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Violence shook the capital of the Solomon Islands for a second day despite a lockdown, with protesters targeting Chinatown as the nations embattled leader vowed to hold the perpetrators accountable and Australia said it would send troops to quell the unrest.

Parliament on Wednesday rejected a draft by Re-Solution leader Parit Wacharasindhu and 135,000 others to change the Constitution after senators voted to oppose it.

SINGAPORE - A law against foreign interference was on Monday (Oct 4) passed by Singapores Parliament after a 10-hour airing in the House, three years after it was first raised and three weeks after the extensive, hotly debated legislation was tabled.

Two transgender women were elected to Germanys parliament on Sunday, the first openly trans candidates in the country to become national lawmakers.

A government’s charter-amendment bill to restore the two-ballot electoral system was approved by Parliament in its third and final reading on Friday.

Parliament president Chuan Leekpai ruled on Tuesday that Parliament will debate the 2022 Budget Act as scheduled this month despite emergency law and travel restrictions.

LONDON - How does a lobster feel when its dropped into the boiling pot? The British Parliament wants to know.

The Secretariat of the Senate on Friday announced that Senator General Lertrit Wetchasawan has tested positive for Covid-19.

Only one of the 13 charter amendment drafts proposed by both sides of the House made it through the first reading in Parliament on Thursday.

Voting on 13 constitutional drafts on Thursday will go ahead separately, House Speaker Chuan Leekpai said on Wednesday.

The new referendum law sailed through Parliament on Tuesday by 611 votes to 4, paving the way for changes to the Constitution.

Lawmakers on Thursday approved the government’s plan to borrow an additional 500 billion baht to deal with the Covid-19 crisis in Thailand.