Tag: controversial
Why is Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine so controversial?
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more about the Yasukuni Shrine controversy: https://sc.mp/oend Yasukuni Shrine in the Japanese capital Tokyo has long been a place of controversy since it enshrines the nation’s 2.5 million war dead including 14 Class-A war criminals. Since 1975, several prime ministers and cabinet members have visited Yasukuni in an official capacity, sparking anger in China and…
NM controversial firearms order sends residents into a frenzy: This is ‘arrogance’
New Mexico GOP Chairman Steve Pearce joined ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss Gov. Lujan Grisham’s controversial firearms order. #foxnews Subscribe to Fox News! https://bit.ly/2vBUvAS Watch more Fox News Video: http://video.foxnews.com Watch Fox News Channel Live: http://www.foxnewsgo.com/ FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service delivering breaking news as well as political and business news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been…
France: Macron’s controversial pension reform law comes into effect
In France, President Emmanuel Macron’s new pension law has come into effect. It raises the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64. People will have to work at least 43 years to be eligible for a full pension. The change comes after months of protests and nationwide strikes in what has proved a major political test for the president. Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler reports from…
Class begins in darkness for Indonesian students in controversial early hour school experiment
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Twelfth-graders at 10 high schools in the far-eastern Indonesian city of Kupang now need to start classes at 5.30am every day. Authorities said the pilot project, announced in February 2023, is intended to strengthen students’ discipline by getting the day off to an earlier start. But parents have complained, saying that their sleep-deprived children are being…
President Biden approves controversial Alaska oil drilling plan – BBC News
The Biden administration has given the go-ahead for a controversial oil-drilling scheme in Alaska, inside the Arctic Circle. Environmentalists say it will be a disaster, resulting in the release of vast quantities of carbon and contributing to global warming. Some indigenous groups say it will further damage their traditional culture and local wildlife. Other people are welcoming the plan which will create new jobs. Clive…
Politicians in Georgia withdraw from controversial 'foreign agent' bill
The Georgian Dream Ruling party decided to drop the controversial bill to regulate what it calls foreign agents after thousands of people have protested two nights in the capital Tablisi against a law they say a conscience critics of the government. The bill forces organizations that receive at least 20 percent of their funding from abroad to register as “agents of foreign influence.” And rejecting…