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1. Turkey's stray dogs, once âmasters of the road,' face new peril

Author

Eski, Beril

Subjects
Feral dogs -- Control -- Care and treatment, Animal rights -- Political aspects, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Beril Eski ISTANBUL - At his shelter on the outskirts of Istanbul, Murat Cem Yetkin refers to his dozens of stray dogs as âthe kids.â There is Handsome, the [...]

Published
2024

2. Biden and Mexico's President Vow Joint Action on Illegal Immigration

Author

Shear, Michael D. and Aleaziz, Hamed

Subjects
Emigration and immigration law -- Evaluation, Asylum, Right of -- Laws, regulations and rules, Illegal immigrants -- Forecasts and trends, Border security -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

President Biden is under intense political pressure, including from within his own party, to address migration before the election. President Biden and the president of Mexico on Monday vowed combined [...]

Published
2024

3. Xi Jinping wants China to have better toilets

Subjects
Public restrooms -- Laws, regulations and rules, Toilets -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

These are hard times for many local governments in China. Slowing economic growth and a teetering property market make it hard for them to service their massive debts. Some even [...]

Published
2023

4. Top Council Rejects Much of France's Tough Immigration Law

Author

Breeden, Aurelien

Subjects
France. Constitutional Council -- Cases -- Powers and duties, Constitutional amendments, Emigration and immigration law, Presidents -- Social policy, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The Constitutional Council, which reviews laws to ensure that they conform to the Constitution, struck down many measures that President Emmanuel Macron's government had added under right-wing pressure. France's Constitutional [...]

Published
2024

5. Argentina's New President Issues Emergency Decree On Labour Matters

Author

Juan, Vinales, Eduardo

Subjects
Labor law -- Interpretation and construction, Presidents -- Social policy, Business, international
Abstract

In November 2023, the economist Javier Milei was elected as the new president of Argentina. He took office in December 2023. One of his first measures was to issue an [...]

Published
2024

6. Uganda's harsh anti-gay bill is now law

Subjects
Homosexuality -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Capital punishment -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

Homosexuality in Uganda has been punishable by life imprisonment since colonial Britain outlawed it in 1950. But today's lawmakers have deemed that too lenient. A new law signed on May [...]

Published
2023

7. Fractured Land

Author

Hansen, Susan

Subjects
Turkey-Syria Earthquake, 2023, Earthquake damage -- Turkey, Political corruption -- Evaluation, Zoning law -- Political aspects, Presidents -- Social policy, General interest, Literature/writing, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Suzy Hansen Fractured Land The earthquakes in Turkey highlighted the corruption and authoritarianism of President Erdoan. Can he be defeated? In the early two-thousands, Turkey's Ministry of Transportation began [...]

Published
2023

8. More strikes and demonstrations against French pension reform

Subjects
Retirement age -- Planning -- Political aspects, Pensions -- Planning -- Political aspects, Presidents -- Social policy, Political issue, Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

Sausages are sizzling on open grills; a bass beat is pumping from a nearby float. 'A violent desire for happiness' reads a giant red banner. The mood in Paris is [...]

Published
2023

9. After arrests and deportations, Mongolians worry about Chinese reach

Author

Shepherd, Christian

Subjects
Minorities -- Laws, regulations and rules, Deportation, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Christian Shepherd ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - All she wanted was for her only child to go to school in her native tongue. In 2020, the ethnically Mongolian teacher living in [...]

Published
2023

10. Russia Moves to Label Gay Rights Movement as 'Extremist'

Author

MacFarquhar, Neil

Subjects
Russia -- Social aspects -- Political aspects, Gay liberation movement -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Activists say the designation could put L.G.B.T.Q. people and their organizations under threat of criminal prosecution for something as simple as displaying the rainbow flag. In recent years, L.G.B.T.Q. people [...]

Published
2023

11. South Korea Targets 'Fake News,' But Journalists Fear Censorship

Author

Sang-Hun, Choe

Subjects
South Korea -- Political aspects -- Social aspects, Journalists -- Practice -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Censorship, Disinformation -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Censorship issue, News, opinion and commentary, General interest
Abstract

He calls fake news an enemy that threatens democracy. Critics of President Yoon Suk Yeol say he is silencing journalists in the name of fighting disinformation. Allies of President Yoon [...]

Published
2023

12. Retirement has become much longer across the rich world

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

OVER THE past week protests in France against the government's pension reforms have intensified. On March 24th, after a mob set fire to the façade of Bordeaux's town hall, Emmanuel [...]

