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Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigns

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar is resigning, he announces at a press conference. Varadkar also leaves the role of party leader of the Fine Gael party.

Varadkar has led the party since 2017 and served as Prime Minister of Ireland twice. The Guardian describes the announcement as "surprising".

- Part of leadership is knowing when it's time to pass the baton to someone else, and then having the courage to do it, says Varadkar.

The reasons for the decision are both "personal and political, but mainly political", continues a noticeably touched Varadkar.

- Politicians are people. We have our limits. We give it our all until we can't take it anymore and then we have to move on.

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Vietnam's president resigns after just one year in office

Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong resigns, state-run VN Express reports.

According to the country's Communist Party, Thuong is said to have committed "violations and failures" which affected Vietnam's reputation in a negative way.

Thuong took office as president as recently as a year ago after his representative resigned in connection with a corruption scandal, writes TT.

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Norwegian politician suspended after posts about Islam

The Norwegian Member of Parliament and ex-minister Per-Willy Amundsen is stripped of all assignments in the Progress Party until January 31 next year, writes NRK.

Amundsen has been criticized for several posts on Facebook where he wrote disparagingly about women and Islam. Among other things, he wrote that "Islam has a whole bunch of psychopaths and the dead" and that "radical women don't know what's up and down on a penis."

Amundsen has explained the whole thing by saying that he drank too much, writes TT.
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Court halts criticized border law in Texas

Just hours after the Supreme Court gave a temporary green light to the controversial immigration law in Texas, it was stopped by a federal appeals court, several media outlets write.

The law, known as Senate Bill 4 or SB4, would allow Texas police to arrest, charge, sentence and deport people suspected of illegally crossing the border into the United States.

Currently, it is the job of federal agencies to enforce US immigration laws and therefore SB4 is in direct conflict with the regulations.

The law has received criticism from human rights groups who believe that it can lead to violations of human rights and racism.