Italy’s rape law stalls as Matteo Salvini claims it could be used for ‘vendettas’
Parliament delays debate over law defining sex without consent as rape, after comments by far-right deputy PM Italy’s parliament has
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In air thick with acrid smoke, people in Hong Kong are reeling and angry
As apartment complex still blazes more than 24 hours after fire began, police suspect cause is owing to ‘grossly negligent’
Read More‘There should have been an alarm’: in air thick with acrid smoke, people in Hong Kong are reeling and angry
As apartment complex still blazes more than 24 hours after fire began, police suspect cause is owing to ‘grossly negligent’
Read MoreHow the White House turkey pardon became an American tradition
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The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian migrants living in
Read MoreAt least 65 dead and hundreds missing after fire engulfs Hong Kong tower blocks
Three people have been arrested and a corruption investigation has been launched into the city’s worst fire in 70 years.
Read MoreVideo shows speed fire spreads in Hong Kong tower block
Footage geolocated by BBC Verify show the blaze taking hold in Wang Cheong House.
Read MoreGeneral named new Guinea-Bissau leader a day after coup
Gen Horta N’Tam is sworn in during a ceremony at the army headquarters.
Read MoreHong Kong fire latest: rescue crews search for survivors after 55 killed and hundreds reported missing
Three men arrested as 26 rescue teams on site at Wang Fuk Court residential apartment complex in Tai Po district.
Read MoreFrance to bring in form of military service, 25 years after conscription was phased out
“The only way to avoid danger is to prepare for it,” says President Emmanuel Macron.
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