#SINGAPORE: Laws Against Gay Sex Repealed

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Singapore’s Parliament has voted to repeal its colonial-era laws criminalizing sex between men while also endorsing a constitutional amendment that prevents court challenges to the heterosexual definition of marriage on Tuesday, November 28. The vote drops the number of countries that criminalize gay sex to 68.

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#CHINA: Massive Anti Lockdown Protests Erupt, Xi Vows Crackdown

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Protests against Xi Jinping and his zero-Covid policy are sweeping across China  
Hundreds took to streets in an unprecedented display of anger against his rule 

Experts warn crackdown is 'inevitable' with activists facing 'severe punishment' 

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#FIJI: Authorities Prepare For Possible Violence Ahead of Dec 14 Election

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Fiji will hold its third general election Dec. 14. More than 690,000 Fijians are likely to vote nationwide for 55 members of parliament. At total of 342 candidates from nine political parties have registered to contest the 2022 elections. Campaign events and rallies will likely occur in the run-up to the vote. The largest gatherings could draw hundreds of participants, especially in the capital, Suva, prompting increased security.

The upcoming vote will be Fiji's third general election since the 2006 coup led by incumbent Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, who obtained a slim majority, with just over 50% of the total vote during the 2018 elections.

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#MALAYSIA: Ibrahim Becomes Prime Minister After Political Crisis

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Anwar Ibrahim was sworn in as Malaysia's prime minister on Thursday, capping a three-decade political journey from a protege of veteran leader Mahathir Mohamad to protest leader, a prisoner convicted of sodomy, and opposition leader.

His appointment ends five days of unprecedented post-election crisis, but could usher in a new instability with his rival, former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin, challenging him to prove his majority in parliament.

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#CANADA: Intelligence Service Head Advised Trudeau To Impose Emergencies Act

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The head of Canada's,intelligence service recommended that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoke the Emergencies Act during the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ protests earlier this year, an inquiry into the decision has heard.

David Vigneault, the head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, told the Public Order Emergencies Commission about his advice to the prime minister during a closed-door interview earlier this month, according to an unclassified summary.

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#UK: PM Sunak Wants More Criminals Jailed

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Rishi Sunak has said he wants to see more people jailed as part of a crackdown on crime, after he opened up about fearing for his children’s safety.

The Prime Minister said his eldest daughter reaching the age where she wanted to walk to school by herself “brings home” the danger women and girls face.

He vowed to curb crime so that “my kids and everyone else can walk around safely”.

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#BULGARIA: Parliament Votes To Buy F16 Fighter Jets

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Bulgarian lawmakers have voted to approve the purchase of eight F-16C/D Block 70 fighter jets for the country’s Air Force. The forthcoming acquisition is to be worth close to $1.3 billion.

The National Assembly, the country’s unicameral parliament, approved the planned purchase by a majority of 162 votes, with 49 members voting against, and 11 abstentions.

The first of eight F16 aircraft that have already been ordered, are scheduled to arrive in 2025. This current order of eight aircraft will arrive in 2027. The two orders will replace outdated MiG aircraft from the Soviet era, which are being withdrawn from service in 2023.

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#DOMINICA: Prime Minister Says He's Tough On Parliament, Ready For General Election

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The Prime Minister of Dominica, Dr Roosevelt Skerrit, while filing a nomination for the upcoming general elections stated that he is very tough on the nation's 30-member parliament to do the work they must do to represent people’s interests, and "that’s what we will continue to do after once again winning the general elections." Those elections are scheduled for Dec. 6.

PM also stated that Dominica Labour Party is organized and has programs, agendas and ideas as well as most importantly, labour has a leader.

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#UK: Conservative MP Highlights Harrassment of Gays Working In Parliament

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Gay men working in parliament are the “most vulnerable” to harassment and abuse but are “absolutely terrified of coming forward” because of the taboo which remains around homosexuality, a senior Conservative MP has said.

Former immigration minister Caroline Nokes said women receive “all the column inches in the press” before “this ‘and also’ [approach] when it comes to the young gay men’.”

