Australia Tuesday concluded a deal with the US and UK that will extend nuclear powered submarines to the Australian Navy. The deal is a key part of the AUKUS security agreement between the three countries. However, concerns over the disposal of nuclear waste generated by the submarines and possible violations of Australia’s commitments to anti-nuclear [...]

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. The Kenyan shilling fell to an all time low of 129.24 shillings per dollar on Monday, signaling an increase in the cost of living amid market dollar scarcity. Dollars are becoming more and more difficult to acquire as the days progress, since even most banks do [...]

In an audit released Thursday, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli reported that the state housing project Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) must make greater efforts to aid low-income residents in finding affordable housing. According to the audit, HCR did not make full use of the $9.5 billion in financing it received during the five-year [...]

The UK Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that a full public trial must be held to evaluate Ukraine’s “arguable and justiciable defence of duress” in relation to a $3 billion debt the nation owes to Russia. In 2013, Ukraine issued Eurobonds to Russia worth $3 billion, effectively a loan by Russia to Ukraine repayable in December [...]

US senators Wednesday drafted a bipartisan resolution that could lead to a major reassessment of US security assistance to Saudi Arabia. The resolution was penned by US Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Mike Lee (R-UT), who also drafted a summary of the resolution for public release. The resolution would require the Secretary of State to [...]

Six environmental and Indigenous organizations joined in bringing a lawsuit Tuesday against the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the US Department of the Interior over the decision to approve ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil and gas project. The coalition includes Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic, Alaska Wilderness League, Environment [...]

The US Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit Tuesday ruled against Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphia) in a challenge to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Hearing Board’s jurisdiction to hear challenges to Adelphia’s planned natural gas compressor project. Circuit Judge Thomas Ambro authored the opinion of the court. The court ruled that Adelphia’s [...]

An Australian nursing union Wednesday filed a prosecution case against the New South Wales government for breaching patient care and staffing standards. In a statement, the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) claimed that data from a government public interest request uncovered “systematic and ongoing non-compliance statewide,” including severe understaffing of nurses per shift and [...]

US President Joe Biden Wednesday signed an executive order on “Reducing Gun Violence and Making our Communities Safer.” The executive order requires several federal department heads to submit a report describing what their agencies have done to implement the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which Biden signed into law last year. The reports by Attorney General [...]

A former Georgia sheriff was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison for violating the civil rights of people detained in the Clayton County Jail. Victor Hill, who was employed with the Clayton County Sheriff, was convicted of multiple civil rights violations in October 2022 over unjustifiably strapping jail detainees in restraint chairs. Hill [...]