Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday that eliminates licensing requirements for Florida residents to carry a concealed firearm in most public places. According to the law, citizens of the state who are legally entitled to own guns will be able to carry them without a special permit, and carrying concealed weapons in public [...]

The UN’s Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Wednesday appealed to the UN to support “one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.” Adam Abdelmoula urged Member States in Geneva to avoid the “real risk of complacency” and provide funding as a durable solution to support the country. Nearly half of the population, 8.25 [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Wednesday vacated a preliminary injunction blocking Executive Order 13990. The order re-established an interagency working group to calculate the “social costs of greenhouse gases” for consideration by federal agencies during policymaking. The plaintiffs are a group of Republican-led states, including Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, [...]

An advisory body to the UK Parliament Wednesday warned of the risk of “hostile foreign actors” gaining “improper access and influence” to Members of Parliament. The Commons Standard Committee’s latest report warned that if All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are left unchecked, it could represent “the next great parliamentary scandal.” APPGs are vital to the function [...]

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said the US government is working to determine whether Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is being wrongfully detained for espionage in Russia. During a press briefing in Brussels, Vivian Salama of the Wall Street Journal asked Blinken whether he plans to approve the “wrongfully detained” designation for [...]

Israeli Police Wednesday raided the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and arrested 350 people inside. Police said in a statement that they forced entry into the compound in a bid to counter “masked agitators.” However, worshippers inside the mosque claimed that they were violently attacked and that police prevented medics from reaching Al-Aqsa amidst the clash. [...]

The Australian federal government Tuesday banned TikTok on government devices following advice from national intelligence agencies. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced that the viral media platform will be prohibited on devices issued by Commonwealth departments and agencies. “After receiving advice from intelligence and security agencies, today I authorised the Secretary of the Attorney-General’s Department to issue [...]

Former US President Donald Trump Tuesday pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of “falsifying business records in the first degree” in a Manhattan, New York courtroom. The 34 counts originate with a grand jury indictment from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. The indictment alleges that from August 2015 to December 2017,  Trump and his allies [...]

The Kansas Senate Tuesday passed a bill containing several anti-transgender measures, including a definition of an individual’s “biological sex.” The 28-12 vote is one vote more than necessary for an override of the expected veto by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly. The bill defines a person’s “biological sex” as “such individual’s biological sex, either male or [...]

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) Tuesday issued TikTok a £12.7 million fine for its breach of UK General Data Protection Regulation, including TikTok’s illegal use of children’s personal data. UK data protection law mandates companies obtain consent from parents or guardians of children under the age of 13 in order to use personal data when offering information [...]