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India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, waves to his supporters from a vehicle during a road show, in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
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A parliamentary election runoff puts hard-liners firmly in charge of Iran’s parliament
Iranians vote at a polling station in Tehran during the parliamentary runoff elections on May 10, 2024. Iranians had the chance to cast ballots for parliament again on May 10 in regions where candidates failed to secure enough votes in March, when conservatives and ultra-conservatives won a majority. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Georgia’s parliament approves second reading of bill on ‘foreign agents’ amid protests
A woman reacts as law enforcement officers use a water cannon to disperse the crowd near the parliament building, during a rally to protest against a bill on "foreign agents" in Tbilisi, Georgia, May 1, 2024. Georgian parliament is set to debate the second reading of the bill described as authoritarian and Russian-inspired by Georgia's opposition and Western countries. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze
canada
Court ruling affirms law curbing parliamentary immunity of spy watchdog members
The Ontario Court of Appeal has affirmed the constitutionality of a law that limits members of a spy watchdog from using their parliamentary immunity to speak out. The Ontario Court of Appeal is seen in Toronto on Monday, April 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
politics
Saskatchewan MP won’t run again, cites Tory decision to disallow open nomination race
Conservative MP for Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River Gary Vidal rises during Question Period, Friday, December 1, 2023 in Ottawa. A Conservative member of Parliament says he won't be seeking reelection because the party is not allowing an open nomination in a new riding. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Two men charged in U.K. over alleged spying for China
(FILES) A Metropolitan Police officer stands watching ahead of a protest march against the Islamic revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in central London, on January 21, 2023. Around 1,000 police officers have been suspended or put on restricted duties as part of a drive to clean up London's scandal-hit Metropolitan police force, a police chief said on September 19, 2023. The country's biggest force has been hit by a string of scandals that have undermined confidence in British policing. They include the rape and murder of a young woman snatched off the street by a serving officer. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Hockey Canada sexual assault trial won’t start before next NHL season begins
A Hockey Canada logo is shown in Kamloops, B.C. on Thursday, November 17, 2022. Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that it has hired Jaime Boldt as its first governance adviser. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jesse Johnston
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Polish lawmaker who extinguished Hanukkah candles faces charges
FILE PHOTO: Grzegorz Braun, far-right Polish lawmaker from Confederation party, walks after using a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles at the parliament in Warsaw, Poland December 12, 2023. Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS/File Photo
european business
UBS on the brink of Switzerland’s ‘too big to fail’ reckoning
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Swiss bank UBS is seen at a branch office in Zurich, Switzerland, June 22, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
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Israel war cabinet member Gantz calls for September elections amid Gaza assault
Benny Gantz, a key member of Israel's War Cabinet and the top political rival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leaves after a meeting at the State Department, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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Russia’s Putin signs decree on spring military conscription
FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the Five Seas and Lake Baikal project of federal all-year-round resorts, via video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia March 28, 2024. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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MP Anthony Housefather ‘reflecting’ on future with the Liberals after Middle East motion vote
Quebec Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says he is "reflecting" on his future in the Liberal party after a heavily amended NDP motion on Palestinian statehood passed in the House of Commons on Monday. Housefather speaks with reporters as he makes his way to Question Period, Tuesday, March 19, 2024 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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MPs approve softened NDP motion on Israel-Gaza
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international business
Russia summons Swiss ambassador over motions to fund reparations for Ukraine
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Pakistan’s former President Zardari wins another term
(FILES) Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari gives a joint press conference with Eu Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana European, Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Czech Republic President Vaclav Klaus (out of camera range) after an EU-Pakistan Troika summit, on June 17, 2009 at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Pakistan's slain first female premier Benazir Bhutto who has had a life storied equally by tragedy and farce, is set to become president for a second time on March 9, 2024. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP) (Photo by JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Former British leader Theresa May says she’ll quit Parliament before an election this year
