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Trump Ally Used Illegal Drugs, Paid For Underage Sex, Finds Probe
A former US lawmaker who was Donald Trump's first pick to run the Justice Department paid for sex numerous times, including with an underage girl, according to a congressional report released Monday.
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Colombian Lawmaker Caught Vaping In Parliament During Healthcare Debate, Apologises After Backlash
A Colombian lawmaker has apologised after she was caught on camera vaping during a meeting of the country's parliament to discuss healthcare reforms.
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Bangladesh MP's Murder: DNA Reports Confirm Flesh, Bones Belong To Lawmaker
Anar, a three-time Awami League MP and president of the party's Kaliganj sub-district unit in Bangladesh, was allegedly murdered in a flat in Kolkata's New Town on May 13.
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Bail For BJP's CT Ravi, Arrested For Alleged Derogatory Remark On Woman Minister
Karnataka BJP leader CT Ravi - arrested for allegedly making derogatory remarks against a woman Congress lawmaker in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's cabinet - was given interim bail Friday evening.
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Trump Opposes Deal To Avert Government Shutdown
US president-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers Wednesday to scupper a cross-party deal to avert a fast-looming US government shutdown.
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Elon Musk In 'Negotiations' With UK's Nigel Farage Over Funding
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is in talks with UK anti-immigration firebrand Nigel Farage about donating to his hard-right party, the British lawmaker has said.
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Iranian Lawmakers Seek To Impose Stricter Hijab Penalties: Report
Iranian lawmakers have asked to amend a bill that would impose tougher penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory hijab, local media reported on Wednesday.
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TikTok Turns to US Supreme Court in Last-Ditch Bid to Avert Ban
TikTok made a last-ditch effort on Monday to continue operating in the United States. TikTok has denied that it has or ever would share US user data, accusing US lawmakers of advancing speculative concerns.
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Impeached Over Failed Martial Law Bid
Lawmakers voted on a motion to impeachPresident Yoon Suk Yeol, as a parliament livestream showed. 204 lawmakers in the 300-member house voted in favour of the motion, while 85 voted against.
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Prepare To Remove TikTok From App Stores: US Lawmakers To Google, Apple
The lawmakers asked Cook and Pichai to prepare to remove TikTok from their play stores by January 19. In their letter to the TikTok CEO, they urged Chew to "immediately execute a qualified divestiture".
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UK's Aristocratic Lawmakers Prepare For Life After The Lords
UK hereditary lawmaker Richard Fletcher-Vane, better known as Lord Inglewood, will soon no longer commute the few hundred miles from his country house in northwest England to the House of Lords in London -- and he is not happy about it.
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"I Voted For People": South Korean MP Defies Party To Impeach President
As South Korean lawmakers tried to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol for declaring martial law, ruling party MPs marched out of the chamber to thwart the effort -- except for Ahn Cheol-soo.
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Motion To Impeach South Korean President Who Imposed Martial Law Fails
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol escaped impeachment Saturday over his brief declaration of martial law, after lawmakers from his ruling party boycotted a vote despite huge protests outside parliament.
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South Korea Police Investigate President Amid Impeachment Call Over Martial Law: Top Points
Trouble seems to be mounting for South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, as lawmakers began the impeachment proceedings against him following a bungled imposition of martial law that brought thousands of protesters to the streets.
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France's Government Ousted In No-Confidence Vote. What Happens Next?
The government in France collapsed on Wednesday after lawmakers of both left and right wings joined forces to push a no-confidence against the country's Prime Minister Michel Barnier
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Trump Ally Used Illegal Drugs, Paid For Underage Sex, Finds Probe
A former US lawmaker who was Donald Trump's first pick to run the Justice Department paid for sex numerous times, including with an underage girl, according to a congressional report released Monday.
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Colombian Lawmaker Caught Vaping In Parliament During Healthcare Debate, Apologises After Backlash
A Colombian lawmaker has apologised after she was caught on camera vaping during a meeting of the country's parliament to discuss healthcare reforms.
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Bangladesh MP's Murder: DNA Reports Confirm Flesh, Bones Belong To Lawmaker
Anar, a three-time Awami League MP and president of the party's Kaliganj sub-district unit in Bangladesh, was allegedly murdered in a flat in Kolkata's New Town on May 13.
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Bail For BJP's CT Ravi, Arrested For Alleged Derogatory Remark On Woman Minister
Karnataka BJP leader CT Ravi - arrested for allegedly making derogatory remarks against a woman Congress lawmaker in Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's cabinet - was given interim bail Friday evening.
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Trump Opposes Deal To Avert Government Shutdown
US president-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers Wednesday to scupper a cross-party deal to avert a fast-looming US government shutdown.
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Elon Musk In 'Negotiations' With UK's Nigel Farage Over Funding
Tech billionaire Elon Musk is in talks with UK anti-immigration firebrand Nigel Farage about donating to his hard-right party, the British lawmaker has said.
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Iranian Lawmakers Seek To Impose Stricter Hijab Penalties: Report
Iranian lawmakers have asked to amend a bill that would impose tougher penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory hijab, local media reported on Wednesday.
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TikTok Turns to US Supreme Court in Last-Ditch Bid to Avert Ban
TikTok made a last-ditch effort on Monday to continue operating in the United States. TikTok has denied that it has or ever would share US user data, accusing US lawmakers of advancing speculative concerns.
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Impeached Over Failed Martial Law Bid
Lawmakers voted on a motion to impeachPresident Yoon Suk Yeol, as a parliament livestream showed. 204 lawmakers in the 300-member house voted in favour of the motion, while 85 voted against.
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Prepare To Remove TikTok From App Stores: US Lawmakers To Google, Apple
The lawmakers asked Cook and Pichai to prepare to remove TikTok from their play stores by January 19. In their letter to the TikTok CEO, they urged Chew to "immediately execute a qualified divestiture".
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UK's Aristocratic Lawmakers Prepare For Life After The Lords
UK hereditary lawmaker Richard Fletcher-Vane, better known as Lord Inglewood, will soon no longer commute the few hundred miles from his country house in northwest England to the House of Lords in London -- and he is not happy about it.
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"I Voted For People": South Korean MP Defies Party To Impeach President
As South Korean lawmakers tried to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol for declaring martial law, ruling party MPs marched out of the chamber to thwart the effort -- except for Ahn Cheol-soo.
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Motion To Impeach South Korean President Who Imposed Martial Law Fails
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol escaped impeachment Saturday over his brief declaration of martial law, after lawmakers from his ruling party boycotted a vote despite huge protests outside parliament.
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South Korea Police Investigate President Amid Impeachment Call Over Martial Law: Top Points
Trouble seems to be mounting for South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, as lawmakers began the impeachment proceedings against him following a bungled imposition of martial law that brought thousands of protesters to the streets.
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France's Government Ousted In No-Confidence Vote. What Happens Next?
The government in France collapsed on Wednesday after lawmakers of both left and right wings joined forces to push a no-confidence against the country's Prime Minister Michel Barnier
