U.N. Envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban leaders
United Nations envoy Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister, said Tuesday that the International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders for denying Afghan women and girls education and employment. Brown held his news conference to mark two years from the day the Taliban took over Afghanistan following the U.S. military’s withdrawal after twenty years of […]
Biden says he’ll visit wildfire-ravaged Hawaii
President Biden said Tuesday that he plans to travel to Hawaii to inspect the damage following devastating wildfires on the island of Maui. “My wife, Jill, and I are going to travel to Hawaii as soon as we can,” he said during a speech in Milwaukee touting his Bidenomics plan. “That’s what I’ve been talking […]
YouTube announces “long term vision” for tackling medical misinformation
Video-sharing giant YouTube on Tuesday announced a new policy for medical misinformation on its website. It’s unclear how much medical misinformation and disinformation is floating around on the internet, but the National Institutes of Health determined in 2021 that some 43% of postings about vaccines falls under misinformation—the most of any topic looked at amid […]
McCarthy proposes short-term stopgap to avoid government shutdown
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on a Monday night conference call told fellow House Republicans he plans to take up a short-term stopgap funding plan to avoid a government shutdown in this fall. Congress must sign off on a federal budget by midnight September 30, as the new fiscal year begins October 1, or face […]
Suspected spies for Russia charged in the UK
Three suspected spies for Russia have been charged in London amid a major national security sweep in the United Kingdom. UK Metropolitan Police confirmed the bust on Tuesday. The defendants, two men and one woman, all Bulgarian nationals, were initially arrested by counter-terrorism officers in February along with two other suspects under Britain’s Official Secrets […]
Court hearing for Mar-a-Lago property manager in classified documents case
Carlos De Oliveira, property manager at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to four counts related to the former President’s classified documents case. It was the third arraignment attempt for De Oliveira before a magistrate judge in Miami. He made an initial appearance last month, after which he was released on $100,000 […]
Group of young Montanans win lawsuit against state over climate change
A group of 16 Montanans, ranging in age from 5 to 22, won a major climate change lawsuit by arguing their state failed to protect their right to a clean environment. The ruling in the First Judicial District Court in Lewis and Clark County found that by promoting the continued use of fossil fuels, the […]
Hawaiian Electric under scrutiny in wake of Maui wildfires
A handful of Lahaina residents have filed lawsuits in state court against Hawaiian Electric in the wake of the massive, deadly wildfires on the island of Maui. “We allege that many of the regulatory laws that require maintenance of equipment were broken,” said attorney James Frantz, whose law firm is representing the Lahaina residents. At […]
Another political leader in Ecuador murdered
Pedro Briones, a local leader of Revolución Ciudadana, the party of Ecuador’s former President Rafael Correa, was shot and killed on Monday. Brione’s murder was confirmed by Luisa González, the frontrunner in Sunday’s special presidential election and a member of the same party. The fatal shooting was Ecuador’s third politics-related murder in the past four […]
How Trump criminal case in Georgia differs from others
Fulton County District Attorney indicted former President Trump and 18 others on 41 felonies related to Georgia’s 2020 presidential election. Soon after the indictment was made public, Willis announced the defendants had until noon on August 25 to “voluntarily surrender.” Willis issued arrest warrants for each of the defendants, as opposed to a summons, […]
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