A French court on Monday convicted ten individuals of cyberbullying charges related to spreading false claims about First Lady Brigitte Macron’s gender identity and personal life. The defendants, eight men and two women, aged 41 to 65, received sentences ranging from cyberbullying awareness training to eight months of suspended imprisonment. One defendant received six months [...]
Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan submitted a letter of resignation to Governor Tony Evers on Saturday following her conviction of obstructing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. In her letter, Dugan stated: As you know, I am the subject of unprecedented federal legal proceedings, which are far from concluded but which present immense and complex challenges [...]
Japan on Sunday condemned North Korea’s launch of multiple ballistic missiles in a press conference, stating that the tests constitute clear violations of United Nations Security Council resolutions and pose a serious threat to public safety and regional security. According to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea launched several ballistic missiles from an [...]
US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that the US would “run” Venezuela, following a Pentagon raid on the country that led to the capture and transfer to the US of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, First Lady Cilia Flores. Trump made the remarks during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. [...]
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation launched a class-wide discrimination challenge on Thursday to a new Office of Personnel Management (OPM) policy that eliminates health-insurance coverage for most gender-affirming medical care in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) and Postal Service Health Benefits (PSHB) programs, alleging that the change violates Title VII’s ban on sex discrimination [...]
An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Friday sentenced seven people for incitement of violence and spread of hatred against state institutions during the May 2023 riots. Those convicted include YouTuber Adil Raja, journalists Wajahat Saeed Khan, Sabir Shakir and Shaheen Sehbai, anchorperson Haider Raza Mehdi, analyst Moeed Pirzada, and former army official Akbar Hussain. All [...]
A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ruled that California’s restrictions on openly carrying firearms in the state’s more populous counties violate the Second Amendment. In Baird v. Bonta, a 2–1 panel affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s summary judgment for California Attorney General [...]
Danish renewable energy giant Orsted said on Thursday that it has launched legal action against US President Donald Trump’s administration over the suspension of its $5 billion Revolution Wind Project off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut. The project was 87 percent complete at the time of suspension, and Orsted expected it to start [...]
US President Donald Trump’s administration claimed that it had conducted a “large-scale strike” in Venezuela early Saturday morning, culminating in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores. They were reportedly being transported to face criminal charges in the US. Witnesses reported at least seven explosions in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, around 4:30 [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday urged the Israeli government to abandon proposed legislation that would mandate death sentences exclusively for Palestinians in specific cases, for crimes committed either in Israel or the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Türk stated that the proposed legislation is “inconsistent with Israel’s obligations under the International Covenant [...]
.jpg){kind=link}