Hong Kong Lawmakers Approve Law That Gives Government More Power To Curb Dissent – Top Speed News

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approved a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown that was triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019. The legislature passed the Safeguarding National Security Bill during a special…

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Hungary’s President Resigns Amid Outrage Over Pardon To Man Convicted In Child Sexual Abuse Case – Top Speed News

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s conservative president has resigned amid public outcry over a pardon she granted to a man convicted as an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case, a decision that unleashed an unprecedented political scandal for the long-serving nationalist government. Katalin Novák, 46, announced in a televised message on Saturday that she…

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Discussion on Parliament History, Passage of 5 Bills: Government Reveals Agenda for Special Session – Top Speed News

The government on Wednesday declared the agenda for the upcoming special session of Parliament. And at the top of the list is a discussion on Parliament’s history. “Members are informed that on 18 September, 2023, besides other formal business like laying of papers, etc, a Discussion will be held on the subject ‘Parliamentary Journey of…

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Baghel Govt Enabling Naxalism in Chhattisgarh, Is Knee-Deep in Scams, Says BJP’s Raman Singh | Interview – Top Speed News

Chhattisgarh Assembly election dates are yet to be announced but BJP leader and former chief minister Raman Singh, who suffered a massive jolt in the 2018 Assembly elections after three consecutive terms, has turned on the campaign mode. With corruption as his main poll plank, Raman Singh has laid a number of alleged scams, allegedly…

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