China'sNationalPeople'sCongress(NPC),thenationallegislature,adoptedanamendmenttothecountry'sConstitutiononSunday.LawmakersattheongoingNPCannualsessionagreedthat
PeopleprotestingagainstanamendmenttothelaborruleinTaipeiweredispersedbypoliceearlySundaymorning.Theamendmentrevisesthefive-dayworkingweekrules,includingincrease
Pakistan'srulingMuslimLeague(PML-N)partyonTuesdayelectedoustedPrimeMinisterNawazSharifasitschiefweeksafterthecountry'stopcourtdisqualifiedhimfromholdinganypubli
Pakistan'srulingMuslimLeague(PML-N)partyonTuesdayelectedoustedPrimeMinisterNawazSharifasitschiefweeksafterthecountry'stopcourtdisqualifiedhimfromholdinganypubli
Turkey is on the threshold for shift to an executive presidential system as the parliament approved early Saturday an 18-item constitutional amendment package.
Passengers using mobile phones on planes might face 50,000 yuan ($7,515) fine, according to a latest draft amendment to the country's Civil Aviation Law that was published on Monday by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
China's top legislature on Sunday adopted an amendment to the Education Law to strengthen bilingual teaching among ethnic minorities and improve higher education.
China is considering regulating seed industries involved in business with foreign seed enterprises to safeguard its sovereignty over seed resources.
Myanmar's parliament has adopted suffrage of white card holders, allowing them to vote on the national referendum bill on constitution amendment, local media reported Tuesday.
Myanmar's parliament on Thursday re- proposed holding six-party talks as soon as possible to work out a framework for constitution amendment, stressing that alternative talks are not what it hopes for, parliament sources said.
The House of U.S. Congress on Wednesday adopted an amendment to freeze a 2012 program allowing illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children to apply for work permits.
Health professionals and tobacco control experts in China have called for tobacco advertising to be fully outlawed as the draft amendment to the Advertising Law failed to stipulate the ban explicitly.
Myanmar's parliament sessions are due to be reconvened later on Monday in Nay Pyi Taw with two separate sessions of the two Houses to take place first in the morning, while the session of the Union Parliament comprising both houses to be followed in the afternoon.
A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday approved an amendment to State Department funding bill aimed at pressuring Russia and other countries against giving asylum to Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program leaker.
U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday narrowly defeated an amendment of the Defense Authorization Act that would restrict surveillance of the American public by the National Security Agency (NSA).
A draft amendment to the consumer rights law has ignited debate regarding its fairness, as it calls for a seven-day "cooling-off" period that would allow shoppers to return merchandise for a full refund.
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