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Armed Moors In I-95 Standoff Plead Not Guilty, Deny Courts Authority Police work on in the area of an hours long standoff with a group of armed men that partially shut down interstate 95, Saturday, July 3, 2021, in Wakefield, Mass. Massachusetts state police say 11 suspects have been taken into custody. Michael Dwyer/AP Seven of the 11 men were arraigned, all pleading not guilty to charges related to improperly stored firearms after the standoff on the I-95. Many identified themselves as link...

China’s communists guard their future from the past As they celebrate their party’s centenary, China’s leaders remain obsessed with the fate of the Soviet Union and its political reforms. They study history to avoid a repeat. Peter Cai Save Share The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has just celebrated its 100th birthday this week, making it one of the longest surviving communist parties in the world – and certainly the most successful one. Although the party’s confid...

Judge rejects legal challenges to NI Protocol July 1, 2021 ­BELFAST: Legal challenges against the lawfulness of Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol have been dismissed by a High Court judge in Belfast. Justice Colton rejected arguments that the contentious post-Brexit trading arrangements breached the terms of the 1800 Acts of Union and the 1998 legislation that underpins the Good Friday Peace Agreement. In a lengthy judgment, the judge agreed with the applicants’ contention that the Brex...

BBC News By Chris Morris image copyrightGetty Images Arguments have intensified between the EU and the UK about the post-Brexit status of Northern Ireland. It is a special case, involving the UKs only land border with the EU and a history of violent political division. The Northern Ireland protocol was created to avoid the return of a "hard" trade border on the island of Ireland. Instead, all goods moving across the Irish Sea from Great Britain (GB) into Northern Ireland (NI) have to follow EU...

Three ranking Republican members urged President Biden to stop China's nuclear arms expansion in a joint letter earlier ...

Integrated Review: Fact-checking claims about the Army, aid and nuclear weapons By Reality Check team The government has outlined an overhaul of the UKs foreign and defence policies. Announcements included reversing plans to reduce its stockpile of nuclear weapons and a shift in focus to Asia, alongside increases in defence spending announced in November. We have been checking some of the claims made about it in Parliament. Boris Johnson: "This is the biggest investment in our armed forces sinc...

‘Only those who deserve it’ KUWAIT CITY, Feb 15: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim and a number of MPs submitted a bill on granting compensation to the owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for the damages they suffered due to the coronavirus crisis. Al-Ghanim disclosed the bill clearly specifies the beneficiaries to ensure that compensation is granted only to those who truly deserve it. He said another bill is being prepared for employers and expatriate workers to reach ...

Home » Local » Women and girls’ rights ‘precarious’ in Middle East and North Africa, new report finds Women and girls’ rights ‘precarious’ in Middle East and North Africa, new report finds By JT - Dec 13,2020 - Last updated at Dec 13,2020 AMMAN — Contradictory laws and policy loopholes are perpetuating lifelong discrimination against girls and women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as found by Plan International’s new regional analysis. The report focuses on ...

Home » Local » Women and girls’ rights ‘precarious’ in Middle East and North Africa, new report finds Women and girls’ rights ‘precarious’ in Middle East and North Africa, new report finds By JT - Dec 13,2020 - Last updated at Dec 13,2020 AMMAN — Contradictory laws and policy loopholes are perpetuating lifelong discrimination against girls and women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, as found by Plan International’s new regional analysis. The report focuses on ...