Top Republican and Democratic lawmakers invited South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday to address Congress later this month, when he travels to the U.S. to celebrate the 70th anniversary of America’s alliance with South Korea. “The relationship between the United
Charles Barkley on Thursday night took issue with new NCAA president Charlie Baker’s plan to tackle concerns about name, image and likeness (NIL) deals in collegiate athletics. Baker talked to CBS broadcasters Greg Gumbel and Clark Kellogg and said one of the
Ethiopian lawmakers have removed the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front from the country’s list of designated terror groups more than four months after a peace agreement ended a conflict that killed hundreds of thousands of people. Wednesday’s decision highlights the improving relations between
Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday repealed a 2005 act that saw four Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled at the same time as Israeli forces withdraw from the Gaza Strip. The development could pave the way for an official return to
Lawmakers in Germany approved electoral reforms Friday that would reduce the size of the country’s increasingly bloated parliament, but two opposition parties were vehemently critical and the plan is expected to face a court challenge. Parliament’s lower house, or Bundestag, currently has
New Zealand lawmakers and other workers inside the nation’s Parliament will be banned from having the TikTok app on their government phones, officials said Friday. The ban, which takes effect at the end of the month, follows similar moves in many other
Opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan are staging an eighth round of strikes and protests Wednesday as a joint committee of senators and lower-house lawmakers examines the contested bill. The latest step in the legislative process to raise the retirement
Poland’s lawmakers agreed to relax the rules for installing onshore wind turbines, a move encouraged by the European Union to promote renewable energy in the coal-reliant country. Members of the Sejm, the lower house of Poland’s parliament, voted 231-209 with two abstentions
Christian and minority lawmakers in Iraq are pushing back on a 2016 alcohol ban that has officially gone into full effect, arguing it discriminates against non-Muslim communities. The law, passed over half a decade ago, received renewed pushback this week after customs
Republican lawmakers, Sen. Rick Scott and Sen. Marco Rubio, sent a letter to the president on Friday, urging the Biden administration to grant 22-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic a waiver to enter the U.S. for the Miami Open later this month,