(BBC)Poland’s parliament has approved a bill to give MPs and the justice minister the power to appoint judges without consulting judicial circles. Opposition parties and human rights groups say this would erode the independence of the judiciary. The ...
(Tibet.CN)In the early of July, An Italian delegation of five people with the Association of Friends of China under the Italian Parliament paid a visit to Shangri-la City, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Southwest China’s Yunnan province. The de ...
(CNN)It is a global traveling troupe like no other in sport. A patchwork of nationalities, from India, Lebanon, America, on a summer pilgrimage to worship the most successful tennis player in history. These are Roger Federer fans. But his admirers have ta ...
(CNN)With more than a third of Somalia’s population now facing starvation, new statistics show that in addition to hunger, many women in Somalia are at risk for being raped. The reported cases of rape and sexual violence in drought-affected areas ar ...
Washington (CNN)Senate Republicans unveiled a revised version of their health care bill Thursday with significant changes — including parts of an amendment designed to bring conservatives on board — in hopes of getting closer to their yearslon ...
(BBC)Potential rioters should have their movements restricted or be made wear electronic ankle tags, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière has said. He was outlining ideas to prevent a repeat of the mass rioting which marred the G20 summit in Hambu ...
(CNN)A Pakistan government crackdown on freedom of speech online has reached worrying new levels, activists say, after a young man was sentenced to death over a series of Facebook posts. On Saturday, 30-year-old Taimoor Raza became the first person to rec ...
London (CNN)British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced a full public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster, as grief turned to anger a day after the blaze that left at least 17 dead. Speaking after visiting the site of the devastating fire in Nor ...
(CNN)Jurors in the Bill Cosby trial said Thursday they are deadlocked and cannot come to a unanimous consensus on any of the three counts of aggravated indecent assault the comedian faces. Judge Steven O’Neill asked the jury, which began deliberatin ...
Beijing (CNN)At least seven people were killed and 66 were injured, including children, in a blast Thursday near a kindergarten in eastern China, according to Chinese state media. Two people died at the scene and five died at the hospital, Chinese Central ...