A Hong Kong court has upheld a lower judge’s decision that the city’s courts do not have jurisdiction over the national security committee, effectively barring media mogul Jimmy Lai from challenging the government after it forbid him from hiring a British lawyer for his trial. Three Court of Appeal judges sided with the High Court […]
The NBA’s new round of rights negotiations has reportedly lured NBCUniversal back to the league after an absence of more than two decades. NBCU is planning to bid $2.5 a year for rights to the games, according to the Wall Street Journal. If the offer is successful, the company would supplant media rival Warner Bros. […]
Dora Juhl, a 15-year-old teenager, walked into Dr. Rosa Goodrich Boido’s obstetrical practice in Phoenix in January 1918. Juhl wanted to end her pregnancy. But abortion was illegal in Arizona. Boido, the city’s sole female physician, asked Juhl for US$100 – about $2,000 today – to perform the abortion. Juhl said she could pay $27 More
The scenes in Florida of frantic and overcrowded clinics are a grim preview of the future that ‘pro-lifers’ want for womenA Woman’s Choice, an abortion clinic in Jacksonville, usually sees somewhere between 10 and 15 patients a day. But last week, they extended their hours. On Monday, they scheduled somewhere between 70 and 80 patients, according to the Washington Post. The president of one reproductive health center spoke of warning her incoming patients about the scenes they would encounter at...
According to a report, Canada's mail service notified the Trudeau government via a letter that it would not participate in the buyback scheme, citing safety concerns for its employees.
The US State Department released its 2023 Annual Human Rights Report on Rights Practices in Liberia focusing on issues of fundamental and inherent human rights violations, malfeasance, unorthodox behaviors of both the CDC led government, opposition Unity Party and other occurrences. By Jefferson Tamba Koijee; Former Mayor of Monrovia, A renowned Student Activist, Secretary General []
The U.S. Soccer Federation and its Mexican counterpart dropped their joint bid to host the 2027 Women's World Cup and said they instead will focus on trying to host the 2031 tournament.
The U.S. Soccer Federation and its Mexican counterpart dropped their joint bid to host the 2027 Women's World Cup and said they instead will focus on trying to host the 2031 tournament.
The U.S. Soccer Federation and its Mexican counterpart dropped their joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup and said they instead will focus on trying to host the 2031 tournament
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Republicans’ election denialism has ramped up in recent months, the most notable example being an April press conference in which former President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson peddled false claims about immigrants swaying federal races. Noncitizens, of course, are not allowed to vote in federal elections, and neither Johnson nor his party have provided any proof that undocumented people are doing this at any scale that would influence federal races. That was made clear yet again...