BANGKOK: Thailand‘s House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would legalise same-sex marriage, bringing the measure a significant step closer to becoming law.The bill passed 400-10, with a handful of abstentions, and now the legislation goes to the Senate. If it passes there, and if Thailand’s kingContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The House approved a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills on Friday just a few hours before funding for some key federal agencies is set to expire, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to theContinue Reading
PRAGUE: The Czech Parliament‘s upper house, the Senate followed the lower house on Wednesday to approve changes in the gun law that tighten requirements for owning a weapon following the worst mass killing in the nation’s history. The legislation now must be signed by President Petr Pavel before becoming law,Continue Reading
WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin urged the Senate to pass the national security bill immediately to invest in America’s national security, which will further bolster its deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.He applauded the Senate’s passage of the vital national-security supplemental, which will advance the US’s core security interests and itsContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said on Friday that the border deal being negotiated in the US Senate was the “toughest and fairest” set of reforms possible and vowed to “shut down the border” the day he signs the bill. The bipartisan talks have hit a critical point amid mounting RepublicanContinue Reading
FBI Director Christopher Wray testified on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressing deep concerns about the unprecedented level of terror threats facing the United States since the October 7 attack on Israel, reported Fox News. Senator Lindsey Graham inquired about the current “threat matrix,” prompting Wray to highlight theContinue Reading
In a stark reminder of the struggles during the Civil Rights Movement, JoAnne Bland, who crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Bloody Sunday in 1965, reflects on the importance of voting rights, reported USA Today. Bland, now 70, emphasizes her dedication to preserving the right to vote, despite ongoing challenges.TheContinue Reading
COUNCIL BLUFFS: A man was arrested early Friday in the alleged assault of former US senator Martha McSally, who says she was molested as she jogged along the Missouri River in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Council Bluffs police said in a statement that the 25-year-old suspect from Papillion, Nebraska, was spottedContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The US Congress passed a stopgap funding bill late on Saturday with overwhelming Democratic support after Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy backed down from an earlier demand by his party’s hardliners for a partisan bill. The Democratic-majority Senate voted 88-9 to pass the measure to avoid the federal government’s fourthContinue Reading
SYDNEY: An Australian senator on Thursday said she was followed, aggressively propositioned and inappropriately touched by another senator in parliament house, and called on the government to make the building safer for women.In a tearful address in parliament, independent senator Lidia Thorpe said she has decided not to pursue legalContinue Reading