“For by Wise Counsel, Thou Shalt Make Thy War.” Proverbs, 24,6 As a matter of logic, an Israel-Iran nuclear exchange is presently out of the question. Though energetically pursuing a military nuclear capability, the Shiite Republic still has a formidable way to go before it can claim any credible status as an operational nuclear power. [...]

A federal appellate court in Texas ruled late Wednesday night that the abortion drug mifepristone is to remain available on a limited basis pending an ongoing legal dispute. The ruling, handed down by Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, permits partial access to the abortion drug, albeit with new restrictions, in particular, limiting its use up [...]

National Public Radio (NPR), an American nonprofit media organization, Wednesday announced its 52 accounts will go silent on Twitter after being labelled “state-affiliated media.” This is the same label Twitter gives to state propaganda platforms in autocratic countries, including Russia and China. NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik said the designation “denigrates credibility and undercuts the [...]

Nonprofit organization and LGBTQ+ advocacy group Equality Florida Wednesday issued a travel warning for LGBTQ+ people thinking of traveling or relocating to Florida. The warning was released following an increase in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Florida, such as HB 1557, which restricts the education and discussion of sexual and gender identity in public schools. The travel [...]

The Biden administration Wednesday unveiled two initiatives aimed at decreasing passenger and heavy duty vehicle emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule making details two initiatives to target greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, applying to model years 2027 to 2032. Those affected by the rule include vehicle manufacturers and vehicle importers. The White House [...]

Former US President Donald Trump Wednesday sued his former attorney Michael Cohen for $500 million. Trump’s complaint alleged that he suffered “vast reputational harm” due to Cohen’s “multiple breaches of fiduciary duty.” Trump also alleged that Cohen made “innumerable positive statements” about Trump, followed by disparaging statements in Cohen’s book Disloyal. One passage from Cohen’s [...]

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum Tuesday passed two bills, HB 1249 and HB 1489, prohibiting transgender girls from playing on female-designated intercollegiate or intramural teams. The bills mandate that sports teams must designate teams as female, male or coed and require that teams designated for females may not be open to students assigned male at [...]

Malaysia’s Parliament Tuesday passed two bills reforming death penalty sentencing and abolishing the mandatory death penalty for certain offenses. Human rights groups welcomed the move as a step towards abolishing capital punishment entirely. The Abolition of Mandatory Death Penalty Bill 2023 and the Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life Bill 2023 [...]

Twelve environmental groups Tuesday joined to sue the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and EPA Administrator Michael Regan over pollution guidelines set forth earlier this year. The groups alleged that the EPA’s Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 (Plan 15), issued in January 2023, failed to tighten limits on the release of toxins in wastewater from industrial [...]

Last week, the national union representing waste and sanitation workers in France gave notice of an encore round of strikes set to start the day before the next step of the unpopular retirement reform’s legislative process: this Friday, April 14, the Conseil constitutionnel is expected to either validate or suppress all or some of the bill that had [...]