Source link The new legislation further simplifies mobilization procedures and introduces new penalties for draft dodgers President Vladimir Zelensky signed his country’s long-debated military mobilization bill into law on Tuesday, a legislation card publicly available on the Ukrainian parliament’s website indicates. The mobilization bill was passed by the Verkhovna Rada earlier this month, following a […]
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US renews controversial spying program — RT World News
Source link Section 702 of the FISA act was reauthorized despite fierce resistance from former President Donald Trump The US House of Representatives has voted to renew a surveillance act that allows the government to spy on American citizens without a warrant. Pro-Trump Republicans blocked an earlier version of the act, but were persuaded to […]
India blocks Canada’s controversial documentary on Sikh separatists — RT India
Source link Canadian broadcaster CBC has received emails from YouTube and X saying New Delhi had directed them to take down the video New Delhi has reportedly ordered at least two online platforms to block a Canadian documentary in India, on the killing of a Sikh separatist. The development comes amid a diplomatic standoff between […]
Protests break out over controversial Indian citizenship law — RT India
Source link The measure seeks to fast-track processes for undocumented migrants of ethnic minorities from neighboring nations Protests have broken out in India after a controversial new citizenship law entered into force on Monday. The measure grants fast-tracked citizenship to undocumented migrants from the Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi, or Christian communities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, […]
EU to prolong authorization for controversial herbicide — RT World News
Source link Brussels will extend glyphosate approval for ten years despite member states failing to reach a qualified majority on the matter The controversial herbicide glyphosate, considered by some health watchdogs to pose cancer and other risks, will be approved for use in the EU for another ten years, the European Commission announced on Thursday. […]