At a press conference on Thursday, Assistant Attorney General for National Fraud Enforcement Colin McDonald announced that federal charges were being brought against 15 defendants accused of participating in fraudulent schemes in Minnesota. These individuals allegedly stole funds from Medicaid and other social service programs accumulating over $90 million in losses. McDonald stated that at [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday condemned the forced repatriations of refugees and asylum-seekers to Afghanistan by countries in the name of concerns over national security or economic strains, deeming it a clear violation of international human rights law. In emphasizing the urgency of the humanitarian crisis affecting this marginalized group, [...]
A policy shift announced Friday by US Citizenship and Immigration Services stands to alter the most common pathway to lawful permanent residence in the United States, requiring most foreign nationals already in the country to leave and apply for a green card through a US consulate abroad. Former USCIS officials estimate that roughly one million [...]
Federal Judge Waverly Crenshaw in Nashville on Friday dismissed criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ruling that the charges were punitive for challenging his deportation last year. Kilmar Abrego Garcia is the man who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March 2025, despite an October 2019 “withholding of removal” issued by the Board of [...]
Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has settled its first national case with a school district over harm to children’s mental health. The terms of the settlement with Breathitt County School District in eastern Kentucky are confidential. However, the district initially sought over $60 million to cover the costs of treating the injuries caused [...]
A UN expert on Friday praised a ruling by Colombia’s Supreme Court upholding a 20-year prison sentence for a man found guilty of offering money to young children in exchange for sexual acts. The ruling officially recognises commercial sexual exploitation as part of the country’s wider system of violence against minors. In commenting on the [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO), a United Nations body, and the African Medicines Agency (AMA), an African Union body, signed a Framework Agreement for Collaboration on Friday, aiming to strengthen regulatory systems and improve access to safe, efficient and quality-assured health products across the African continent. The Framework Agreement for Collaboration establishes a partnership between [...]
The labor union at South Korea’s Samsung Electronics held off on launching a planned 18-day strike Wednesday after reaching a last-minute, tentative wage deal with the company management, alleviating immediate concerns about a potential operational shutdown at the world’s leading memory chip maker. The tentative agreement comes roughly six months after the union’s formation in [...]
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice barred the regional municipality of Waterloo from removing encampments on Thursday. The court held that the municipality’s site-specific bylaw is not only discriminatory but also infringes the right to life, liberty and security of the encampment residents. Justice Michael R. Gibson held that the municipality’s bylaw, allowing forced evictions [...]
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) warned Thursday that journalists covering the FIFA World Cup 2026 may face hostility from the authorities. The warning comes with a travel advisory and legal rights guide for journalists. The group recorded recent actions taken by US immigration authorities against journalists for their work. Some examples are the deportations [...]
