Sex offenders to be denied refugee status under plans to improve women’s safety | Politics News

Sex offenders to be denied refugee status under plans to improve women’s safety | Politics News

Migrants convicted of sex offences in the UK or overseas will be unable to claim asylum under government plans to change the law to improve border security. The Home Office announcement means foreign nationals who are added to the sex offenders register will forfeit their rights to protection under the Refugee Convention. Politics latest: Tory-Reform…

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End the ‘absolute scandal’ of new homes built without solar panels, government urged | Science, Climate & Tech News

End the ‘absolute scandal’ of new homes built without solar panels, government urged | Science, Climate & Tech News

The government is being urged to end the “absolute scandal” of new homes being built without solar panels. Doing so would cut both household bills and greenhouse gases that cause climate change, the Local Government Association (LGA) said in a new report. Just four in 10 new homes in England come with solar power, according…

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House passes “Take it Down Act,” sending revenge porn bill backed by Melania Trump to president’s desk

House passes “Take it Down Act,” sending revenge porn bill backed by Melania Trump to president’s desk

Washington β€” The House passed a bipartisan bill Monday that makes it a federal crime to post real and fake sexually explicit imagery online of a person without their consent, sending the legislation that was backed by first lady Melania Trump to the president’s desk.Β  The bill, known as the “Take It Down Act,” cleared…

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‘Furlough’s Paradise’ imagines utopia for two Black cousins

‘Furlough’s Paradise’ imagines utopia for two Black cousins

Playwright a.k. payne, who studied under Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Tarell Alvin McCraney at Yale, chooses not to capitalize their name. They (note the choice of pronoun) don’t wish to have their identity determined by suspect structures. This biographical information is pertinent to payne’s β€œFurlough’s Paradise,” which won the 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and…

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