Template:In the news
- A court in Saudi Arabia sentences five people to death for the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi (pictured).
- In the Netherlands, the supreme court upholds a ruling that the government must meet established emissions reduction milestones, creating the first legal precedent on the impact of climate change on human rights.
- United States president Donald Trump is impeached by the House of Representatives on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
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