Politics

5 things to know about the Senate Republican Health Care Bill

Here are five things to take away from the Senate Republican Health Care Bill. The official bills name is called the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017.

Jun 23, 2017

South African shack dwellers protest politics of lies and oppression

Hundreds of members of shack dwellers movement Abahlali Basemjondolo marched to Durban City Hall in South Africa on Monday (26 June).

Jun 26, 2017

Watch this cow charge through a cricket match

To the surprise and shock of onlookers at a cricket match in Cheshire, a cow decided to charge through the middle of the game. The match the animal horned in on was between Mossley Cricket Club and Kerridge.

Jun 26, 2017

Theresa May Strikes Deal With DUP After Weeks of Uncertainty

The DUP has agreed a deal to support the minority Conservative government following two weeks of negotiations.As part of the deal, Prime Theresa May has agreed to drop triple lock pension reforms and to keep the universal winter fuel allowance. May also agreed to deliver 2% of GDP to Northern Irelands armed forces.

Jun 26, 2017

South African President Zuma hosting illegitimate DRC President Kabila say protesters

A leader of the DRC protesters at Sefako Makgatho presidential guesthouse in Pretoria Esaie-Prince Mpinda says by hosting President Joseph Kabila President Jacob Zuma becomes an accomplice to the atrocities taking places in that country.

Jun 26, 2017

Rajinikanth all set to join politics, says RSS ideologue Gurumurthy

Tamil actor Rajinikanth is all set to enter politics, commentator S Gurumurthy told a news channel on Friday, adding that the actor will soon form a new party possibly in alliance with the BJP.

Jun 24, 2017

Police drag away protesters in wheelchairs from Mitch McConnells office

Capitol Police removed protesters, many of whom are disabled and wheelchair-bound, from outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnells office after text of the GOP Senate health care bill was released Thursday. Protesters were organized by a group called ADAPT, which identifies itself as a non-profit for people with disabilities.

Jun 23, 2017

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May says offer on rights of EU citizens is fair and serious

British Prime Minister Theresa May said on 23 June that the offer she had made on the rights of EU citizens to live in Britain after Brexit was very fair and very serious and that her government would set out more detailed proposals later. EU leaders greeted the offer made during a summit in Brussels late on 22 June with a degree of scepticism and said many questions remained.

Jun 23, 2017

Australian senator breastfeeds baby whilst moving a motion for first time

Australian Greens Senator Larissa Waters breastfed her baby daughter, Alia, while moving a motion in the Senate on Thursday, 22 June. Waters made headlines just weeks earlier for being the first federal lawmaker to breastfeed during Senate proceedings, being the first MP to benefit from a new family friendly rule change made in February 2016.

Jun 22, 2017

Day of Rage protester angry at Conservatives voting down Housing Bill

Around one hundred people gathered on Parliament Square as part of what organisers had billed as the Day of Rage demonstration on June 21. The anti-government demonstration deliberately coincided with the Queens Speech, with the aim of demanding justice for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.

Jun 22, 2017

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