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Zimbabwe's parliament approved a controversial law that ostensibly promotes patriotism but has been condemned by the opposition as a "draconian" attempt to stifle dissent ahead of national elections.…

While negotiating the state budget last week, Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries. As the proposal moves to the Missouri Senate, public librarians are worried about how the draconian move would…

By DAKE KANG - Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) — Barely a month after granting himself new powers as China’s potential leader for life, Xi Jinping is facing a wave of public anger of the kind not seen…

Liz Truss has joined her Conservative leadership rival Rishi Sunak in distancing herself from the government’s handling of the Covid-19 crisis, saying that as prime minister she would never impose a pandemic lockdown.Truss, the…

Restaurants say that Zomato’s new food quality policy, which is slated to come into effect on April 18 and can lead to their ban on the aggregator platform based on…

China’s president Xi Jinping has told Hong Kong to “take all necessary steps” to contain the city’s biggest coronavirus wave in a rare directive that analysts believe could pave the way for more stringent measures in the Asian…

Describing the proposed amendments to IAS (Cadre) rules as draconian and intended to promote unilateralism, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "bury" those proposals. The Jharkhand…

As the Karnataka Legislative Assembly began discussing the contentious "anti conversion bill" on Thursday, the Congress seemed to be on a back foot with the ruling BJP alleging that the proposed legislation was "initiated" by the…

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court refused to block a Texas law that criminalizes abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy and incentivizes…

Image: Getty Images You may have heard that WhatsApp sued the Indian government…