New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Monday that New Zealand will extend paid sick leave from five days to 10 days. Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood is to bring the bill to extend paid sick leave to the parliament in the coming weeks. Wood cited difficulties arising from COVID-19 sick leave policies as [...]

Three Hong Hong democracy activists were sentenced to prison Wednesday for their involvement in 2019 antigovernment protests. Activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 13 months in prison for his specific role in protests at a Hong Kong police station. Wong’s comrade Agnes Chow was sentenced to 10 months in prison while another associate, Ivan Lam, [...]

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated the state legislature election victory of Democrat Jimmie Wilson over a previous federal misdemeanor conviction. The invalidation deemed Republican David Tollett the default victor of the November 3 Arkansas State House District 12 election. The court invalidated Wilson’s victory despite then-president Bill Clinton pardoning Wilson for in 2001. [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled Tuesday that an adoptive, nonbiological child is not a “legitimated” child under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Rejecting the plaintiff’s arguments, the court created a per se rule that nonbiological children cannot be “legitimated” under the INA and rejected the plaintiff’s claim of gender [...]

Three Hong Kong pro-democracy activists pleaded guilty Monday for their involvement in the 2019 anti-government protests. Joshua Wong, Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow pleaded guilty just before Wong and Lam were scheduled to go on trial. Chow, who had pleaded guilty before Wong and Lam, posted on her Facebook page, “If I am sentenced to [...]

The US withdrew from the Treaty on Open Skies Sunday. The withdrawal only made official a May announcement from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over a planned US exit from the treaty. In the May announcement, Pompeo cited Russia’s failure to comply with the treaty as the reason for the planned exit. Pompeo said that [...]

GM executive and former United Auto Workers (UAW) Vice President Joe Ashton was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in prison for accepting illegal kickbacks. In 2019 the US Attorney officially charged Ashton with conspiring to commit honest services wire fraud and conspiring to commit money laundering in connection with the kickbacks taken in pursuit of an [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Tuesday dismissed part of the charges against Fiat Chrysler engineer Emanuele Palma in a criminal case brought for Palma’s role in defrauding federal emission tests during his tenure at Fiat Chrysler. The court found that the dismissed charges of wire fraud [...]

European privacy activist group Noyb filed suit Monday in Germany and Spain alleging that Apple’s tracking tool violates European data collection laws. The suits concern Apple’s Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA) technology. An IDFA is a unique identifier for each iPhone that provides Apple and third-party advertisers with users’ online, application and mobile behavior. Noyb claims [...]

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is subject to more than 82,000 sexual abuse claims in its ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, according to a New York Times report published Monday. Those involved in the cases have expressed dismay over the number of claims, as the number of claims against the BSA surpasses the number of claims [...]