Law
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Biden poised to ease marijuana restrictions
Speed Read The move will reclassify it as a less dangerous drug
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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LGBTQ+ rights in Iraq: how morality laws ramped up
The Explainer Same-sex relationships and gender reassignment surgery are now criminalised in latest attack on targeted community
By The Week UK Published
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Italian senate passes law allowing anti-abortion activists into clinics
Under The Radar Giorgia Meloni scores a political 'victory' but will it make much difference in practice?
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Netherlands split on WFH for sex workers
Speed Read Councils concerned over 'nuisance' of at-home sex work, but others say changes will curb underground sex trade
By Arion McNicoll, The Week UK Published
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The Donald Trump-Stormy Daniels case: a story of sex, money and power
The Explainer Hush money trial is about 'Trump lying his way into office' in 2016, says one critic
By The Week UK Published
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ATF finalizes rule to close 'gun show loophole'
Speed Read Biden moves to expand background checks for gun buyers
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Hong Kong passes tough new security law
Speed Read It will allow the government to further suppress all forms of dissent
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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The trademark battle over the 'Russian warship, go f**k yourself' slogan
Under The Radar Row over the 'brave' response from a Ukrainian soldier to a Moscow warship that's become 'hot merchandising property'
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Can judges end UK's rape case backlog?
Today's Big Question Judiciary aiming to fast-track oldest of the 3,355 rape cases awaiting trial in England and Wales
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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France enshrines abortion rights in constitution
speed read It became the first country to make abortion a constitutional right
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Greece legalizes same-sex marriage
Speed Read Greece becomes the first Orthodox Christian country to enshrine marriage equality in law
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Asylum seekers and Christianity: how much of a problem is it?
Today's big question Former Church of England priest claims there is a 'conveyor belt' of 'asylum baptisms'
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Why Thailand is set to reverse weed decriminalisation
Under the Radar Legal confusion has caused controversy over lucrative trade
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Disposable vapes: should Sunak stub them out?
Talking Points Plans to axe disposable vapes by the end of 2025 have been widely welcomed to address under-age use
By The Week UK Published
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