Author: RT

Poland’s parliament approves controversial judges to constitutional court Poland’s parliament has elected three new judges to the constitutional court who were nominated by the conservative ruling party, including two who have drawn sharp criticism from the opposition. The appointees to the Constitutional Tribunal approved late Thursday are raising more concerns about Poland’s judiciary. The president must still approve them. The most controversial is Stanislaw Piotrowicz, a former communist-era state prosecutor and architect of laws pushed by the ruling Law and Justice party that the EU says erode judicial independence, AP said. Piotrowicz lost his seat in parliament in October elections. The other is Krystyna Pawlowicz, a jurist and former lawmaker known whose radical rhetor...

Greek PM to ‘shut the door’ to migrants not entitled to asylum Greece said on Friday that it was deploying more border guards to “shut the door” to migrants not entitled to stay. The move is the latest sign of a hardening stance against asylum seekers since a new surge in the number of arrivals. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told parliament he had approved the hiring of 400 guards at Greece’s land border with Turkey and another 800 guards for its islands, Reuters reports. Greece will also upgrade its sea patrolling operations. On Wednesday, the conservative government elected in July announced plans to shut overcrowded refugee camps on islands and replace them with more restrictive holding centers. “Welcome in Greece are only those we choose. Those who are not welcomed wi...

WATCH: Sinkhole in Brazil swallows mother and daughter as they drive behind truck A mother and daughter casually driving along the streets of Flores da Cunha in Brazil were swallowed up by a giant sinkhole which suddenly opened up in the road before them. Vanessa Cavagnolli, 34, suffered a broken nose and her daughter Andressa Carnesela, 12, sustained minor, non-life threatening injuries in the dramatic incident in the Rio Grande do Sul region on Tuesday.  CCTV footage from the street shows the road disintegrating after a heavy construction truck carrying clay drove over it. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=700536480433489&external_log_id=e2719b154bdb54f30323b385627590d4&q=Flores%20da%20Cunha%20buraco The driver immediat...

‘We’ll teach them how to menstruate!’ Uproar after Pakistani feminism event featured NO WOMEN A feminism discussion organized by the Arts Council of Pakistan has been changed to include women, after social media users blasted the panel for being all-male. The Karachi event, billed as “Feminism: The Other Perspective,” originally featured a panel of five prominent men involved in media, entertainment, and activism in Pakistan.The only woman included in the line-up was the event’s female moderator, whose name was put at the bottom of the promotional flyer. Social media users expressed near unanimous disgust with the panel, arguing that it reflected Pakistan’s extremely conservative, male-dominated society. should ve just called it men's d...