The results show that election was effectively polarized between ruling Democratic Party’s Lee Jae-myung and opposition People Power Party’s Yoon Seok-yeol
Protesters also rallied against traders, accusing them of artificially raising prices and overcharging customers for basic food items and other essential commodities
The bill is the first piece federal legislation to pass both houses of the US Congress in nearly 122 years of efforts by progressive lawmakers and civil rights activists to outlaw lynching
Protesters condemned the United States for providing military, intelligence and diplomatic support to the Saudi-led coalition’s military intervention in Yemen. They also criticized the international community for its silence and inaction
Parliamentarians in Iran issued a joint statement on Tuesday, asking their country’s negotiators to look for guarantees from the US that it will not violate the deal in the future before finalizing it
Across the world, women took to the streets for International Working Women’s Day to demand dignity, equality, and freedom
Hundreds of administrative detainees have been boycotting Israeli court hearings, interrogation sessions and health check-ups to protest their detention. They have also been disobeying security checks and other prison rules to highlight the oppressive conditions
Monday’s attack near Damascus was the second such instance of Israeli aggression inside Syria within a fortnight, taking the total number of deaths to five apart from causing substantial material damage
Israeli security forces respond with lethal force to Palestinians resisting the daily harassment they face under Israeli occupation. The Israeli forces routinely call this resistance “terrorism” in order to justify the killings
The conservative government in Hungary led by Viktor Orban is trying to restrict teachers’ strikes by issuing a special decree calling for mandatory teaching services in schools citing the COVID-19 crisis
Even though the allied health workers’ unions in the capital Auckland postponed the strike owing to Omicron surge, the employment court forced a nationwide postponement
Transport for London has decided to make cuts worth millions in the transport sector in London, including in the underground rail network (Tube) where it has decided to cut 600 jobs
