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6/13/2023 7:21:11 PM
The German government has asked lawmakers to approve an advance payment for the purchase of the sophisticated Arrow 3 air-defence system from Israel for nearly four billion euros ($4.3 billion), according to documents seen by AFP on Tuesday.
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6/7/2023 5:20:40 PM
Kuwait's Emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, has accepted the resignation of the Kuwaiti government after opposition lawmakers won a majority in recent parliamentary elections, according to a report by Kuwaiti state news agency "KUNA".
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6/7/2023 1:37:35 PM
Opposition lawmakers won a majority in Kuwait's parliament but with a notable lack of gender diversity, with only one woman elected out of the 50 seats, results showed on Wednesday, after the Gulf state's seventh general election in just over a decade.
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6/6/2023 10:58:47 AM
Voters in Kuwait were casting ballots on Tuesday for a third time in as many years, with little hope of ending a prolonged gridlock between the government and assertive lawmakers after the judiciary dissolved the legislature earlier this year.
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6/4/2023 9:31:10 PM
Lebanese lawmakers on Sunday nominated Jihad Azour, an International Monetary Fund regional director and former minister, for president, with the position still vacant for seven months because of political turmoil.
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6/1/2023 7:09:04 PM
Wall Street stocks saw a mixed opening on Thursday after US lawmakers voted to pass a deal on the debt limit, marking a crucial first step to avert a catastrophic default.
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5/31/2023 9:07:11 PM
Latvian lawmakers on Wednesday picked the country’s long-serving and popular foreign minister, a strong backer of Ukraine, as its new head of state in a tight vote.
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5/28/2023 9:13:20 PM
Newly elected Greek lawmakers were sworn in Sunday but the Parliament in which they sit may be dissolved as early as Monday, ahead of fresh elections on June 25.
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5/25/2023 10:52:33 PM
President Joe Biden declared Thursday the United States would avoid a disastrous credit default even as lawmakers went on a 10-day break without a deal on raising the nation's borrowing limit to keep paying the bills.
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5/16/2023 11:06:22 AM
Equities were mixed Tuesday as traders grew increasingly concerned that US lawmakers remain far apart in their bid to raise the country's borrowing limit to avert a default.
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5/11/2023 2:02:46 PM
European Parliament lawmakers on Thursday took a crucial first step towards EU-wide regulation of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence systems that Brussels hopes to put speedily in place.
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5/9/2023 12:54:49 PM
China announced the expulsion of a Canadian diplomat on Tuesday in retaliation for Ottawa ordering a Chinese consular official to leave the country over alleged threats he made against a Canadian lawmaker and his family.
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5/4/2023 11:10:29 AM
Israelis blocked roads and demonstrated on Thursday against a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary, hoping to ramp up pressure on lawmakers after parliament reconvened this week following a month-long recess.
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5/1/2023 1:24:35 PM
Israeli lawmakers reconvene Monday after a month-long parliament recess, resuming the fight over a contentious government plan to overhaul the judiciary that has split Israelis and drawn concern from Israel's most important ally, the United States.
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4/29/2023 10:42:33 PM
The latest protest against the Israeli government's controversial judicial reform plans packed central Tel Aviv on Saturday, as divisions persist just days before lawmakers return to parliament.
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4/25/2023 9:35:36 PM
European lawmakers urged the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Paris Games rather than keep seeking ways to let them compete as neutrals in international sport.
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4/18/2023 12:50:51 PM
Kuwait's crown prince has ordered its parliament again dissolved and new elections for the country after a court decision reinstated lawmakers from 2020.
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4/13/2023 12:16:49 PM
After a frosty encounter north of the border, US President Joe Biden is assured of a far warmer welcome by lawmakers in Ireland on Thursday during a visit to the country of his ancestors.
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4/5/2023 10:17:48 PM
As lawmakers debate whether to ban TikTok nationwide, its Chinese parent company has introduced a new app that’s already getting some traction.
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3/27/2023 10:27:51 AM
Iraq's parliament voted Monday to restore electoral laws that were scrapped after 2019 anti-government demonstrations, sparking anger from independent lawmakers who see it benefiting larger parties.
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