Transparency International and the UNCAC Coalition on Thursday urged the Mongolian parliament to veto a new bill that contains provisions granting amnesty to individuals being investigated for corruption. They argue that...
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The High Court of Australia ruled Wednesday that the genetic material, BRCA1 , is not a "patentable invention" under §18(1)(a) of the Patents Act 1990 . Holding that allowing the gene...
Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of Mumtaz Qadri, a former police guard respected within Pakistan for killing politician Salmaan Taseer over his support for a woman convicted of blasphemy. Taseer was...
Burkina Faso general Gilbert Diendere was charged Tuesday for his role in last month's coup attempt and will face a military tribunal. Diendere has been charged with 11 crimes including murder, collusion with foreign forces and threatening...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three Kansas death penalty cases Wednesday. In two cases titled Kansas v. Carr , the court must determine whether the Eighth Amendment right to an...
California Governor Jerry Brown signed the Fair Pay Act into law on Tuesday, aimed at closing the wage gap between male and female employees. The bill will prohibit an employer from...
The discrepancies between the US and Afghan accounts of the US-led bombing that struck a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, last week call for an independent investigation by a never-before-used international body, said Joanne Liu, president of Doctors Without Borders...
The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that the UK's practice of administering a residence test to migrants for benefit payments is legal. The court, as it normally does, followed the opinion written by the advocate general at...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on two cases. In Ocasio v. US the court heard arguments on whether a conspiracy to commit extortion requires that the conspirators...
Former UN General Assembly president John Ashe was charged Tuesday for allegedly taking part in a scheme to receive $1.3 million in bribes to conduct official actions supporting Chinese business interests. Ashe also previously served as UN...
