The World Health Assembly, which governs the World Health Organization (WHO), Thursday passed a resolution on the “ealth emergency in Ukraine and refugee receiving and hosting countries, stemming from the Russian Federation’s aggression.” This resolution passed with a vote of 88 in favor, 12 against and 53 abstentions. According to the WHO Constitution, health is “a [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Thursday announced after a “careful re-review of evidence” that it would stand by its prior decision not to file federal criminal charges against two former FBI special agents accused of providing inaccurate or incomplete information during the sex abuse investigation of former USA Gymnastics team doctor Lawrence (Larry) Nassar. In July [...]
The US Supreme Court in a one-sentence order Thursday denied an application by Louisiana and other Republican-led states to prevent President Joe Biden’s administration from continuing to take account of the “social costs” of increasing greenhouse gas emissions when federal agencies draft new regulations. The social costs, according to a January 2021 executive order that the 10 states sought to block, are [...]
The UK Government Friday released a policy paper explaining revisions to the Ministerial Code, a set of guidelines for the conduct of its ministers. The changes relax the consequences for minor violations of the code and expand the role of the independent advisor, an executive appointee responsible for advising the prime minister on code violations. [...]
The Supreme Court of Canada Friday unanimously ruled that a life sentence without any chance of parole is unconstitutional under Section 12 of the nation’s charter. In Canada, anyone serving a life sentence for first-degree murder is automatically ineligible for parole for 25 years. Criminal Code Section 745.51, passed in 2011, allowed justices to give consecutive [...]
A group of 33 legal and genocide experts Friday released a report accusing Russia of incitement to genocide in Ukraine and calling on the international community to prevent a genocide from occurring. The report, released by the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights, used open-source evidence [...]
Australia’s new interim Home Affairs minister Friday announced that a Sri Lankan family detained by immigration authorities since 2018 will be granted new visas and be permitted to return to their home in the Australian town of Biloela. The Murugappan family was detained by the Australian Border Force after their asylum application was rejected and [...]
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has said that his government would ask parliament to consider abolishing the death penalty. In a speech delivered on the eve of Africa Freedom Day Wednesday, Hichilema said, “We will work with parliament to run this process as we transition away from the death penalty and focus on the preservation, and [...]
A Twitter shareholder Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk and Twitter, Inc. and alleged that Musk’s statements, tweets and conduct surrounding his possible purchase of the tech giant negatively affected Twitter’s stock. Since Musk announced his intention to purchase Twitter, the company has lost $8 billion in value. Shareholder William Heresniak filed the proposed [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Thursday held in In re: Apple, Inc. that US District Judge Alan Albright abused his discretion by refusing to transfer a patent infringement lawsuit. In May 2021, BillJCo filed a patent infringement action against Apple for its use of Bluetooth technology. Apple moved to transfer the action from [...]
