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CNN on MSN · 8h

New Zealand MPs disrupt parliament with haka to protest Indigenous treaty bill

New Zealand’s parliament was briefly suspended on Thursday after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill that would reinterpret a 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori.

Mashable on MSN · 16h

New Zealand parliament members cry out against bill threatening Maori communities

Members of New Zealand's parliament have rallied the international community in support of the island country's indigenous groups, as contentious legislation moves forward that could threaten Maori support systems.

The New York Times · 5h

New Zealand Parliament Suspended as Maori Lawmakers Perform Haka to Protest Bill

Opposition lawmakers performed the traditional dance during a reading of a bill that would redefine the country’s founding treaty with its Indigenous people.

Sri Lanka votes for new parliament

How Sri Lanka elects its Parliament and why Dissanayake called for snap elections

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's sweeping coalition election win this week underlined widening support for his leftist policies, but he faces the test of steering the nation's recovery from a financial crisis with an inexperienced set of lawmakers.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Sri Lanka votes for new parliament as economic recovery hangs in balance

Sri Lanka began voting in a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the island nation wants to empower its new, leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to push his pro-poor policies as it recovers from a financial meltdown.

Deutsche Welle on MSN · 1d

Sri Lanka: Voting begins in snap parliamentary election

With Sri Lanka's economic recovery hanging in balance, President Dissanayake hopes voters give him a strong mandate for his policies to reduce taxes and boost welfare.Voting began in Sri Lanka's snap parliamentary election on Thursday,

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Protests erupt outside parliament in breakaway Georgian region

Abkhazian lawmakers were set to vote on Friday on the ratification of an investment agreement signed in October in Moscow.

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Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins two-thirds majority in parliament

The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a two-thirds majority in parliament, ...

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Germany's Scholz wants fractured parliament to act to shield top court from extremists

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said protecting the country's constitutional court from extremists and populists was a priority ...

EU deforestation ban in chaos as parliament loosens rules

The European Parliament on Thursday approved a one-year delay on implementing the bloc's sweeping anti-deforestation rules ...

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EU Parliament Demands Further Changes to Deforestation Rules

The European Parliament demanded further changes to a landmark law to tackle global deforestation, adding complications to a ...

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Austrian prosecutors ask parliament to lift far-right leader's immunity

Austrian prosecutors have asked parliament to lift far-right leader Herbert Kickl's immunity over an allegation that he ...

Japan's parliament convenes after prime minister elected

Japan's parliament convened the 215th Diet on Thursday after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito coalition lost its ...

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Sri Lanka President’s Bloc Takes Early Lead in Parliament Polls

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s coalition took an early lead in parliamentary elections seen as a test of the ...

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