Lawmaking
Taiwan says ‘very difficult’ to get WHO invite, but trying hard
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -It will be "very difficult" for Taiwan to get an invite to a major World Health Organization meeting...
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Pandemic pushes Spanish workers out of the shadows
By Belén Carreño and Gavin Jones MADRID/ROME (Reuters) - For decades, a cash-filled envelope - or "sobre" - was how...
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Pelosi urges U.S. Congress to approve $33 billion in aid for Ukraine by end of May
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday told CBS that Congress needs to pass by...
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Ireland calls for partnership not threats from UK on Brexit protocol
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The European Union needs partnership from Britain rather than threats of unliateral action if the two sides...
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Chile constitutional assembly does not okay expanded state mining rights
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's constitutional assembly passed articles expanding environmental rights on Saturday, but stopped short of approving a proposal...
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N.Ireland’s DUP says post-election plan depends on British government
BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's largest pro-British party will decide next week whether to consider entering a power-sharing government after...
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Peruvian Congress rejects president’s bill to change constitution
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's Congress on Friday rejected a bill presented by President Pedro Castillo to call a referendum to...
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Tunisia union rejects any formal dialogue over political reforms
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's powerful UGTT labour union rejected on Friday any formal dialogue over political reforms that marginalise political...
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Kazakhstan to hold constitutional reform referendum on June 5
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan will hold a referendum on constitutional amendments on June 5, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Thursday....
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EU citizens may sue countries for health-damaging dirty air, top court adviser says
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Citizens in European Union countries may be able to sue their governments for financial compensation...
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Trudeau vows to defend abortion rights after U.S. Supreme Court move
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to defend abortion rights as the decades-old battle over...
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Reproductive rights ‘foundation’ for empowerment of women, girls, says U.N.
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes that sexual and reproductive health and rights are...
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Canada leaders affirm right to choose after leak of draft U.S. ruling overturning abortion rights
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada's Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister affirmed on Tuesday their support of women's...
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Brazil courts give Guedes 10 days to explain election-year tax cut
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) -Investigators from Brazil's electoral courts have given the Economy Ministry 10 days to explain a...
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Ukraine’s ‘finest hour’: UK’s Johnson invokes Churchill as he predicts Russia will lose
By Kylie MacLellan and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Ukraine on Tuesday he believed it...
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UK supports right for women to access safe, legal abortions, says PM’s spokesman
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain supports the right for women to have access to safe and legal abortions, a spokesman for...
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Russian oligarchs to be targeted in U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Schumer says
By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday he would act on a Biden administration...
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Indian state leader pushes to replace religion-based laws
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - India should replace marriage and inheritance laws that are based on religion with a uniform civil...
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UK lawmaker resigns after admitting twice watching porn in parliament
LONDON (Reuters) -A British lawmaker who had been suspended from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party said on Saturday he...
Read moreRomania must reject Hungary-style anti-LGBT bill, rights groups say
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian human rights groups on Friday condemned a bill approved by the Senate which bans so-called gay...
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