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The Supreme Court of Florida has approved that voters in the state will be able to decide whether the laws on abortion and marijuana should be changed.

Monday 1 April at 22:26

There is talk of whether the right to abortion should be protected, and whether marijuana should be legalized for recreational use.

The decision is a defeat for Florida’s Republican justice officials, who oppose the abortion issue being on the ballot in the November election.

The proposal would prohibit laws that prohibit, penalize, delay or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health.

The Supreme Court decided on Monday that the voters will be allowed to decide on a change in the law that will protect the right to abortion in Florida. The decision could give the Democrats a tailwind in the election campaign by mobilizing pro-abortion voters in the state, writes the AP news agency.

In November, voters will also be able to decide whether companies that grow and sell marijuana for medical purposes can sell it to adults over 21, regardless of purpose. The proposal would also make it legal to possess marijuana for personal use.

This can also mobilize more Democrats on election day, according to AP.

2024-04-01 20:15:42
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The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will make birth control free for Canadian women. Photo: Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press / AP / NTB

As part of a health reform in Canada, the government will cover all costs of contraception for women, the government states. Now they have to get the provinces on the team.

Sunday 31 March at 04:34

The government says it will pay for the most common forms of contraception, including the IUD, the pill, the contraceptive stick and the contraceptive pill, for nine million women of childbearing age, says Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.

– Women should be free to choose the contraception they need without the costs standing in the way. So we make contraception free, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau X/Twitter.

The free birth control proposal is part of a reform announced in February that will also cover the cost of diabetes medication for about 3.9 million Canadians. It is not known when the new system will be introduced or how much it will cost.

The provinces are responsible for the public health system in Canada, and the government has yet to convince them. Quebec and Alberta have already said they will not join the new scheme.

2024-03-31 02:34:21
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Foto: New York Department of Environmental Conservation, AP

According to the authorities, the owner let children swim in the pool with 340-kilogram Albert.

Saturday 16 March at 02:19

The Ministry of Environmental Protection in the US state of New York has seized Albert the alligator this week.

It happened in a home in the city of Hamburg south of the big city of Buffalo on Wednesday 13 March.

– We heard that the owner of the house had had an extension made to the house and installed a built-in swimming pool to house the around 30-year-old alligator, writes the Ministry of the Environment on their websites.

Albert weighs around 340 kilos.

– Without permission, he allegedly let people go into the water to pet the alligator, which was not secured, they add.

Foto: New York Department of Environmental Conservation, AP

According to news agency AP should the owner also have allowed children to pet the alligator.

The owner: – He is like family

Owner Tony Cavallaro has spoken to locals 7 News Buffalo. He says that he has had the alligator, whose name is Albert, since 1990. Then he was just a baby.

He confirms that children have posed for pictures in the pool with the alligator in the background, but says that it has not happened often.

– I’m Albert’s dad, and that’s all. He is like family to everyone, he says.

Neighbors also react to the matter.

– He didn’t have alligator gatherings or parties. He’s just a really nice guy who loves that alligator and treats it well, Laura Lautner says of Tony Cavallaro.

She lives right next to the alligator house in Hamburg, and describes Albert as calm and kind.

– He swims in the pool, lies on the platform by the pool, eats chicken and doesn’t bother anyone.

– Has health problems

Cavallaro previously had permission to own the alligator, but this expired in 2021 and has not been renewed.

The authorities have handed Albert over to experts who will look after him until they find a new, permanent place to live.

– The alligator has several health problems. It is blind in both eyes and has problems with the spinal cord, the authorities write.

Owner Tony tells 7 News he is giving the alligator eye medicine. He does not agree that Albert has problems with his back.

Alligators are the largest reptiles in the United States. They can attack people, and deaths occasionally occur, writes Store Norske Leksikon.

2024-03-16 01:19:50
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– Historic, according to both Stoltenberg and the Swedish Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson.

