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A spokesman for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, referring to Putin's expected visit after the International Court of Justice (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader, said South Africa was "aware of its legal obligations".more

The British government has approved a bill that makes it mandatory for all domestic cats in England to be microchipped. The obligation will come into force on June 20, and failure to comply will result in a £500 fine.more

Three million people who applied for a driving licence during the worst of the pandemic experienced major delays, a report has found. Some applicants lost jobs or income, and suffered social isolation and mental health problems, parliament's Public Accounts Committee said.more

The Bundestag has lifted Germany's decades-long ban on blood donations by homosexual men. Germany's Aidshilfe association is highlighting the great progress on the issue, while the right-wing AfD party is criticizing the decision, the ZDF news portal reported.more

Ukrainian Military Intelligence (HUR) representative Andriy Yusov said today that the Kremlin is concerned about the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to order the arrest of Vladimir Putin. According to HUR, the search for a person to replace Putin is already beginning.more

A committee of MPs has referred Royal Mail to regulator Ofcom for breaching its requirement to deliver letters across the country six days a week.more

People who intend to have dogs at home will be required to complete a prior course in the care of these animals, according to the Animal Protection Act approved yesterday in Spain. The Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the parliament, supported the proposal to organize such a course at veterinarians or via the Internet.more

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has shared a list of which job centres will be taking part in a new pilot scheme that will encourage Universal Credit claimants to spend more face-to-face time with their work coaches. The scheme will aim to give 120,000 people in Universal Credit more support.more

Campaigners are calling on the government to close a minimum wage loophole, two years after the independent Low Pay Commission warned that it allowed vulnerable migrant workers in private homes to be exploited.more

For 70 percent of respondents, Pope John Paul II remains an authority, according to a poll conducted by the Pollster Research Institute for "Super Express".more

Facebook violated the privacy of Dutch users of the platform in 2010-2020 - the court in Amsterdam ruled yesterday. The judge found that the American company unlawfully processed personal data, using them, among others, to for advertising purposes.more

Financial Supervision Authority in Poland is working on a statutory solution: a settlement or repayment of the loan at the average exchange rate of the Polish Central Bank - the daily "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports.more

Schoolchildren and parents have pleaded with Education Minister Norma Foley to step in and introduce a homework ban. In letters to the minister, children wrote about how they were being forced to give up hobbies because they were given so much work to do after school.more

French MPs want to introduce a new law according to which minors under 15 will need parental consent to set up an account on a social networking site. The draft also sets the minimum age from which it will be possible to set up an account - 13 years.more

FIFA has been handed a letter supported by over one million petition signatures — and custom-designed football shirts — demanding that it provide compensation to migrant workers who suffered horrific human rights abuses while working on the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar. more

Courts have reduced the sentences of hundreds of criminals to relieve overcrowded prisons, daily De Standaard reports. According to the newspaper, more than 294 convicts have been released for this reason in the last six months.more

Spanish prosecutors on Friday charged Barcelona with corruption over payments the club made to a former vice-president of Spain's referees' committee through a company owned by him.more

The British capital city government and Shout Out UK have launched a major campaign to help underrepresented communities in London regain their voting rights. It has been pointed out that many Londoners are not registered in the electoral system or do not have any valid ID. The problem may also concern many Poles.more

‘It’s a remarkable thing to think about,’ says Will Cathcart as he confirms that messaging app would refuse to comply with orders to weaken encryption.more

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg is politicised and sometimes at odds with British values, Suella Braverman has said. The home secretary was speaking to the BBC one day after acknowledging her plan to stop small boat crossings could be challenged in the Strasbourg court.more

The majority of German citizens are in favor of limiting the right to strike in the area of critical infrastructure such as railways, air traffic or energy and water supply, according to a survey conducted by the Insa institute on behalf of the economic wing of the opposition CDU party.more

Prosecutors will accuse Spanish soccer club Barcelona of corruption because of its payments to the vice president of the refereeing committee, the daily newspaper El Pais reported Tuesday.more

The White House backed legislation introduced on Tuesday by a dozen senators to give the administration new powers to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok and other foreign-based technologies if they pose national security threats.more

The British government on Tuesday announced a new law barring the entry of asylum-seekers who cross the English Channel in small boats.more

In its "Women, Business and the Law Index" report released Thursday, March 2, the World Bank says that women who are just entering the workforce will manage to retire before they have the same rights as men.more