Source: AAP / Qudratullah Razwan/EPA Women in Afghanistan have been banned from showing their bare faces and speaking or singing in public in a move that has been sharply criticised by the head of ...

A federal judge blocked Ohio's ban on foreign nationals and green card holders contributing to ballot campaigns. U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson ruled Saturday that the Ohio law ...

Brazil’s highest court banned X, outlawing the social-media platform for millions of people as tensions continue to escalate between Elon Musk and South America’s largest country over what ...

To combat disinformation, Brazil gave one judge broad power to police the internet. Now, after he blocked X, some are wondering whether that was a good idea. By Jack Nicas and Kate Conger Jack ...

At beaches and playgrounds, smoking is banned altogether. Mr Berman has been smoking since he was 15 and has lived through all of Australia’s reforms. “Back then you could smoke on trains ...

Moraes warned X earlier this week that Brazil would ban the service if the company did not name a legal representative in the country. “Soon, we expect Judge Alexandre de Moraes will order X to ...

Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in ...

A group of major book publishers sued the state of Florida over what they call an “unconstitutional” book ban law that allows challenges to books in school libraries. Six publishers ...

The plastic retail bag could be history in California, with the legislature voting to pass a new plastic ban that will allow only paper bags at checkout. The plastics industry, which fought the ...

Brazil just gave Elon Musk's X the boot. On Friday, Brazil's top court ordered that Musk's social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, be banned in the country. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk's X is ...

Brazil's top court just banned Elon Musk's social media platform X from the country. Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images Brazil just gave Elon Musk's X the boot. On Friday, Brazil's top ...

The Indian government's probe, led by the Cybercrime Coordination Centre, may determine whether Telegram faces a ban in the country. The outcome could impact millions of Indian users who depend on ...