The UK Thursday announced 26 new sanctions on Russian individuals and entities who continue to support Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. The reasons behind the new sanctions, according to UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, are Putin’s renewed military assault in the eastern regions of Ukraine and new intelligence which reveals Russian forces intentionally [...]
President Biden Thursday announced in remarks to reporters that the US was banning Russian-affiliated ships from US ports. The US joins its allies in continuing to increase pressure on Russia over war actions in Ukraine. Biden appeared before reporters Thursday morning to update the nation on US support to Ukraine in the ongoing war between [...]
The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in a 6-3 decision that the Austin city code’s distinction between on-premises signs, which may be digitized, and off-premises signs, which may not, was “facially content neutral” under the First Amendment. In City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising, the city of Austin, Texas enacted a regulation that allowed [...]
The Supreme Court of South Korea Thursday overturned a 2019 military court conviction of two male soldiers sentenced for having consensual sex outside their military facilities. In its landmark ruling, the Supreme Court said that the military court did not consider whether the defendant’s relations were consensual, stating the law should not apply to consensual [...]
In an 8-1 decision, the US Supreme Court Thursday ruled that Congress does not have to provide Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to residents of Puerto Rico. The decision impacts the residents of Puerto Rico and other US territories who are applying for government benefits. In United States v. Vaello-Madero, Jose Luis Vaello-Madero, a US [...]
The Biden administration Thursday released a new program coined “Unite for Ukraine” which offers Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion temporary admission to the US. The humanitarian program builds upon current legal pathways available to Ukrainian refugees, which include immigrant visas and refugee processing. The administration claims it is “continuing to ratchet up the pressure on Putin [...]
The United Kingdom’s Westminster Magistrates’ court Wednesday formally ruled that the power to extradite Julian Assange to the US lies with UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. Patel will decide whether Assange will be extradited to the US for prosecution. Starting in 2012, Assange spent seven years at the Ecuadorean embassy in London to avoid being [...]
The South Carolina Supreme Court Wednesday blocked the state from committing its first firing squad execution. Through the temporary stay, the planned execution of Richard Bernard Moore scheduled for April 29 has been put on hold. Moore was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1999 murder of a convenience store clerk, James Mahoney. The [...]
The Supreme Court of India Thursday ordered a two-week stay on an anti-encroachment drive undertaken by the New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), the local civic body, to remove illegally constructed stalls and buildings in Jahangirpuri area, New Delhi. The court issued this stay order in petitions filed by the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, a leading Muslim organization, [...]
Sri Lankan police Tuesday opened fire at people who were protesting against the new fuel price hike, killing one and injuring 13 others. This was the first incident of shooting by security forces during weeks of demonstrations over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. Sri Lanka is facing the worst financial crisis in its [...]