Published
2023

13. Daniel Ortega expels 222 political prisoners from Nicaragua

Subjects
Exile -- Laws, regulations and rules, Political prisoners -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

Nicaragua's authoritarian regime has long jailed and mistreated its opponents. So it appeared to be a cause for celebration when, on February 9th, 222 political prisoners were taken from cells [...]

Published
2023

14. Brazil's new president wants to reduce the number of hungry people

Subjects
Malnutrition -- Forecasts and trends, Hunger -- Forecasts and trends, Food relief -- Planning -- Political aspects -- Brazil, Presidents -- Social policy, Company business planning, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

Days after winning Brazil's presidential election in October last year, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva stood on a stage with tears streaming down his face. Lula, as he is known, [...]

Published
2023

15. Emmanuel Macron unveils his pension reforms

Subjects
Economic reform -- Laws, regulations and rules, Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

The French government has decided to go ahead with a controversial pension reform that looks set to divide the country and prompt social unrest. On January 10th Elisabeth Borne, the [...]

Published
2023

16. Hungary's Demographic Failure: Viktor Orban's policies have not reversed population decline

Author

Stone, Lyman R.

Subjects
Population policy -- Political aspects, Population declines -- Statistics, Presidents -- Social policy, Political science
Abstract

Since achieving independence in the early 1990s, the former communist nations of Eastern Europe have developed lively political scenes, with vigorous competition between left and right. And of all the [...]

Published
2022

17. What's next for French protesters

Subjects
Foreign investments -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects, Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Demonstrations and protests, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1178747991 BYLINE: ELEANOR BEARDSLEY HOST: JUANA SUMMERS JUANA SUMMERS: And now to France, which, for months, was gripped by protests against a measure [...]

Published
2023

18. France's new retirement age goes against a quintessential French notion

Subjects
Political activists -- Demonstrations and protests, Reformers -- Demonstrations and protests, Social reformers -- Demonstrations and protests, Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1172894559 BYLINE: STACEY VANEK SMITH HOST: SCOTT SIMON SCOTT SIMON: Protests over raising the age of retirement continue in France. Things have gotten [...]

Published
2023

19. Portugal's president says country should apologize, 'assume responsibility' for slave trade

Subjects
Portugal -- History, Slave trade -- History, Presidents -- Social policy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Standing before Parliament on Tuesday, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said that Portugal should formally apologize for its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. 'We have to take full [...]

Published
2023

20. Despite fierce protests, France has raised the retirement age from 62 to 64

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Political issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1170246219 BYLINE: JAKE CIGAINERO HOST: MILES PARKS MILES PARKS: For months, France has endured ongoing strikes and protests over controversial government pension reforms. [...]

Published
2023

21. In time of war, Russia turns up aggression on transgender citizens

Author

Dixon, Robyn

Subjects
Russia -- Social aspects, Discrimination against gays -- Forecasts and trends, Transgender people -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Robyn Dixon When Russian authorities took away Yan Dvorkin's 10-year-old adopted son last spring, there was nothing he could do but shout in frustration. His crime? He was a [...]

Published
2023

22. Chile's light of truth on a dark past

Subjects
Chile -- Health aspects -- Political aspects, Disappeared persons -- Investigations, Dictators -- Political activity, Truth commissions, Atrocities -- Investigations, Presidents -- Social policy, Restorative justice, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: the Monitor's Editorial Board Abstract: The first official plan to search for those Chileans who disappeared during the country's dictatorship strengthens the role of truth in how post-conflict nations [...]

Published
2023

23. France starts a debate on legalising assisted dying

Subjects
Legalization -- Planning, Assisted suicide -- Planning -- Political aspects -- Ethical aspects, Presidents -- Social policy, Company business planning, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

Few aspects of life are as sensitive as the leaving of it. Such is the taboo about death and how to manage it in many parts of Europe that France [...]

Published
2022

24. The last taboo; Death in France

Subjects
Assisted suicide -- Planning -- Political aspects -- Ethical aspects, Right to die -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Company business planning, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

A citizens' assembly debates legalising assisted dying F EW ASPECTS of life are as sensitive as the leaving of it. Such is the taboo about death and how to manage [...]

Published
2022

25. Bad news for Bali; Indonesia's extramarital-sex ban

Subjects
Blasphemy -- Social aspects, Presidents -- Social policy, Adultery -- Prevention -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Religious aspects, Government regulation, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

Will Joko Widodo approve an appalling new penal code? T HE NEW criminal code that Indonesia's parliament passed on December 6 {+th} is billed by the administration of President Joko [...]

