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Maori MPs disrupt parliament with haka

CNN on MSN · 7h

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.

BBC on MSN · 12h

Moment MP leads haka to disrupt New Zealand parliament

Hoda Kotb announces that she’s fulfilling one of her dreams — getting a Toyota Sienna minivan! She opens up about her transition from the city to the suburbs, including PTA meetings and carpooling! Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke led the haka and ripped up a copy of a contentious bill being voted on.

Sri Lanka votes for new parliament

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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, according to official election results Friday, providing a strong mandate for his program for economic revival.

Bloomberg L.P. · 12h

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 leftist leader’s ambitious pledges to combat corruption and change the terms of an unpopular International Monetary Fund bailout.

India TV · 26m

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.

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Protests erupt outside parliament in breakaway Georgian region, TASS says

Crowds of protesters rallied outside the parliament on Friday in the Russian-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, ...

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Lawmakers stage Māori protest in New Zealand’s parliament during fraught race relations debate

A vote in New Zealand’s parliament was suspended and two lawmakers ejected Thursday amid debate over a controversial proposed ...

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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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 ...

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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 ...

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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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 ...

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