President Barack Obama exhorted fellow Democrats on Wednesday to preserve his legacy-defining healthcare law as Republicans moved ahead with their long-sought bid to scrap it in what Vice President-elect Mike Pence called the "first order of business" of Donald Trump's administration.
A revised anti-stalking law took effect in Japan on Tuesday to crack down on online stalking via social networking services, which counsellors warn is enmeshing a growing number of teenagers.
A retired couple in Yuanqu, Shanxi province have become local celebrities after producing their own amateur webisodes in an effort to popularize law education.
China's top legislature on Sunday adopted a law on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) to give TCM a bigger role in the medical system.
Chinese lawmakers on Sunday adopted a new law to tax polluters, particularly heavy industry.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict did not come any closer to an end in 2016 and the following year does not bode well either.
Xi calls them necessary for regulating social behavior and maintaining order
The UN Security Council on Sunday "condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attacks" in Istanbul, Turkey, which left at least 39 people dead and 155 others injured.
The immediate political future of Italy is now in the hands of President Sergio Mattarella, whose task is to confer a mandate to form a new government on whomever he picks to succeed resigning Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Draft law, if passed, would not only be one of the best of any region in China, but around the world
Dr Karen Lee, assistant professor with Education University of Hong Kong’s Department of Social Sciences, traces the history of same-sex marriage legislation here and abroad
State Council promises law-based protections to raise confidence in the safety of real-estate assets
China adopted a controversial cyber security law on Monday to counter what Beijing says are growing threats such as hacking and terrorism, but the law triggered concerns among foreign business and rights groups.
The Standing Committee of the twelfth National People's Congress on Monday adopted the interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China at its twenty-fourth Session.
China's top legislature on Monday adopted a cybersecurity law to safeguard sovereignty on cyberspace, national security and the rights of citizens.
Warsaw witnessed Monday hundreds of black-clad women campaigning against a series of issues including mainly a project to alter the existing abortion law. They headed for the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) headquarters to present their demands.
Anti-corruption has been a hot topic in Vietnam in recent days as it dominates almost all exchanges between the country's parliament members and local voters.
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