Lawmakers in Taiwan threw pig intestines and punches at each other as a brawl broke out in parliament over a proposal to allow meat imports from the United States.
Indiana girls bring concerns over ‘Men Working’ signs to their lawmakers, and the city vows action
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Two young sisters are using their voices to fight for gender equality in their city. When Blair Babione, 11, and her sister Brienne, 9, noticed "Men Working" signs at construction sites around Carmel, Indiana, they...
Two GOP lawmakers who supported the Equality Act in 2019 changed their votes this time
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Washington Two House Republicans who voted in 2019 to support the Equality Act flipped their votes Thursday and opposed the legislation, which intends to protect people from being discriminated based on sexual orient...
His rescue at a London protest inspired Michelle Obama and Prince Harry. Nou, Patrick Hutchinson is turning his moment into a movement
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Know someone who inspires you? Click here to nominate them as a CNN Hero. It was a moment caught on camera -- a heroic act that thrust Patrick Hutchinson, a London father and grandfather, into the limelight. Last s...
Wetgewers moet die voorstel vir federale kommissie laat herleef wat die taak het om Amerika se geskiedenis van rassisme te ondersoek
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Twee Demokratiese wetgewers sal Donderdag weer wetgewing instel waarin gevra word dat die eerste federale kommissie vir rasse-geregtigheid gestig word wat die land se geskiedenis van sistemiese rassisme teen Swart mense moet ondersoek..
AZ lawmakers weigh bill that would allow legislature to review election results ‘if needed’
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Arizona lawmakers are debating a new set of voting bills -- including one that would allow lawmakers to review election results "indien nodig" and would grant the legislature the power to pick the state's presidential ...
FBI en internetagentskappe oorhandig eerste dokumente aan wetgewers voor aanvalverhore in Capitol volgende week
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Washington House-ondersoekers het die eerste groep dokumente ontvang wat hulle van die FBI en intelligensie-agentskappe versoek het as deel van hul voortdurende ondersoek na mislukkings rondom Januarie. 6 Amerikaanse Capitol by ...
Die Amerikaanse Capitol-polisie sê aan wetgewers dat skeermesdraadheinings tot September moet bly
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Die Amerikaanse Capitol-polisie het aan wetgewers gesê dat die skeermesdraadomheining rondom die Capitol tot minstens September moet bly vanweë voortslepende veiligheidskwessies wat verband hou met dreigemente teen lede van die Kongres,...
Taiwan blames ‘external forces’ for blocking BioNTech vaccine deal. China says it had nothing to do with it
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Hong Kong The Chinese government has denied it obstructed Taiwan's coronavirus vaccine purchase from BioNTech, after the island's health minister revealed that its deal with the German drugmaker fell through at the l...
Two journalists, 23 en 27, get two years in jail for live-streaming a protest in Belarus
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Moscow A court in Belarus sentenced two journalists with the independent Belsat TV channel to two years in prison for live-streaming a demonstration, their employer and Belarussian Association of Journalists said in ...
Tennessee lawmakers are proposing a bill that would let biological fathers petition to stop abortions
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In another anti-abortion push by Republican lawmakers, lawmakers in Tennessee have introduced a bill that would allow a person to stop a woman who is pregnant with their unborn child from receiving an abortion. Die ...
Climate activist Disha Ravi arrested in India over farmers’ protest ‘toolkit’
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New Delhi Supporters of a young climate activist arrested in India over a farmers' protest "toolkit," later shared by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, have called for her release. Delhi police confirmed the ...
Binne die Senaat: Sketches of lawmakers watching videos from Trump counsel on Day 4 van die beskuldigingsverhoor
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Former President Donald Trump's lawyers showed the Senate multiple videos of Democratic politicians saying they would "baklei" to argue that Trump's rhetoric on January 6 did not incite the rioters who attacked the C...