Former prime minister Theresa May talks to school girls during a football session, during a visit to St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Maidenhead, Berkshire, on International Women's Day, Friday March 8, 2024. Former British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Friday that she will quit as a lawmaker when an election is called this year, ending a 27-year parliamentary career that included three years as the nation’s leader during a period roiled by Brexit(Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
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Young women defying Beijing's push for children
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China sets 5% growth goal, toughens talk on Taiwan
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Shehbaz Sharif becomes Pakistan’s new prime minister as Imran Khan’s allies in parliament allege rigging
FILE - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks during a press conference regarding parliamentary elections, in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Lawmakers in Pakistan’s National Assembly elected Sunday, March 3, Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new prime minister for the second time. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)
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French Senate approves a bill to make abortion a constitutional right
A pro-abortion rights activist holds signs read ' my body, my uterus, my choice' and 'never again' during a rally for abortion rights outside La Sorbonne university in Paris, Wednesday Feb. 28, 2024. France's Senate is voting on a bill meant to enshrine a woman's right to an abortion in the French Constitution. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
opinion
One cheer for the new Online Harms Act
Andrew Coyne
opinion
The government’s ‘national security’ claim for withholding documents from Parliament is exposed as a sham
Andrew Coyne
politics
Parliamentary authorities did not screen Waffen-SS veteran for reputational risk, MPs hear
Overall view of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Yaroslav Hunka watches and applauds at far right, centre. It later emerged that Hunka had fought in Ukraine during the Second World War with the Waffen-SS Galicia Division, a volunteer unit created by the Nazis to help fight the Soviet Union. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Patrick Doyle
european business
EU Council and Parliament agree on 90% CO2 emissions cut by 2040 for trucks
A truck drives in front of a power-generating windmill turbine on the Paris-Lille highway during sunset in Wancourt, France, April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
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Polish lawmaker who extinguished Hanukkah candles loses immunity
FILE PHOTO: Grzegorz Braun, far-right Polish lawmaker from Confederation party, walks after using a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles at the parliament in Warsaw, Poland December 12, 2023. Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS/File Photo
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canada
Speaker Greg Fergus says he made 'a serious mistake,' apologizes again for video
Speaker of the House of Commons Greg Fergus is seen in the House of Commons, in Ottawa on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Far-right Polish lawmaker takes fire extinguisher to Hanukkah menorah in parliament
Grzegorz Braun, far-right Polish lawmaker from Konfederacja party, stands after using a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles at the parliament in Warsaw, Poland December 12, 2023. Slawomir Kaminski/Agencja Wyborcza.pl via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. POLAND OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN POLAND.
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Rishi Sunak battles to unite divided party in pivotal week
FILE PHOTO: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room, as he gives an update on the plan to "stop the boats" and illegal migration in London, Britain December 7, 2023. James Manning/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Ukraine traders concerned over plans to change grain export rules again
FILE PHOTO: Cayman Islands-flagged bulk carrier Puma leaves the sea port of Odesa, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Ukraine September 15, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
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Dublin stabbing that injured three children sparks riots
Flames rise from the car and a bus, set alight at the junction of Bachelors Walk and the O'Connell Bridge, in Dublin on November 23, 2023, as people took to the streets following the stabbings earlier in the day. Protesters in Dublin on Thursday torched a car and fought police, an AFP journalist reported, after three children were injured in a suspected school stabbing that social media rumours attributed to a foreign national. (Photo by Peter MURPHY / AFP) (Photo by PETER MURPHY/AFP via Getty Images)
technology
EU lawmakers make progress in crucial talks on new AI rules, sources say
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
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Turkey’s Erdogan submits Sweden’s NATO bid to parliament for ratification, presidency says
FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waits for the start of a round table meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 11, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has submitted a protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO to Turkey’s parliament for ratification, his office said Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. Erdogan had been delaying ratification of Sweden’s membership, accusing Stockholm of being too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups he considers to be security threats. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)