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#IRAQ: Lawmakers Approve New Prime Minister's Cabinet

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Iraqi lawmakers approved a new cabinet after a year-long crisis triggered by contested elections.

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, 52, who previously served as Iraq’s human rights minister as well as minister of labour and social affairs, will head the new government.

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#GERMANY: Berlin Court Orders Re-Do Of City's 2021 Elections

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Berlin’s constitutional court has ruled that elections for the state parliament as well as all 12 district councils must be repeated, according to a spokesperson for the court.

The ruling confirms a preliminary assessment by the judges that numerous electoral errors could have affected the distribution of mandates and thus the composition of the city-state’s parliament, the Tagesspiegel newspaper reported.

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#CANADA: New Democrats Call For investigation Of Government 's Handling Of Pandemic

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The health critic of the New Democratic Party is calling for an investigation into the government's handling of the covid-19 crisis  

In a press release, the party says, "In order to ensure accountability and transparency for Canadians, today NDP Health Critic Don Davies called on the federal government to launch an independent public inquiry into Canada’s COVID-19 preparedness and response under the federal Inquiries Act,’"

An independent commission of inquiry is already investigating Trudeau's use of the Emergencies Act during the pandemic.

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#BAHRAIN: Record Numbers of Candidates In Election, But Opposition Candidates

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Bahrainis headed to the polls Saturday but a ban on opposition candidates meant the election will bring no meaningful change despite a record number of people vying for seats, rights groups said.

More than 330 candidates, including a record 73 women, are competing to join the 40-seat council of representatives — the lower house of parliament that advises King Hamad, who has ruled since his father died in March 1999.

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#GERMANY: Lawmakers Delay Nuke Plant Shutdown Until April

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German lawmakers on Friday voted to postpone the shutdown of the country's remaining three nuclear power plants until mid-April 2023, citing the need to keep up energy generation and guarantee supply security.

The three plants--named Emsland, Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2--are remaining in operation for three and a half more months than originally planned due to the crisis spurred by the war in Ukraine, the government said.

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,#TURKEY: Swedish PM Promises To Address Turkish Security Concerns

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said his country would fulfill all pledges made to Turkey regarding the nation's security concerns on terrorist groups, which has been an obstacle to the approval of its NATO membership. In order for Sweden and Finland to join NATO, the vote must be unanimous among all NATO Nations, but Turkey has held up the vote, until assurances are made that security measures are taken against Muslim insurgents who have entered Sweden as immigrants in recent years.

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#PERU: Demonstrators Demand Embattled Leftist President Resign

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Pedro Castillo — the subject of six corruption investigations — cannot be prosecuted while he is Peru's president. He also has no intentions of resigning.

Thousands of Peruvians took to the streets across the country on Saturday demanding his resignation.

The leftist leader, who took office in July of 2021, has already politically survived two attempts to impeach him. There are currently six corruption cases against him, an unprecedented number in the context of Peruvian politics. 

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#CANADA: Quebec Pushes Back Against Govt Immigration Plans

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The Canadian federal government recently announced some ambitious plans when it comes to immigration in Canada, although not everyone appears to be happy about the news.

According to the government's 2023-2025 Immigration Levels Plan, Canada wants to welcome over 1 million new permanent residents over the next three years.

But Quebec Premier François Legault maintains that the province cannot take in more than 50,000 immigrants annually. Part of the problem is the supremacy of the French language in the province, which Quebec seeks to preserve at all costs. Legault and others feel that immigrants would dilute French speakers.

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#RUSSIA: Parliament Deputies Introduce New Penalties For Draft Evasion

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Russian State Duma deputies plan to submit a bill to parliament that would make draft evasion a criminal offense. Under the legislation, draft dodgers could face fines from 200,000 rubles ($3,250) to 500,000 rubles ($8,126) or the equivalent of 1–3 years of their income, forced labor, or up to five years in prison.

