🗳 Kansas Voters Reject Amendment to Strip State Abortion Rights
By nearly a 2-1 margin, Kansas residents heading to the polls Wednesday declined to reverse a 2019 ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court establishing the right to abortion.
The vote is a major repudiation of recent legislative moves curtailing reproductive rights – most notably the Supreme Court’s June decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
One middle-aged woman who brought her 16-year-old daughter to the polling station reportedly told the AP that she wanted her child “to have the same rights [her] mother has had most of her life.”
The proposed amendment was sponsored by Value Them Both, a coalition led by Kansans for Life, the Kansas Catholic Conference and Kansas Family Voice. One of the lawyers responsible for crafting the failed constitutional amendment reportedly described the measure as an attempt to keep Kansas from becoming an “unlimited destination for abortion.”
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By nearly a 2-1 margin, Kansas residents heading to the polls Wednesday declined to reverse a 2019 ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court establishing the right to abortion.
The vote is a major repudiation of recent legislative moves curtailing reproductive rights – most notably the Supreme Court’s June decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
One middle-aged woman who brought her 16-year-old daughter to the polling station reportedly told the AP that she wanted her child “to have the same rights [her] mother has had most of her life.”
The proposed amendment was sponsored by Value Them Both, a coalition led by Kansans for Life, the Kansas Catholic Conference and Kansas Family Voice. One of the lawyers responsible for crafting the failed constitutional amendment reportedly described the measure as an attempt to keep Kansas from becoming an “unlimited destination for abortion.”
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⚡️ Taipei calls China's maritime drills 'irrational move'
🗯 "Some of the areas of China's drills breach into... (Taiwan's) territorial waters," defence ministry spokesman Sun Li-fang said at a press conference. "This is an irrational move to challenge the international order."
▪️ Earlier, Beijing announced plans for six zones encircling Taiwan, where it said it would carry out live-fire military drills from Thursday to Sunday, according to a statement released by Xinhua, China’s state news agency.
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🗯 "Some of the areas of China's drills breach into... (Taiwan's) territorial waters," defence ministry spokesman Sun Li-fang said at a press conference. "This is an irrational move to challenge the international order."
▪️ Earlier, Beijing announced plans for six zones encircling Taiwan, where it said it would carry out live-fire military drills from Thursday to Sunday, according to a statement released by Xinhua, China’s state news agency.
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🇷🇺 🇩🇪 Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder has called for the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
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⚡️ US wants to demonstrate its impunity through its actions in Taiwan, Russian FM Lavrov says
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⚡️ The United States has not approached Russia about the resumption of negotiations on a treaty to replace START - Lavrov
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⚡️ Former German chancellor Schröder said that Merkel and Steinmeier made a "wise decision" at the NATO summit in 2008 not to let Ukraine join the alliance
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🛫 Aviation-tracking website Flightradar24 announced Tuesday that the plane it believes was carrying US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan was the most followed live flight of all time on its service.
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🇯🇵 The Japanese government is concerned about military drills launched by China and calls for a peaceful resolution of any issues regarding the situation around Taiwan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Wednesday.
🗯 "The peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait is important not only for the security of Japan, but also for the stability of the international community. We hope that any issues around Taiwan will be resolved peacefully through dialogue," Matsuno said during a press conference.
▪️ Matsuno stated that the area of the Chinese military exercises includes Japan's exclusive economic zone.
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🗯 "The peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait is important not only for the security of Japan, but also for the stability of the international community. We hope that any issues around Taiwan will be resolved peacefully through dialogue," Matsuno said during a press conference.
▪️ Matsuno stated that the area of the Chinese military exercises includes Japan's exclusive economic zone.
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📹 Footage from Istanbul, where journalists are allowed to film the process of a ship with grain being expected. Representatives of the coordination center will depart for the ship from this spot.
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⚡️ Beijing pledges to punish 'those who offend China' as Pelosi visits Taiwan
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⚡️ Beijing pledges to punish 'those who offend China' as Pelosi visits Taiwan
🇨🇳 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi vowed Wednesday to punish those who offend Beijing, state media reported, as the country seethes over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
🗯 "This is a complete farce. The United States is violating China's sovereignty under the guise of so-called 'democracy'... those who offend China will be punished," Wang said on the sidelines of a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Phnom Penh.
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🗯 "This is a complete farce. The United States is violating China's sovereignty under the guise of so-called 'democracy'... those who offend China will be punished," Wang said on the sidelines of a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Phnom Penh.
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⚡️ Representatives of the joint coordination center go to sea to inspect the first dry cargo ship loaded with Ukrainian grain
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