Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister, announced some amendments to his judicial overhaul plans after facing major protests and both domestic and international criticism for what critics see as an attack on democracy in the country by a hardline government.
Tense protests broke out Friday across France to voice opposition to President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force through his pension reform bill without a vote in the country’s Parliament.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week that it will force water utilities across the U.S. to put limits on the amount of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances—known as PFAS, or “forever chemicals”—that can be present in drinking water a year after scientists discovered it takes an even smaller amount of exposure to be detrimental to the public’s health.
When wars are fought, the little guy suffers while the Bigs get bigger.
A top U.S. general accused Russia’s military of increasing tensions in Syria after observing a “significant” increase in aggressive military flights over the country as tensions between Washington and Moscow remain high over the downed U.S. drone that was flying over the Black Sea.
Israel has increased its pace of tearing down Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem that do not have proper permits while Palestinians say it is nearly impossible to obtain the documents.
The Farmer Citizen Movement, a pro-farmers party, clinched a major election win in the Netherlands in what was seen as a stinging rebuke for Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s administration and a major victory for rural voters and farmers opposed to the status quo.
Poland and Slovakia have become the first Western countries to approve fighter jets for Ukraine as the war drags on—while countries like the U.S. and U.K. continue to refuse due to escalation fears.
The Biden administration is growing concerned that China might be able to broker a peace deal in Ukraine after scoring a major diplomatic victory earlier this month with the Saudi Arabia-Iran truce.
Russia accused Denmark of making a mockery of its probe into the September bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines by refusing to share information discovered during the probes into the blast.