WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is putting out the word in advance that an expected unofficial stopover in the United States by Taiwan PresidentTsai Ing-wen would fall in line with recent precedent and should not be used as a pretext by Beijing to step up aggressive activity in the Taiwan Strait... (AP) .
A Swedish court has given GretaThunberg and hundreds of other climate activists the go-ahead to proceed with a class action lawsuit against the Swedish government for “insufficient climate policy” ... On Tuesday, NackaDistrict Court said the lawsuit could go ahead after the group made adjustments to the claim ... ‘Choices we make now’ ... .
Iran vows to reciprocate the European Union and the UK's recent repetitive move to impose sanctions on Iranian targets over, what Brussels and London have called, human rights violations ... The riots erupted in September following the tragic death of the woman, named Mahsa Amini ... Dozens of people and security personnel were killed during the riots ... ....
PARIS, March 21 (Reuters) - French PresidentEmmanuel Macron will break his silence on Wednesday to outline plans after his administration survived a no-confidence motion in parliament over a deeply unpopular pension reform, the government spokesman said ... The failure of the vote will be a relief to Macron ... That prompted the U.N ... Our Standards ... Video.
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Donald Trump would become the first former or sitting president to be charged with a crime if an indictment over the 2016 hush money payment to Stormy Daniels is filed ... Bragg, an elected Democrat, has not confirmed any plans publicly, but has put key witnesses in front of the jury in recent weeks and offered Trump the opportunity to testify ... .
Uganda’s parliament has passed a bill which would criminalise people who identify as gay, or a sexual minority. Individuals could face lengthy prison terms if the bill is signed into law by PresidentYoweri Museveni... Homosexual acts are already illegal in the east African country ... The law had been widely condemned by Western countries ... .
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said late Monday that a strike destroyed Russian “Kalibr” cruise missiles that were being transported by train in the town of Dzhankoi, in Russian-occupied Crimea... One person was injured and two buildings were damaged, Askyonov said. Amateur video geolocated by CNN shows a large explosion and resulting fireball ... .
An eyewitness testified Tuesday that actor Gwyneth Paltrow crashed into another skier in a 2016 accident at Utah’s Deer Valley Resort, injuring him, a sequence of events Paltrow's lawyer disputed. ... Paltrow denies being at fault in the Feb. 26, 2016, accident and said Sanderson was exploiting her wealth and celebrity ... .
Ethiopia's government on Tuesday accused the United States of taking a "partisan" approach by alleging that its forces, and Eritrean troops, had committed war crimes during the two-year conflict in Tigray... "Many of these actions were not random or a mere byproduct of war ... ....
French PresidentEmmanuel Macron faced an angry backlash last night after his government narrowly survived a confidence vote over his pension reforms ... “We’ll meet in the streets.”Not long after the results were announced, protests broke out close to the National Assembly ... He added ... .