#AUSTRALIA: Peter Dutton Elected Liberal Party Leader After Election Deafeat

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Peter Dutton being elected as the new Liberal Party leader and Sussan Ley as his deputy.

Their election follows the defeat last week of the Liberal party in Australia's federal elections. The next federal election is scheduled for 2025.

Dutton came out swinging after accepting the top spot, saying the country’s newly elected Labor government was not “ready to govern and we are already seeing their inexperience on display."

Dutton, 51, has represented the Queensland seat of Dickson since 2001 and previously held senior ministerial office as a cabinet minister in Coalition governments between 2013 and 2022.

The National Party also determined their leadership on Monday, with Queensland MP David Littleproud successfully ousting Barnaby Joyce as leader

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#CANADA: Organ Donation To Be The Default In Alberta In Legislation Passes

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Every adult in Alberta would be considered a potential organ and tissue donor — unless they choose otherwise — if a new private member's bill is passed in the legislature.

The Human Tissue and Organ Donation (Presumed Consent) Amendment Act passed first reading on Wednesday after it was presented by MLA Matthew Jones.

Albertans currently have to opt-in as organ donors.

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#SOUTHKOREA: Supreme Court Rules Against "Peak Wage" Practice; Calls It Age Discrimination

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The Supreme Court has ruled against the peak wage system introduced by a large number of local companies to gradually cut the salaries of senior workers several years before retirement.

The top court said the peak wage system is an illegal discrimination against workers on the basis of age, making the first ruling of its kind in a lawsuit filed by a former employee of a local research institute.

It noted that the peak wage system violates a clause of the Act on Prohibition of Age Discrimination in Employment and Aged Employment Promotion, which stipulates that workers and persons wanting to become workers should not be discriminated against on the basis of age without reasonable causes.

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#LITHUANIA: Parliament Considers Same-Sex Partnership Bill

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Lithuania's parliament has voted to accept a draft bill legalizing same-sex civil partnerships for further debate, after voting down a similar bill in May 2021.

Seventy lawmakers voted in favor and 52 against accepting the measure for discussion, with several opponents raising questions about whether legalizing same-sex partnerships would go against Catholic teachings.

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#RUSSIA: Parliament Scraps Upper Age Limit For Military

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Russia’s parliament has passed a law scrapping an upper age limit for people signing up to join the army, in a sign Moscow may be looking to recruit more troops for its military campaign in Ukraine.

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#THENETHERLANDS: Anti-Islam Politician Suspended From Twitter "In Error"

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Twitter says it suspended Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders "in error" after reports that he had violated the platform's rules on hate speech.

The social network admitted it had "temporarily restricted" the outspoken anti Islam politician's access to his account on Monday.

The move came after the Freedom Party (PVV) chairman had published a tweet addressed to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, denouncing the "violence of the intolerant ideology called Islam".

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#HUNGARY: Constitution Amended To Allow States Of Emergency

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The government has been given the power to declare a state of emergency in the case of an armed conflict, war, or humanitarian disaster in a neighbouring country, as parliament adopted the tenth amendment to the constitution on Tuesday. The legislation was passed with 136 votes for and 36 against. 

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#AUSTRALIA: Labor Party Wins Election

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Australia has elected its first Labor government in almost a decade and Anthony Albanese as prime minister, ousting Scott Morrison's coalition.

Albanese told jubilant supporters that Australians had "voted for change". However it is still unclear whether he can secure a majority.

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#INDONESIA: Parliament Approves Higher Energy Subsidies

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The Indonesian parliament's budget committee had approved a government request to raise 2022 energy subsidies and compensation by 349.9 trillion rupiah ($23.75 billion) to keep some energy prices unchanged, its chair Said Abdullah said.

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#CANADA: Government Bans Huawei From 5G Networks

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The federal government has banned Huawei from working on Canada's fifth-generation networks over security concerns — a decision critics say was long overdue.

The move puts Canada in line with key intelligence allies like the United States, which have expressed concerns about the national security implications of giving the Chinese tech giant access to key infrastructure.

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#UK: Law Would Require Labels On Digitally Altered Images In Ads

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Digitally altered advertisements featuring pictures of models with impossibly perfect bodies will have to come with a disclaimer if a doctor turned Member of Parliament succeeds in his attempt to change the law.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on record as supporting the legislation.

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#IRAQ: Law Would Criminalize Ties With Israel

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The Iraqi parliament is is considering a bill seeking to criminalize attempts to normalize relations with Israel. The bill seeks to introduce the death penalty and other punitive measure for all state officials, private entities and groups for having any kind of relations with the “Zionist entity."

Formally known as Banning Normalization and Establishment of Relations with the Zionist Entity, the bill was introduced by MPs of the Sadrist Parliamentary Block in the parliament after its leader Muqtada al-Sadr asked for it in late April. 

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#CROATIA: Parliament Approves Euro As Legal Tender

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The Croatian parliament has passed a law on the adoption of the Euro as legal tender, with 117 MPs voting in favor, 13 against and one abstaining.

