Slovenian Left pushes law to ensure editorial autonomy of national public broadcaster
A law to ensure journalistic independence and editorial autonomy of national public broadcaster RTV Slovenia has been passed in the National Assembly. However, its governing executives, who were appointed by the previous government, have approached the Constitutional Court for a review
UNGA resolution seeks ICJ opinion on legality of Israeli occupation and annexation of Palestinian land
The resolution was adopted by a vote of 87 in favor and 26 opposed. The US and Israel voted against the resolution while China and Russia supported it
Progressives slam Polish far-right’s bid to criminalize support for abortion
Conservative sections in Poland continue their war against women by gearing up to further tighten the ban on abortion and criminalize supporting or promoting it
Russia says Ukraine’s conditions for peace summit are not acceptable
Earlier this week, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dymtro Kuleba proposed a peace summit after Russia faced an international tribunal for its alleged war crimes in Ukraine and agrees to pay remuneration for Ukrainian losses, among other conditions
2022 was the year climate change was front and center but our response lagged
What did 2022 tell us about climate change? Are our responses good enough? What does the future hold? D. Raghunandan of the Delhi Science Forum addresses some of these questions
Far-right Bolivian leader Luis Fernando Camacho gets four months of pre-trial detention in coup case
Social movements across Bolivia that have been calling for Camacho’s arrest and sentencing saluted the move, but violent riots have broken out demanding his release in his home department Santa Cruz
UN agencies say work will have to be partially halted in Afghanistan due to ban on women employees
After banning women from attending universities and other higher educational institutions, the Taliban government in Afghanistan has also banned NGOs from employing women staff
Why has China decided to relax COVID restrictions?
CGTN reporter Li Jingjing talks about why this decision has come now, why the Chinese government enforced such strict curbs for so long, and what can be expected now that the COVID policy is changing.