The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Tuesday issued an extensive report detailing human rights violations in Venezuela following the presidential election conducted on July 28, 2024. The report, titled “Venezuela: Serious Human Rights Violations Following the Elections,” outlines a systematic strategy employed by the Venezuelan government to suppress opposition and manipulate electoral processes. [...]
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US Steel and Nippon Steel filed lawsuits on Monday challenging US President Joe Biden’s decision to block the companies’ proposed $14.9 billion merger deal, alleging the administration cited baseless national security concerns. The two steelmakers contended that the deal would have bolstered domestic manufacturing capacity while adhering to all legal and regulatory requirements. The two [...]
A New York judge on Monday denied president-elect Donald Trump’s request to postpone his sentencing hearing for his hush-money conviction. Trump’s sentencing remains scheduled for January 10. New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan found that Trump’s arguments to delay the sentencing were “for the most part, a repetition of the arguments he has raised [...]
A motion of censure was presented against the Peruvian congress’s president Eduardo Salhuana on Monday after the Political group Bancada Honor y Democracia accused him of failing to act over alleged prostitution rings in parliament by leaving Peru during the case. In a press conference, Jose Cueto, congressman from Bancada Honor y Democracia, stated that [...]
The Pakistan accountability court postponed on Monday the verdict on the Al-Qadir Trust case against Pakistani politician and former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife until January 13. It is the third time that the court has deferred the verdict, which was scheduled to be announced on December 23, 2024, and then on January [...]
The monitoring group Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) reported Monday that at least 31 women were executed in the country in 2024, which marks the highest annual toll since the group began tracking executions in the Islamic Republic 17 years ago. The report found that between 2010 and 2024, at least 241 women were executed in Iran. [...]
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy appeared in court on Monday over allegations of receiving illegal funding from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 presidential campaign. New evidence, including testimony from former Libyan officials, was presented in the hearing, local media outlet L’Union reported. The witnesses allege that Gaddafi personally approved the payments to [...]
US President Joe Biden issued two memoranda on Monday to prohibit new offshore drilling within three ocean and coastal regions, compromising over 625 million acres. One of the memoranda includes the withdrawal of the entire eastern US Atlantic coast and the eastern Gulf of Mexico as well as the Pacific Coast along California, Oregon and [...]
Despite freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall, hundreds of South Koreans gathered overnight on Sunday near the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in Hannam-dong, Seoul, demanding his arrest and imprisonment. The National Assembly impeached Yoon with 204 votes in favor, surpassing the two-thirds majority of 300 lawmakers, 11 days after Yoon declared martial law [...]
The European Commission published a press release on Friday outlining its new Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive, which entered into application at the end of December 2024. The new directive aims to produce effective national measures that promote gender equality among companies’ administrative and oversight boards. Micro, small and medium sized enterprises will not [...]