Health Canada Friday proposed a regulation mandating warning labels on individual cigarettes and cigars. The proposed regulations would place “health-related messages that are memorable, noticeable and impactful” on each cigarette, covering at least 75 percent of the surface area. If enacted, Canada will be the first country to have such regulations. According to Health Canada, [...]
Vietnamese authorities have arrested senior officials for bribery, including Chu Ngoc Anh, former Minister of Science and Technology, Nguyen Thanh Long, Minister of Health, and Pham Cong Tac, former Deputy Minister of Science and Technology. The case against the officials stems from the inflation of COVID-19 test kit prices by the Viet-A Technology Corporation. Phan [...]
A UK government-commissioned review recommended Thursday that the legal age of sale for cigarettes in the UK should rise each year to phase out tobacco use. The report sets out 15 recommendations to help the government meet its target of being “smokefree by 2030.” The smokefree target is defined by the UK government as 5% [...]
The UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Democracy and the Constitution (APPGDC) released a report Wednesday, condemning UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson for “attacks” on judges and the judiciary as a whole. The APPGDC reviewed UK Supreme Court decisions, heard testimony from lawyers and judges, and reviewed public statements from Johnson and other member of his [...]
UK human rights groups Wednesday filed for an injunction with the High Court in London to prevent the removal of asylum seekers under the new UK-Rwanda migration partnership. Without the injunction UK asylum seekers face removal to Rwanda, with the first removal flights scheduled to begin next week. Four asylum seekers and the groups Care4Calais, [...]
The Court of the European Union (EU General Court) Wednesday released its judgement in Apple v EUIPO – Swatch, a court case that involved Swatch’s “Tick Different” slogan. The court said that Apple had no standing to appeal the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (EUIPO) initial finding in favor of Swatch which said that Swatch [...]
Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault Tuesday released a recommendations report which proposed recommendations to further regulate electoral communications and broaden access to mail-in ballots. The Canada Elections Act allows the Chief Electoral Officer to “propose amendments to the Act designed to improve the administration of federal elections.” The report seeks to make it easier [...]
The UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, Tuesday released its first official report and criticized the “continued occupation by Israel of Palestinian territory and discrimination against Palestinians.” The commission believes that Israel has “no intention of ending the occupation” and that violence will not stop even if the [...]
The Vatican state news agency unveiled the new Vatican Investment Committee Tuesday as one of the longest ethics trials in Vatican history drags on. The Investment Committee is formed under Article 227 of the new Apostolic Constitution, Praedicate Evangelium, which the Vatican has touted as “help the Pope in his service to the universal Church.” The new [...]
The Guardian Monday reported that the UK Home Office will offer asylum seekers two options: a return flight to the conflict zone the refugee escaped from or removal to Rwanda. In a document issued to a group of UK asylum seekers and obtained by the Guardian, the Home Office said refugees have the option to leave [...]
