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...Israel’s top court has struck down a contentious law to overhaul the judiciary passed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s far right government, in a move that could reopen bitter divisions in the country over the changes...
Lack of progress in opening up markets to British professional services said to be crucial stumbling block
...K M Mahinda Siriwardana, secretary to the Treasury, said in a statement that the agreement “constitutes a key milestone in Sri Lanka’s ongoing efforts to foster its economic recovery” and praised Exim Bank...
...Guitarist Pat Metheny, Malian songstress Fatoumata Diawara and Grammy-winning vocalist Gregory Porter share the limelight with rising sax talents Lakecia Benjamin and Immanuel Wilkins as well as alternative...
...Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was taken to hospital to have a pacemaker fitted to his heart in the early hours of Sunday, as a bitter battle over his government’s plans to overhaul the judiciary...
...Israel’s Supreme Court has begun hearing a challenge to a controversial law passed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government, in a landmark case that could spark a constitutional showdown between the...
...Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition partners have reacted with disappointment after the Israeli prime minister said he would abandon a central element of his government’s judicial overhaul....
...Additional contributions from Grace Ramos and Benjamin Wilhelm...
...Additional contributions from Tee Zhuo and Benjamin Wilhelm...
...Some of Israel’s biggest businesses said they would begin strike action on Monday, as a showdown loomed over a bitterly contested judicial overhaul pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline...
...Israel’s parliament has voted through the first part of a controversial judicial overhaul pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government, capping a tumultuous seven-month battle over the...
...The vote, set for next week, is on the first part of the overhaul being pushed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline government....
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...Critics see the overhaul as a politically motivated assault on the country’s checks and balances that would allow the evisceration of minority rights and foster corruption....
...Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right government has delayed bitterly contested plans to overhaul Israel’s judiciary after a backlash that brought much of the country to a halt....
...But critics see them as a lethal threat to Israel’s checks and balances that will undermine minority protections, foster corruption and damage the economy....
...But critics see them as a fundamental threat to Israel’s checks and balances that will eviscerate minority protections, foster corruption and damage the economy....
...Tingo also found investors in the UK, pledging to foster “financial inclusion” in Africa and expand in China....
...The two changes on which the Knesset voted on Tuesday are part of a broader plan to rein in the judiciary that Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline new government, widely regarded as the most rightwing in Israel...
...Protesters streamed into Jerusalem on Saturday while a group of 10,000 reservists said they would stop volunteering for duty in a last-ditch effort to persuade Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to...
...The success of electric-vehicle maker Tesla has amply illustrated the ability of the US to foster maverick brilliance....
...Although it did not address spending specifically, the defence ministry statement said the reduction was part of a “strategic blueprint” designed to foster a “well-balanced defence force by the year 2030...
...But critics see the overhaul as a fundamental threat to Israel’s checks and balances that will weaken minority protections, foster corruption and damage the economy....
...Arab diplomats and analysts say Arab hostility towards Israel has ramped up since prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed the Jewish state’s most extreme, far-right government late last year....
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