Ukraine gets European Commission backing for talks on Ukraine membership
The EU's executive praises Kyiv's "excellent progress" and EU states will make a decision next month.
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North Korea amends constitution to bolster nuclear power status, calls US and allies 'worst threat'
North Korea has amended its constitution to bolster and expand its nuclear force, with leader Kim Jong Un pointing to the growing cooperation between the United States, South Korea and Japan as "the worst actual threat" facing the isolated nation.
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Thailand: Leading activist Anon Nampa jailed over calls for royal reform
Anon Nampa is jailed four years for calling for a conversation on the role of Thailand's monarchy.
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Texas abortion ban temporarily lifted for medical emergencies
Women in the US state with pregnancy complications will be exempted from the abortion ban, a judge rules.
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Supreme Court: Is India's most powerful court hobbled by a huge pileup of cases?
India's top court has a backlog of nearly 70,000 cases, and many say this is impeding justice.
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Ohio's showdown over abortion rights intensifies as group files signatures for ballot measure
Ohio is poised to become the next major abortion battleground after groups seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the state's constitution on Wednesday submitted hundreds of thousands of petition signatures to the secretary of state's office.
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Mike Pence challenges rivals to back 15-week abortion ban
The ex-vice-president calls on Republicans to support a 15-week ban as a "minimum nationwide standard".
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Ahead of Juneteenth, congressional lawmakers again seek to remove exception for slavery from US Constitution
A group of Democratic lawmakers has reintroduced a joint resolution to negate a clause in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution that permits slavery or involuntary servitude "as a punishment for crime."
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The 'climate kids' want a court to force Montana's state government to go green
In Montana, Americans too young to vote are hoping a judge will back their claim to a less-polluted state as the first constitutional climate case goes to court.
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Ohio lawmakers want to abolish slavery as punishment for crimes
Ohio lawmakers have introduced a joint resolution that would remove slavery and involuntary servitude from the state's Constitution as a punishment for crimes.
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Trump-appointed federal judge rules Tennessee's anti-drag show law is 'unconstitutional'
A Trump-appointed federal judge in Tennessee has ruled that a state law limiting public drag show performances represented an "unconstitutional restriction on the freedom of speech."
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Ohio Republicans approve August election that could thwart abortion-rights push in state
Ohio voters will decide this summer whether to make it more difficult to change the state's constitution -- only months before a potential ballot measure in November over whether to guarantee abortion rights in the state. Ohio's Republican-controlled legislature this week approved a resolution that will ask voters in August to increase the threshold needed to change the constitution from a simple majority to 60%.
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