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Veto Presiden Lula terhadap RUU tersebut dibatalkan oleh kongres dan senat Brasil, yang berarti kini tinggal menunggu konfirmasi oleh mahkamah agung. Kongres Brasil yang sebagian besar beraliran konservatif telah menyetujui RUU yang mengurangi masa hukuman penjara mantan presiden sayap kanan Jair Bolsonaro, yang divonis tahun lalu atas upaya kudeta. RUU tersebut awalnya telah disahkan oleh kongres pada bulan Desember, namun presiden Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva memvetonya pada bulan Januari dalam sebuah langkah simbolis untuk memperingati tiga tahun sejak pendukung Bolsonaro menjarah ibu kota, Brasília. Lanjutkan membaca...

Pemungutan suara terjadi pada hari yang sama saat Mahkamah Agung AS membatalkan ketentuan utama dari Voting Rights Act

• Pemilih Virginia sedikit menyetujui rencana redistrikasi kongres yang didukung Demokrat yang membahayakan beberapa petahana Republikan. • Langkah ini menggambar ulang batas wilayah untuk menguntungkan Demokrat di distrik-distrik kunci, menggeser keseimbangan untuk pemilihan tengah tahun 2026. • Pertempuran redistrikasi pesisir ini menyoroti ketegangan nasional terkait peta yang adil dan keuntungan partisan.

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One Nation outperforms the Coalition for the first time, while the rightwing populist party’s leader has a positive rating among all age groupsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA majority of surveyed Australians approve of Pauline Hanson’s leadership of One Nation, giving her a higher job approval rating than Anthony Albanese and Angus Taylor, as the Guardian Essential poll finds the rightwing populist party is outperforming the Coalition for the first time.The results come as Australians are becoming more pessimistic about the country and the economy, with the majority of respondents saying they expected things to get worse in coming months. Continue reading...

Leaders will discuss how to respond to surging energy prices amid the war in the Middle EastEurope live – latest updatesEU leaders have welcomed the end of diplomatic deadlock over a long-awaited €90bn (£78bn) loan for Ukraine, after the bloc finalised the agreement along with a 20th package of sanctions against Russia.After weeks of delay, the EU signed off on the loan on Thursday, in time for summit talks in Cyprus that are scheduled to begin in the evening and will include talks over a dinner with the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Continue reading...

The merger will still require governmental approval and could be delayed by a lawsuit seeking to block itShareholders of Warner Bros Discovery voted “overwhelmingly” to approve the company’s $110bn merger with Paramount Skydance, the parent company of CBS News, on Thursday.But shareholders voted against generous proposed compensation packages for WBD executives, including a $550m payout to the outgoing chief executive, David Zaslav. Continue reading...

• The FDA granted accelerated approval to a CRISPR-based gene therapy for severe sickle cell disease on April 20, marking the first approved genetic treatment editing patient blood cells to produce functional hemoglobin. • Clinical trials demonstrated 95% of treated patients experienced elimination or near-elimination of vaso-occlusive crises within 12 months, with durable responses observed for over two years post-treatment. • The therapy addresses a disease affecting approximately 100,000 Americans, primarily of African descent, offering potential cure for patients previously reliant on pain management and blood transfusions.