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India: Top court declines legalizing same-sex marriage
India's Supreme Court has said it cannot legalize same-sex marriage, saying the decision must rest with parliament. However, the court...
Oct 17, 2023


Belgium approves universal charger legislation
The Belgian federal government on Friday transposed into national law a European directive that will require every mobile phone to have a...
Oct 15, 2023


Flanders designates four national parks
The government of Flanders designated four national parks on Friday. The national parks Bosland, Brabantse Wouden, Hoge Kempen and...
Oct 14, 2023


Israel's response 'will show it is a democracy', says von der Leyen
The way Israel responds to Hamas' attack on the country "will show that it is a democracy," European Commission president Ursula von der...
Oct 14, 2023


Teacher killed in France school stabbing
A 20-year-old man fatally stabbed a teacher in the northern French city of Arras on Friday. President Emmanuel Macron described the...
Oct 14, 2023


Argentina: Presidential front-runner charged over peso panic
Argentina's struggling currency has gone into a tailspin since the election front-runner said it was worthless, vowing to make the...
Oct 12, 2023


Germany's Birkenstock debuts on New York stock market
German footwear brand Birkenstock has begun trading stock in New York in a milestone move. Shares opened at $41, about 11% lower than...
Oct 12, 2023


Extreme weather: Is climate change always to blame?
As extreme heatwaves, storms and wildfires increase in severity and frequency, a comparatively new kind of research called weather...
Oct 11, 2023


Hamas in Israel has committed the same evil as Russia in Ukraine
On October 7, 2023, became the worst day of the war in Israel. A brutal attack by Hamas militants resulted in hundreds of deaths and...
Oct 11, 2023


'Trying to find solutions’: Worsening drugs shortage is leaving pharmacists and patients in the dark
Shortages of common older medicines are increasing. Experts say it’s in part because pharmaceutical companies are de-incentivised from...
Oct 10, 2023


Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin wins Nobel memorial economics prize
Goldin becomes only the third woman to be awarded the prize since it was established in 1968 by Sweden's central bank. Claudia Goldin, a...
Oct 9, 2023


28m euros in unpaid traffic fines recovered from offenders' salaries
In the first eight months of the year, the government recovered almost 28 million euros in unpaid traffic fines from offenders’ salaries....
Oct 8, 2023
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