to remove gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code Thursday despite massive protests by opponents and human rights advocates who say it could expose transgender people to discrimination in numerous areas of life. CBC | World News
Read More »Critics say new bill passed by Iraqi lawmakers opens door to child marriage
Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. CBC | World News
Read More »Unidentified New Jersey drone reports consume lawmakers at state, federal levels
A U.S. senator has called for mysterious drones spotted flying over sensitive areas in New Jersey and other parts of the mid-Atlantic region to be “shot down, if necessary,” as lawmakers at all levels of government contend with a rash of reports of unknown craft in the sky. CBC | World News
Read More »French lawmakers vote to oust Michel Barnier-led government
France’s far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together on Wednesday in a historic no-confidence vote prompted by budget disputes that forces French Prime Minister Michel Barnier and his cabinet members to resign, a first since 1962. CBC | World News
Read More »North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia for Ukraine war, South Korean lawmakers say
North Korea has sent 3,000 troops to Russia to support the latter’s war against Ukraine, South Korean lawmakers said on Wednesday after being briefed by the national intelligence agency. The estimate is twice the previous figure. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. lawmakers vote to sanction ICC after prosecutor seeks warrant for Israel’s Netanyahu
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday that would sanction the International Criminal Court for requesting arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. CBC | World News
Read More »Poland has a near-total abortion ban. Lawmakers have taken 1st steps to possibly lifting it
Polish lawmakers voted Friday to move forward with several bills aimed at reforming the Catholic country’s abortion laws, including two that would lift the near-total ban on abortion that currently exists in the EU country. CBC | World News
Read More »Families of Israeli hostages angrily confront lawmakers in Jerusalem
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Read More »Russian lawmakers approve March election, paving way for a 5th Putin term
Russian lawmakers on Thursday set the date of the country’s 2024 presidential election for March 17, moving Vladimir Putin a step closer to a fifth term in office. CBC | World News
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