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China’s former foreign minister resigns from national legislature

Qin Gang, China’s former foreign minister, resigned from the national legislature, as reported by state media on Tuesday. He was dismissed as foreign minister in July last year after serving seven months. His resignation as a delegate to the upcoming annual parliamentary session was accepted by the Tianjin Municipal People’s Congress. China’s former foreign minister,

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Hong Kong convicts four over 2019 legislature storming

Four Hong Kong men were convicted of rioting Thursday over the storming and ransacking of the city’s legislature in 2019, part of a pro-democracy movement that posed an unprecedented challenge to the Beijing-backed government. It was the most violent episode in the initial stage of the huge protests that upended the financial hub that year

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Florida legislature proposes dangerous roll back of child labor protections: At least 16 states have introduced bills putting children at risk

Last week, Florida became at least the 16th state to introduce legislation rolling back child labor protections in the past two years, and the 13th state to introduce such legislation in 2023. Florida’s bill proposes eliminating all guidelines on hours employers can schedule youth ages 16 or 17 to work, allowing employers to schedule teens

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Why Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador shut down the legislature

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Wednesday dissolved the country’s legislature to evade an impeachment vote that he looked set to lose. He invoked a previously untested constitutional provision known as “cross death”, or “mutual death”, which allows the president to send lawmakers away and rule by decree, and new elections are due within 90 days.

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