The new UK government announced Tuesday its plan to invalidate the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023, which the previous parliament passed to sustain a minimum level of work in critical public sectors during strikes. Instead, it will pass new legislation called the Employment Rights Bill within 100 days of the new government’s formation. The [...]

The UN on Monday announced that nine staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) may have been involved in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and have consequently been dismissed. The firings come after an investigation by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) examined [...]

The European Union on Monday condemned Kosovo authorities’ closure of nine Post of Serbia branches, saying that the closures violate the agreements made under the EU-facilitated Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. In its statement, the EU said that any actions taken independently by Kosovo, without consulting or coordinating with Serbia, will not solve problems in [...]

In this article Elliott Michaud, a law graduate of the Universite Cote d’Azur in France, examines the pervasive impact of artificial intelligence (AI) over the past 18 months, highlighting advancements and concerns associated with its rapid integration into various sectors such as healthcare, law, media, and transportation, and the European Union’s proactive approach to AI [...]

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and Governor Jeff Landry announced their intention to request the dismissal of the lawsuit challenging the southern US state’s new legal requirement to display the Ten Commandments in public schools in a press conference on Monday. Louisiana became the first US state to require public school classrooms to display the [...]

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro denounced the EU’s call for election verification as a disgrace on Monday after the controversial elections in July. In the press conference, Maduro stated that the EU and its high representative Josep Borrell who he referred to as a disgrace, led Ukraine into a war and remained silent about the massacre in [...]

Israel’s parliament, the Knesset Plenum, passed the European Union (EU) import reform in a second and third reading on Monday. In the vote, 22 members of the Knesset voted to approve the bills without opposing votes or abstentions. The bill, which sailed through the Ministerial Committee on Fighting the Cost of Living, aims to remove [...]

US District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta held that Google LLC violated section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by maintaining an illegal monopoly over internet search and search advertising markets on Monday. The ruling marks a significant victory for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and State Attorneys General who have been challenging Google’s [...]

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the New Zealand Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on Monday to support Māori iwi, Ngāpuhi, to oppose the repeal of section 7AA of the Children’s and Young People’s Well-being Act. Ngāpuhi members traveled from the Northland region of New Zealand to the capital city to protest the repeal and present [...]

Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) Police Commissioner Michael Murphy resigned from the NT Police Association (NTPA) on Monday, after the NTPA criticised the apology he made to First Nations people at the Garma Festival on Saturday. On the second day of the Garma Festival, Australia’s largest Indigenous gathering which celebrates Yolngu life and culture, Murphy apologised [...]