Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday signed a law forbidding the spread of “false information” about volunteer forces fighting in service of Russia. The law is meant to prevent public condemnation of paramilitary and private military organizations —such as the Wagner Group—currently operating in Ukraine. The law passed the Russian State Duma, Russia’s lower house, on [...]

The legislature of the Canadian province of British Columbia Friday passed the Indigenous Self-Government in Child and Family Services Amendment Act, making BC the first Canadian province to recognize an inherent right of self-government for indigenous peoples directly in provincial legislation. The Act fundamentally alters the provision of child welfare and family services to indigenous [...]

An overwhelming majority of the French National Assembly Thursday voted to add the right to abortion to the country’s constitution. The vote was proposed during a niche parlementaire, a day when one of the minority parties in the National Assembly controls its agenda. 337 members of France’s lower house of Parliament voted in favor of [...]

The Biden administration Friday filed an application with the US Supreme Court to vacate an injunction preventing the federal student loan forgiveness plan from going into effect. The application is an appeal of the November 15 order by the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to temporarily suspend the federal student loan forgiveness [...]

President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra Monday fired the President of the Constitutional Court, Danièle Darlan by presidential decree, local news outlets reported. Presidential decree number 22.454, signed on Monday and promulgated on national radio and television on Tuesday, specifically orders Darlan’s  removal from office. At the time of her removal, Darlan was [...]

A Shanghai court has sentenced Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua to 13 years in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of 6.5 million yuan (CAD 1.2 million) on charges of the illegal absorption of public deposits, breach of trust in the use of entrusted property, illegal use of funds, and bribery. The judgment was [...]