Crown Princess Victoria represents official Sweden together with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, at the flag ceremony.

It is Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who, on behalf of NATO, welcomes the Swedes and formally declares Sweden a member of the defense alliance.

– Sweden takes its deserved place among 32 allies, said Stoltenberg on Monday morning.

On Thursday afternoon, all formalities were in place.

On Monday, Kristersson took all party leaders from the Swedish Riksdag to Brussels and to the flag-raising ceremony, which took place while a military orchestra played the national anthem “Du Gamla, Du Fria, og Nato’s anthem.

At the same time, the Swedish flag is raised outside all other NATO bases in the entire alliance.

OFFICIAL: Sweden is welcomed by Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters. Photo: Yves Herman / Reuters / NTB

NATO’s Norwegian chief, Jens Stoltenberg, welcomed Sweden as member country number 32 in the alliance:

– This is a historic day. We will raise the flag to welcome Sweden as the 32nd member country of NATO. Sweden has long been a partner, now you are an ally, said Stoltenberg.

Now the principle “one for all, all for one” also applies to the Swedes, emphasized the NATO chief.

Kristersson: – Proud member

Sweden has large military capacities which it contributes to NATO. Sweden also spends more than two percent of its GDP on defence, the NATO chief elaborated.

– Putin wanted a smaller NATO. Now he gets a bigger one. He made a big mistake. We must show Putin that he cannot get his way on the battlefield, but must sit down at the negotiating table, Stoltenberg said.

Sweden’s Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, is delighted:

– Sweden is now part of NATO, a proud member together with our closest friends and partners.

Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT / TT Nyhetsbyrån / NTB

He thanked Stoltenberg for his support, and said that Sweden would not have been a member if it had not been for the Norwegian Secretary-General.

– We are humble, but we are also proud. We have high expectations of ourselves in NATO. Unity and solidarity will be Sweden’s motto in NATO. We get security, but we also want to give security to the alliance, Kristersson said.

The Swedish Prime Minister said they have been preparing for this for a long time.

– Our country has long been a champion of freedom and democracy. When our flag is raised here, we are part of a larger alliance that defends these rights.

No threat to NATO countries

Stoltenberg said that this is also a big day for him as a Norwegian.

– When I started in NATO in 2014, I knew that someone would apply for membership in NATO, but I did not expect that Sweden and Finland would join during my time as Secretary General. When they decided to apply, with great support in their population. they also received broad support in NATO.

Photo: Yves Herman / Reuters / NTB

– We see no immediate military threat to any NATO member state now.

At the same time, the Norwegian Secretary-General says that this is not only a big day for Sweden, but also for the Nordic region:

– It is the first time since the Kalmar Union in the 15th century that we are in alliance with each other, he said in Norwegian – after answering the press in English.

Does not allow nuclear weapons

Kristersson confirmed that there are no plans for foreign NATO troops on Swedish soil, nor the deployment of nuclear weapons in Sweden. This is a Swedish decision, he says.

Norway has taken the same reservation in the past.

According to Stoltenberg, it is entirely up to each individual member state to decide whether they want to accept permanent military forces from other NATO countries, and confirms that there are no such plans for Sweden.

Photo: OLIVIER MATTHYS / EPA / NTB

– This is a day of joy, said Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (Ap) to VG on Thursday afternoon.

He followed up:

– That means an enormous amount. The relationship with Sweden is of course good, but it is clear that when they become an ally, it removes all the last obstacles to the Nordics also being able to have full-scale defense cooperation.

As of Thursday last week, Sweden was covered by NATO’s defense guarantee, stating that an attack on Sweden is considered an attack on the entire alliance.

Hungary was the last country to withdraw from the Swedish application for membership.

On Thursday, US President Joe Biden confirmed that Sweden became a member on 7 March.

– Sweden is a strong democracy with a highly capable military that shares our values ​​and visions for the world, the White House wrote in a press release.

2024-03-11 10:30:14
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