Published
2022

26. Strikes continue in France as the public protests higher retirement age

Subjects
Political activists -- Demonstrations and protests, Reformers -- Demonstrations and protests, Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Social reformers -- Demonstrations and protests, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1165698808 HOST: MARY LOUISE KELLY MARY LOUISE KELLY: Anger in France has only grown since President Emmanuel Macron forced through his pension reform [...]

Published
2023

27. France's government faces a no-confidence vote after Macron raises retirement age

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, No confidence motions, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Political issue, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1164146679 HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: How much can French lawmakers really do now that their president has bypassed them? SACHA PFEIFFER: Emmanuel [...]

Published
2023

28. Macron uses special constitutional power to raise France's retirement age

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1163835088 HOST: SACHA PFEIFFER SACHA PFEIFFER: Big news in France. French President Emmanuel Macron will raise the retirement age in his country from [...]

Published
2023

29. International institutions are protesting Tunisia's racist crackdown on migrants

Subjects
Immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1161859583 HOST: STEVE INSKEEP STEVE INSKEEP: Why is Tunisia cracking down on migrants? The North African nation, if you see it on a [...]

Published
2023

30. Hundreds of thousands in France are again protesting raising the retirement age

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Demonstrations and protests, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1155186898 BYLINE: ELEANOR BEARDSLEY HOST: JUANA SUMMERS JUANA SUMMERS: Today, for the third time, tens of thousands of workers walked off the job [...]

Published
2023

31. France braces for another nationwide strike against planned pension changes

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Political issue, Company business planning, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=1152739752 BYLINE: ELEANOR BEARDSLEY HOST: A MARTÍNEZ A MARTÍNEZ: French unions have called for a second day of nationwide strikes today. They're pressuring [...]

Published
2023

32. Lula empowers Brazil's Indigenous peoples with their own ministry. But environmental protection remains a key concern

Subjects
Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights, Native people's land claims -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

When Indigenous activists, leaders and allies gathered on Jan. 2, at Brazil's National Indian Foundation, (https://www.survivalinternational.org/about/funai) FUNAI, it was finally time to celebrate. This was an agency that had previously [...]

Published
2023

33. Macron vs the masses: Can he face them down?

Author

Miller, Jonathan

Subjects
France -- Social policy, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science
Abstract

Montpellier Every generation or so, French politics is decided on the streets. The May 1968 unrest in Paris spread worldwide; Jacques Chirac's welfare reform agenda was ended with the 1995 [...]

Published
2023

34. On the move; Bello

Subjects
Emigration and immigration -- Forecasts and trends -- Economic aspects, Presidents -- Social policy, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Economics, Business, international
Abstract

Migrant flows are changing. A new declaration may help manage them T HE DEATHS last month of 53 migrants from asphyxiation in a trailer outside San Antonio in Texas were [...]

Published
2022

35. Macron readies response as France plunged into crisis by police killing of teen

Author

Suliman, Adela

Subjects
Teenage boys -- Death of, Police shootings -- Demonstrations and protests -- Cases, Police -- Cases, Presidents -- Social policy, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Adela Suliman France's President Emmanuel Macron was poised to announce measures Friday to address the widespread unrest gripping his country following the police killing of a teenager in the [...]

Published
2023

36. Behind a Rare Clash, a Fight Over Faith in China

Author

Wang, Vivian

Subjects
China -- Social aspects -- Religious aspects -- Political aspects, Mosques -- Protection and preservation, Presidents -- Social policy, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

China is destroying Arab-style architectural features of mosques, such as domes and minarets. The tightened control on religion has been met with rare resistance. Walking through Nagu, a small town [...]

Published
2023

37. Protesters march in France against higher retirement age; One-third of flights cancelled at Paris's Orly Airport; about 10% of trains disrupted

Author

Cetinic, Oleg and Charlton, Angela

Subjects
Political activists -- Demonstrations and protests, Labor unions -- Demonstrations and protests -- France, Reformers -- Demonstrations and protests, Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Social reformers -- Demonstrations and protests, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: OLEG CETINIC, ANGELA CHARLTON; ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS -- French union activists marched on the headquarters of the Paris Olympics and slowed traffic at the capital's Orly Airport with strikes [...]

