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Critics say the proposed law is undemocratic, potentially granting a winning coalition outsized power in parliament.
Italy is considering a proposed law that would award bonus parliamentary seats to election winners. Supporters say it would bring political stability, while critics argue it is undemocratic and would grant a winning coalition disproportionate power.
NYTimes – World Critics say the proposed law is undemocratic, potentially granting a winning coalition outsized power in parliament.
Critics say the proposed law is undemocratic, potentially granting a winning coalition outsized power in parliament.
NYTimes – World Supporters of the legislation say it will bring stability to a country with a long history of short-lived governments, but critics see the measure as a threat to democracy.
NYTimes – US Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike is recovering after a botched execution in which she survived two lethal injections, her lawyers say. She is now conscious, speaking and walking in hospital, though she had earlier been reported to have pneumonia and limited arm movement. A judge has ordered evidence from the failed execution preserved, and her legal future remains unclear.
NYTimes – World Signs were removed from the British consulate in East Jerusalem as an Israeli deadline to close the facility loomed, but UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband said the building will remain open as an independent UK mission serving Palestinians. Israel had ordered the closure in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai have been awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in chemistry for their discoveries about how chemical reactions can produce an overwhelming excess of one mirror-image form of a molecule. Their work on asymmetric organic synthesis has aided understanding of how medicines work and helped pharmaceutical development.
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