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Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost its majority in parliament in elections held in January and faces major challenges in the current session that began in February.On Friday, ruling and opposition MPs debated several contentious bills, including expanding investigative...

TAIPEI [Taiwan], Tensions within the legislature reached a breaking point as ruling and opposition lawmakers clashed physically and verbally over a series of controversial reform bills, leading to a chaotic situation that continued into the night, Focus Taiwan reported that the turmoil unfolded...

The legislature voted Saturday to amend a 1988 anti-prostitution law that makes homosexuality punishable by 10 to 15 years in prison, and which would ban the promotion of prostitution and homosexual relations "in any form" in Iraq. So that it can be made least punishable. Seven years in jail...

Agreeing to examine the special leave petition, a bench headed by CJI DY Chandrachud sought response from the Principal Secretary to the Governor, the Center and the State Principal Secretary to Higher Education within four weeks.In September last year, the Calcutta High Court had sought an...

New York [US], The computer infrastructure of the New York State Legislature became the target of an alleged cyberattack Tuesday night, delaying state budget talks already pending for weeks, The Hill reports New York Governor Cathy Hawkul said the cyber attack caused delays. The incident...