South Korean legislators approve to dismiss the prime minister.

The opposition-controlled legislature of South Korea has passed a motion urging President Yoon Suk-yeol to dismiss the prime minister for alleged incompetence and policy failures.

Thursday, lawmakers voted 175-116 in favor of seeking Han Duck-soo's dismissal.

The motion, s...

Manish Tewari has posed the question, "How can ministers move legislation on policy matters when there is a motion of no confidence pending?"

On Monday, Congress Member of Parliament Manish Tewari questioned the ability of the government of Narendra Modi to move legislation and substantive business on policy matters such as the statutory resolution for increasing the import duty on LPG after the speaker of the Lok Sabha, Om Birla, admi...

Elections in Karnataka: BJP and Congress "moan" over possible hung legislature.

There has been much backroom maneuvering between the Congress and the BJP in preparation for a possible hung legislature in Karnataka, with both parties hoping to create an alliance with the JD(S). P.C.C chairman D K Shivakumar and former CM Siddaramaiah led a group of top Congress functionaries ...

Paco Rabanne, the king of eccentric fashion and perfume, has passed away at the age of 88.

The Rabanne parent business announced his death to AFP and said he had "marked generations with his radical vision of fashion and his legacy will live on." Paco Rabanne made sexual indiscretion irresistible. Who else could get chic Parisian girls clamoring for plastic and metal dress pr...

In light of new trade regulations, Democrats warn that large technology companies might circumvent competition policies.

In a letter to Biden administration officials, a group of Democratic legislators warned that if the tech industry prevails in trade negotiations over an Indo-Pacific framework, U.S. regulators may be restricted in their ability to regulate some of the nation's largest companies.

Tec...

The Justice Department asserts that legal action can be taken against Trump for the January 6 uprising.

Trump claims he is above the law and cannot be held liable for the uprising because of his position as president.

Former President Donald Trump is not immune from legal accountability for the violent Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department argued Thursday,...

After hacking the Exclu encrypted chat app, cops make arrests and seize drugs.

European authorities have shut down an encrypted messaging service used by thousands of people, including members of organized crime gangs. Following a multi-country investigation into the Exclu encrypted messaging service, a coordinated operation conducted by Dutch and German police resulted in ...

The lower chamber adopts legislation prohibiting harmful donation soliciting

Following the scandal over the Unification Church's fundraising activities, Japan's lower house enacted a measure on Thursday prohibiting groups from unfairly soliciting donations.

After debates begin in the afternoon in the Chamber of Councillors, or upper house, the law is exp...

The province of Quebec in Canada wants to prevent the majority of new arrivals who are unable to speak French from entering the country.

Premier Francois Legault of Quebec, Canada, is concerned about the demise of the French language and has instituted a new requirement for newcomers: fluency in French.

The nationalist Coalition Avenair Quebec party, led by Legault, was re-elected with a landslide in October, in large pa...

Germany will soon allow recreational marijuana use

DEUTSCHLAND - On Wednesday, Germany announced its intentions to legalize cannabis, making it one of the first European countries to do so, according to the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Karl Lauterbach, minister of health, presented a foundational paper on proposed laws to govern t...

Jean-Baptiste Belley: French socialist parties want a public homage to France's first black legislator

A coalition of socialist parties in France's National Assembly has suggested a public homage to Jean-Baptiste Belley, the country's first black lawmaker.

After a racist incident happened during a parliamentary session last week, the Democratic and Republican Left group (GDR), a ...

The Lego crisis has hit the corporate world hard.

Industry authorities said Tuesday that the difficulty large enterprises have in raising capital is directly related to the default in project financing for the development of the Legoland Korea entertainment park in Gangwon Province.

Affiliates of the SK, Lotte, and Hyosung groups raise...

Biden's plan to forgive some or all student loan debt faces increasing legal opposition.

Republican-led states and a libertarian legal group have filed lawsuits challenging the Biden administration's plan to forgive federal student loans, claiming the president overstepped his authority and misapplied a federal law that permits such drastic policy shifts only in times of national...

Conflicting opinions on Mikhail Gorbachev's legacy in relation to Russia and German unification

Mikhail Gorbachev, the final head of state of the Soviet Union, passed away on Tuesday. His political legacy is still hotly debated in modern-day Russia. He was well received in the West but is still disliked at home. His involvement in the events leading to the unification of Germany is a topic ...

EU Businesses Delay Green Legislation

Fredrik Persson, a Swedish corporate businessman who succeeded Pierre Gattaz as Chairman of BusinessEurope on July 1 for a tenure that will run for two years, believes that the situation in which we are aiming to figure ourselves in the near future is going to be pretty difficult.

The b...

EU Requires Speed-Limiters

The European Commission has only just just approved certain brand new legislation that mandate that incorporation of intelligent speed good works into all cars that really are freshly constructed. The laws are effective immediately. The European Parliament approved these measures and ratified the...

According to a European scholar, the UAE is a pioneer in cryptocurrency legislation

According to a leading European professor, the UAE, Japan, and Singapore have become the leaders in efficiently regulating the cryptocurrency sector.

According to Guy Burton, an adjunct professor of politics and international relations at the Brussels School of Governance, "as cryp...

U.S. businesses that pay for abortions for their employees risk legal squabbles

Large American firms are increasingly offering to pay for employees' travel expenses when they need to leave their home states for abortions, but legal experts warned that these new practices could subject organisations to legal action and even potential criminal prosecution.

Conde ...

With a win over Thailand, the US sweeps the VNL QC leg

On Sunday at Smart Araneta Coliseum, Ali Frantti scored 27 points to help the United States avoid a sluggish start by defeating Thailand, 17-25, 25-13, 25-23, 25-18, to clinch a four-game sweep of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Quezon City leg.

After a superb stint in Week 2, the 6...

Anti-Prayut protestors will face legal punishment, police say

In a press conference, Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Pol Maj Gen Jirasan Kaewsaeng-Ek said that demonstrators who ran riot and set fire to a police vehicle near the Din Daeng intersection after marching from the Democracy Monument to the Victory Monument in protest of Prime Minister Pra...