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Hong Kong: 25 years under Chinese rule

Hong Kong has been through immense changes since it was returned to Chinese rule in July 1, 1997.

Al Jazeera

Maharashtra political crisis | Floor test will prevent horse-trading: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court refused to stay the floor test in Maharashtra Assembly and agreed with the Maharashtra Governor and the dissident MLAs that delaying floor test would further damage democracy

The Hindu

Yashwant Sinha condemns Udaipur killing

‘Democracy has no place for such acts of violence’

The Hindu

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UK police boss under fire for saying US abortion decision 'triumph' for democracy

Rupert Matthews who is Leicestershire's police and crime commissioner made the comments but claimed they were not about women’s right to abortion

Daily Mirror

Ian Blackford accuses Tories of 'running out of ideas' to defend Westminster system

The independence question came up at Prime Minister's Questions but Dominic Raab continued the Downing Street strategy of appearing not to be disturbed the demands for another referendum.

Daily Record

The groups that don't have to pay the TV licence as Government to consider new ways to collect

Speaking on RTE's Morning Ireland, he said: "Broadcasting in our country is an exceptionally important part of our democracy and of our society, and I and the Government do want to support that"

Irish Mirror

What she told us (we already knew)

It was one of the most dramatic days of testimony in American history. And it shouldn't have surprised anyone

Salon

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Editorial: High voter turnout is a symptom of polarization, not a cure

Conventional wisdom holds that America’s democratic norms are withering. It also asserts that high voter turnout signifies a healthy democracy. So does a record high voter turnout for this May’s midterm primary election mean American democracy is in better shape than it seems?

Tribune News Service

The Northern Agenda: Burnham booed amid Oldham grooming fury

The town has joined Rochdale and Rotherham in having child sexual exploitation exposed

Manchester Evening News

I saw first-hand how US tech giants seduced the EU – and undermined democracy

Silicon Valley used opaque lobbying to weaken crucial new regulations. Firms like Google and Meta must be held to account

The Guardian - UK

Better not laugh at "King Trump"

Donald Trump longs to have the life-or-death power of a feudal monarch — if that's ludicrous, it's also terrifying

Salon

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa: U.S. democracy "far worse off" thanks to social media

The Filipino American journalist sees a global tide of misinformation that demands government action.

Axios

Michael Hiltzik: America is in the grip of a right-wing minority

Republicans and conservatives are fond of the shibboleth that "America is a republic, not a democracy." Boiled down to its essence, the phrase is a justification for awarding a strong voice in government to minority political views.

Los Angeles Times

Young oppose elitist rule: Somkid

Former deputy prime minister Somkid Jatusripitak says young Thais want a democracy involving public participation, not one that follows representatives from just a few elite families.

Bangkok Post

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The Hindu

Will reach out to old BJP colleagues for support: Opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha, who filed his nomination for the July 18 election, hit out at the BJP saying that the saffron party under PM Modi lacked internal democracy

Salon

Is he sane enough to stand trial?

Former Harvard professor says Trump has the morality of a serial killer — but that doesn't render him insane

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon warns UK leaders to respect Scotland's right to democracy

WESTMINSTER is “taking a wrecking ball” to the idea of the United Kingdom as a voluntary partnership of nations, the First Minister has said.

The Conversation

Cutting crossbench MPs’ staffing would be a setback for democracy

My experience as an adviser to Peter Andren – perhaps the first of the modern-day wave of non-party MPs to arrive in Canberra – suggests Labor’s planned cuts to the staff of independents will be a backward step for our democracy. It will also be a serious blow to the…

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The Independent UK

Westminster taking wrecking ball to idea UK is voluntary partnership – Sturgeon

On Tuesday, the First Minister will outline her plans to hold a second independence referendum.

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson urges world leaders to hold firm on Ukraine

Longstanding backing for Kyiv ‘a price worth paying for democracy and freedom’ says prime minister at G7 summit

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson says deadly January 6 Capitol riots were ‘pretty weird’

PM inists reports of death of democracy in US are ‘grossly exaggerated’

The Hindu

Emergency a 'black spot' on India's vibrant democracy: PM Modi in Germany

“Every Indian can say with pride that India is the mother of democracy.”

The Hindu

Mann Ki Baat | Should never forget dreadful period of Emergency: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recounts Emergency in his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ address

The Guardian - US

‘A mockery of democracy’: US supreme court in question after abortion ruling

In scrapping the right to terminate a pregnancy the court went against the popular will – only 25% of Americans now have confidence in the institution

The Guardian - UK

Ireland’s Tailteann games: forgotten Gaelic ‘Olympics’ that shaped a democracy

A century ago as the country emerged from civil war, an event that rivalled the 1924 Paris Games helped establish a viable nation

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