Published
2023

38. Uganda's harsh anti-gay campaign could spread beyond its borders

Author

Abrahamsen, Rita

Subjects
Homosexuality -- Laws, regulations and rules, Human rights -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Uganda. Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014
Abstract

Byline: RITA ABRAHAMSEN Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa Being gay in Uganda has never been easy. It just got a [...]

Published
2023

39. Uganda imposes death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality'

Author

Sands, Leo and Ombuor, Rael

Subjects
Uganda -- Social aspects -- Political aspects, Homosexuality -- Laws, regulations and rules, Capital punishment -- Laws, regulations and rules, Life imprisonment -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Uganda. Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014
Abstract

Byline: Leo Sands and Rael Ombuor Uganda's president signed into law a wide-ranging anti-LGBTQ bill on Monday that imposes life imprisonment for same-sex activity and the death penalty in some [...]

Published
2023

40. Serbians hand in thousands of guns after two mass killings

Author

Vinall, Frances

Subjects
Serbia -- Social aspects, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Company legal issue, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Frances Vinall Serbians handed in thousands of guns in the first three days of an amnesty aimed at disarming the country following two mass killings last week, including one [...]

Published
2023

41. Lasting Fury Over Pension Reform Energizes May Day Rallies in France

Author

Méheut, Constant

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Political issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Protesters are still hoping to force the government to reverse its decision to raise the legal retirement age to 64 from 62. French workers marched across the country on Monday, [...]

Published
2023

42. Hundreds of thousands in France protest Macron's pension law on May Day

Author

Petit, Élie and Westfall, Sammy

Subjects
France -- Demonstrations and protests -- Social policy, May Day -- Demonstrations and protests, Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Élie Petit and Sammy Westfall PARIS - France's traditional May Day parade celebrating workers' rights and achievements drew larger crowds than usual this year against the backdrop of fierce [...]

Published
2023

43. LGBTQ Ugandans deserve support, not death

Author

Chase, Rachelle

Subjects
Uganda -- Social aspects, Homosexuality -- Laws, regulations and rules, Sexual minorities -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Rachelle Chase, Des Moines Register, USA TODAY NETWORK LGBTQ Ugandans are being threatened and beaten as their president weighs signing legislation that would make merely identifying as LGBTQ a [...]

Published
2023

44. Macron Sees Lingering Ire, But Upholds Pension Law

Author

Cohen, Roger and Breeden, Aurelien

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Political issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

But the French president did not yield on the pension change that has roiled the nation. Labor unions declined to meet for talks, and vowed massive protests on May 1. [...]

Published
2023

45. French court approves the Macron retirement-age hike despite protests

Author

Parker, Claire

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Political issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Claire Parker A top French court on Friday approved controversial legislation to raise the retirement age, clearing the way for the change to become law and securing a victory [...]

Published
2023

46. French court to rule on the Macron retirement-age hike behind protests

Author

Parker, Claire

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Claire Parker People across France are anxiously awaiting a court ruling Friday on the legality of controversial legislation to raise the retirement age that has sparked the country's most [...]

Published
2023

47. French court approves the Macron retirement-age hike despite protests

Author

Parker, Claire

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Political issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Claire Parker A top French court on Friday approved controversial legislation to raise the retirement age, clearing the way for the change to become law and giving a victory [...]

Published
2023

48. How Canada has avoided a pension crisis; While France faces an uproar over plan to raise retirement age, all is quiet here. But are there possible bumps in the road ahead?

Author

Keller, Tony

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: TONY KELLER; Staff France is having a pension crisis. On Thursday, in advance of a decision from the country's constitutional court, protesters piled mounds of garbage in front of [...]

Published
2023

49. Protests Continue in France as Pension Law Nears Final Hurdle

Author

Breeden, Aurelien

Subjects
Retirement age -- Laws, regulations and rules, Pensions -- Laws, regulations and rules, Presidents -- Social policy, Government regulation, Political issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

A constitutional ruling expected on Friday may be the final legal obstacle for President Emmanuel Macron's push to increase the retirement age. But the plan hasn't become any more popular. [...]

Published
2023

50. At a Price, El Salvador Stamps Out Its Gangs

Author

Kitroeff, Natalie and Volpe, Daniele

Subjects
El Salvador -- Social aspects, Law enforcement, Gang violence -- Investigations, Presidents -- Social policy, Company legal issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Mara Salvatrucha -- Investigations
Abstract

When the MS-13 gang ran the neighborhood of Las Margaritas, one of its strongholds in El Salvador, there were rules you had to follow to stay alive. You couldn't wear [...]

Published
2023

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