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Sales of inefficient vacuum cleaners banned

Powerful vacuum cleaners are to be banned from today after the European Union introduced new rules which aim to improve energy efficiency across the continent.

USA

New York hikes cigarette prices to 13 dollars per packet

A packet of cigarettes will now cost a minimum of 13 dollars, or arouund 10.80 euros.

Tanzania

Tanzania charges 32 people with killing, burning five 'witches'

A Tanzanian court has charged 32 people with murder after five women suspected of witchcraft were beaten to death, and their corpses burned, in a move which could help to deter such killings.

Chile

Chile court ends abortion ban

Milestone for women in Chile as constitutional court backs law easing abortion restrictions

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Venezuela

Venezuela's new constituent assembly votes to take parliament's powers

Venezuela's controversial new pro government constituant assembly votes to assume the powers of the opposition led parliament.

World News

Australia plans 'postal vote' on same-sex marriage

USA

Honolulu bans pedestrians from using mobile phones while crossing street

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Charlie Gard shows cost of using law to settle 'human' questions: View

Expensive, slow but most of all painful - the case around a British baby's care teaches many lessons

Pakistan

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns amid corruption allegations

Spain

Victory for anti-bullfighting advocates in Spain's Balearic Islands

A Spanish province yesterday come one step closer to banning bull fighting once and for all.

Poland

Polish President Andrzej Duda says he will veto controversial top court reform bill

Polish president caves in to people pressure over controversial Supreme Court bill

Poland

Thousands protest as Poland's Senate passes contested judiciary bill

Tens of thousands of Poles gather to protest against the passing of a bill to overhaul the country's Supreme Court.

Poland

Sheriff or undertaker, what role for Poland's justice minister?

The Supreme Court needs to be rebuilt because it is being “controlled by leftists and foreign forces.” - PiS leader, Jarosław Kaczyński

Poland

Poland's lower house passes controversial judiciary reform bill

Poland's lower house has just passed a bill allowing the government to replace Supreme Court judges. The opposition says the law would erode the independence of the judiciary and undermine democracy as a whole.

Malta

Malta says yes to same-sex marriage

The EU's smallest nation is the 24th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage

Business Series

Uber suffers fresh legal blow in France

EU court rules in favour of France against Uber

United Kingdom

Trump offers support for terminally ill UK baby

President Trump offers to help parents of Baby Charlie Gard after they lose a court battle to take him to the US for treatment

Germany

Will Germany vote on gay marriage this week?

SPD leader Martin Schulz says his party will push for a vote in parliament this week, before the start of the summer recess.

World News

Google's record-breaking EU fine explained

The world’s most popular search engine, Google, faces a record-breaking €2.42 billion fine from the European Commission after a seven-year investigation found it violated EU anti-trust laws.

USA

Yellowstone grizzlies lose endangered species protection

The US government's decision will allow limited bear hunts outside the park's boundaries. It's a controversial move, but also a sign the grizzly population has recovered.

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