MPs rejected amendments by the Bridge Party and the Green-Left Bloc. The euro is expected to be introduced on 1 January 2023.

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#CANADA: Supreme Court Rules Extreme Intoxication Is Valid Defense For Violent Crimes

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Canada’s supreme court has ruled that defendants accused of violent crimes such as homicide and sexual assault can use self-induced extreme intoxication as a defense, striking down a federal law passed in 1995 supported by women’s advocacy groups.

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#UK: Former PM Blair Urges Current Labour Party Leader To Drop "Woke" Politics

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Former Labour Party Leader and Prime Minister Tony Blair has urged current Labour Party Leader Sir Keir Starmer to reject “woke” politics and present a program for government that is “radical without being dangerous."

A report published by the Tony Blair Institute analyses the impact of class on voting in the 2019 general election and beyond. Based on analysis by the veteran pollster Peter Kellner, it points to particular problems for Labour with two groups: the 26% of voters who fit into the formal definition of middle class; and the 12% who would be defined as working class by pollsters but consider themselves middle class.

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#MALAWI: Parliament Considers Abolishing Death Penalty

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Following the passage of a report proposing the abolition of the death sentence last month, the parliament of Malawi has begun public inquiries in the capital, Lilongwe, on the idea.

The courts in this Southeast African nation have also begun to consider whether the death penalty violates the Constitution's protection of life, but have thus far stopped short of overturning the death penalty.

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#COSTARICA: President Declares State Of Emergency After Ransomeware Attack Paralyzes Gov't

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The Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has declared a national emergency following cyber attacks from Conti ransomware group on multiple government bodies.

Tech observers say Conti published most of the 672 GB dump that appears to contain data belonging to the Costa Rican government agencies.

The declaration was signed into law by Chaves on Sunday, May 8th, same day as the economist and former Minister of Finance effectively became the country's 49th and current president.

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#FINLAND: Country Will Apply For NATO Membership "Without Delay"

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Finland must apply to join NATO “without delay” in the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, its president and prime minister have said, signalling a historic shift in the country’s security policy that drew a blunt warning of retaliation from the Kremlin.

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#THEPHILIPPINES: Son Of Former Dictator Elected President

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Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, the son of a former Philippines' dictator, has asked to be judged on his actions not his ancestors after dominating the country's presidential election.

With more than 98% of an initial count completed, the 64-year-old senator has a seemingly unassailable lead with double the votes of his nearest rival.

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#LITHUANIA: Russia's War Against Ukraine Is "Genocide," Russia Is "Terrorist State"

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Lithuania has recognized Russia's war against Ukraine as a genocide, and called Russia a "terrorist state."

The Lithuanian parliament voted unanimously on a resolution stating that Russia's intent is to wholly or partially destroy the Ukrainian nation.

There is great fear in the Baltic Nation, which borders Russia, that Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia may be next on Russia's list to invade.

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#CANADA: Parliamentarians Question RCMP's Use Of Facial Recognition Program

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An attempt by members of Parliament to find out more about the RCMP's use of controversial facial recognition software hit a wall as one MP accused police officials of being "intentionally evasive."

The standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics met this morning to continue its study of the use of the emerging technology in Canada.

Federal Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has said the RCMP's use of facial recognition software created by the U.S.-based Clearview AI violated Canada's privacy laws.

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#MONTENEGRO: Parliament Approves Minority Pro-EU Gov't

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Montenegrin lawmakers have approved a new, pro-Western government that promised to speed up European Union integration and make an effort to bridge a deep political divide in the small Balkan nation.

The government of Prime Minister Dritan Abazović won support from 45 lawmakers in the 81-member parliament, with three votes against. Pro-Serb groups did not attend the session.

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#EU: European Parliament Introduces Election Reforms: Younger People Voting, At-Large Seats

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European lawmakers have backed a proposal to reform the way they are elected which they say would allow citizens to have a greater say in how the European Union is run.

The draft legislation plans for European voters to cast two votes, one to elect MEPs in national constituencies and another to elect 28 additional MEPs that would have the whole EU as their constituency.

They also want voters to be able to elect the European Commission president with each political group in the parliament putting forward a candidate during the election. The top job would then be given to the nominee from the group that secured the most seats.

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#CANADA: Raucous First Conservative Party Leadership Debate

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The early days of the Conservative leadership campaign have featured top-tier candidates declaring each other unfit to lead, exclusionary and untruthful, so you had to wonder what would happen when they were asked to debate face-to-face. Insults? Badgering? Accusations?

Yes, yes and yes. Two things rang out through the 90-minute debate: posturing about truckers’ convoys and nasty exchanges.

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#BULGARIA: Parliament Approves Military-Technical Aid To Ukraine, But No Direct Military Aid

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The Bulgarian parliament has passed a resolution to enable the government to provide necessary military-technical support to war-torn Ukraine.

The parliament also approved a plan that involves repairing Ukrainian heavy military equipment.

Despite this, proposals that included sending direct military aid to the embattled country did not win enough votes, Reuters reported.

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