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Top StoriesSri Lankans Storm Prime Minister’s Office, Demanding He Quit as Well
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Biden Signs Executive Order on Abortion, Declares Supreme Court ‘out of Control’
Date: July 8, 2022
By Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in “raw political power” and signed an executive order on Friday to ease access to services to terminate pregnancies. Biden, a Democrat, has been under pressure from his own...
French PM Says Cost of Living a Priority, Urges Opposition to Help Pass Reforms
Date: July 6, 2022
By Dominique Vidalon and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said on Wednesday her minority government wanted to reform pensions, nationalise the main utility EDF and shield citizens from raging inflation, urging the opposition to work with her to avoid policy gridlock. President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist alliance lost its absolute majority in...
‘Enough Is Enough’: Ex-Minister Javid Delivers Parting Blow to PM Johnson
Date: July 6, 2022
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Former British minister Sajid Javid delivered a withering attack on Boris Johnson’s leadership on Wednesday, telling him and his fellow lawmakers in their ruling Conservative Party that it was time for the prime minister to resign. Javid stepped down as health minister on Tuesday, the first of a flurry of...
Don’t Bring Your Babies Into Parliamentary Debates, UK Lawmakers Told
Date: June 30, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers should not bring babies to parliamentary proceedings and debates, a committee reviewing the rules said on Thursday. The decision stirs a debate about whether the working culture in parliament acts as a deterrent to some potential candidates. That has in recent years encompassed not only whether it is compatible with...
Doctors, Bankers Protest ‘impossible Situation’ as Sri Lanka Runs Out of Fuel
Date: June 29, 2022
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Doctors and bankers were among hundreds of Sri Lankans who marched on Wednesday to demand the government resolve a severe fuel shortage at the heart of the Indian Ocean island’s worst economic crisis in decades or step down. Weeks of street demonstrations against cascading woes such as power cuts and...
Tokyo June Heatwave Worst Since 1875 as Power Supply Creaks Under Strain
Date: June 28, 2022
By Kantaro Komiya and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital’s heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight enough to raise the spectre of cuts. The heatwave comes less than two weeks before a national election...