According to Ernest Valeev, one of the bill’s authors, only people who evade conscription after receiving a draft order will be subject to criminal liability. He said that the bill closes a gap in Russian law, as the country’s Criminal Code currently only provides for criminal changes for people who fail to undergo the mandatory military service required of all Russian men. 

Valeev also noted that the new legislation will not apply to Russia’s most recent mobilization campaign “because it’s been officially announced that mobilization is over.”

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#BULGARIA: Parliament Debates Aid For Ukraine

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Fierce debates over whether Bulgaria should send military aid to Ukraine have dominated the country’s new parliament, complicating future coalition talks.

The election winner, Boyko Borissov’s centrist GERB party, has met with President Radev in a live-streamed discussion where the two sides clashed over the topic. 

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#GHANA: Parliament Will Pass Bill To Criminize Gay Marriage & Gay Rights By 2024 Election

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Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin has given the clearest indication that the House will pass the controversial Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill before the 2024 election.

Bagbin gave the assurance in a media engagement on Friday, October 28, 2022. “Sexual Rights and Human Values bill that is being handled by the Committee, definitely we will pass it before the next election.We will pass it,” he said.

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#UK: Scottish Emergency Rooms See 10x Increase in Wait Times

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Official figures showed the number of patients enduring extreme waits in Scottish emergency rooms has risen around 10-fold since the COVID pandemic.

In September 2019, the number of patients waiting more than eight hours for treatment was 1,618 (1.1%) and more than 12 hours was 369 (0.3%).

In September this year, the figures were 13,506 (10.6%) and 5,296 (4.2%) respectively.

Pictured: Scottish National Party Health Secretary Humza Yousaf

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#GERMANY: Parliament Votes To Increase Defense Spending For Ukraine

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Two factions of the German Parliament are ready to support an increase in defense aid funding for Ukraine next year to more than 2 billion euros.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal wrote about this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

"The German parliament is united in its support for Ukraine. Today, they held meetings with the Vice-President of the Bundestag with the Union90/Greens faction Katrin Goering-Eckardt and co-chair of the Union90/Greens party Ricarda Lang, as well as with the head of the opposition CDU, chair of the CDU/CSU faction in Bundestag Friedrich Merz," Shmyhal noted.

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#BANGLADESH: Gov't Delays Implementing E-Waste Regulations

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The Bangladesh government has failed to implement electronic waste management regulations a year after introducing a new rule that was a decade in the making.

Countries with large stakes in Bangladesh’s electrical goods market are reportedly lobbying the World Trade Organization for a one-year delay in the implementation of e-waste regulations; meanwhile, the WTO has raised several issues with the new rule, including a reduction in the standard for lead.

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#UK: Scotland Must Commit To Adopting Euro Currency Before Joining EU, Sturgeon Scrambles To Defend

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Nicola Sturgeon has denied lying to the Scottish people about an independent Scotland having to sign up to joining the euro.

The Scottish First Minister rejected the accusation after it was levelled at First Minister Question Time by Scottish Conservative Leader Douglas Ross, following a report in the Times newspaper.

The paper quoted unnamed senior figures in Brussels who said an independent Scotland would have to commit to joining the euro before talks on joining the European Union.

“No euro, no membership,” one source said.

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#ISRAEL: Election Returns Netanyahu To Power

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With 92.6% of the votes counted in Israel's election, the Netanyahu-supporting bloc maintains its lead with 65 seats, while the anti-Netanyahu bloc remains at 50 seats. Meretz's chances of clearing the 3.25 percent electoral threshold are slimming as it falls to just 3.15 percent of the votes.

Likud currently has 32 seats, Yesh Atid has 24, Religious Zionism has 14, the National Unity camp has 12, Shas has 11 and United Torah Judaism has eight seats. Yisrael Beiteinu, United Arab List, and Hadash-Ta'al win five seats apiece. Labor is just over the electoral threshold  to continue having seats in Parliament with four seats, while Meretz and Balad are still below the threshold, as is Habayit Hayehudi.

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