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A British man has been killed in a hit-and-run incident involving a vehicle in the motorcade of Kenyan President William Ruto.The man, who has been named as 79-year-old Edgar Charles Frederick, died on Thursday after being struck in the accident on a main road in the capital, Nairobi.Police launched an investigation after the incident and have arrested the driver of a support vehicle that was travelling as part of President Ruto’s official convoy of cars.Police spokesman Michael Muchiri told the BBC that Mr Frederick had been visiting Kenya to see his sister and nephew who are residents of the country.The…
EMERGENCY DOCKET By Amy Howe on Mar 13, 2025 at 4:37 pm Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris came to the court on Thursday afternoon. (Katie Barlow) The Trump administration on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to enforce an executive order signed by President Donald Trump ending birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to virtually anyone born in the United States. In a trio of near-identical filings by Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris, the administration urged the justices to partially block preliminary injunctions, issued by federal district judges in Seattle, Maryland, and Massachusetts, that bar the government…
By Bradley T. Bald “When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.” —Eckhart Tolle Yoga has been a therapeutic tool for the legal profession for decades. The benefits of yoga have become so mainstream that we even have CLEs dedicated to yoga and its impact on lawyers’ mental and physical well-being. But yin yoga, a subset of the traditional yoga flow practice, is a more niche form of practice that is not as well known in the legal profession. Often defined as “still and…
A few more weeks until we can hear the people sing… Theatre fans, if you’re missing your dose of musicals here in Dubai, don’t forget that Les Misérables is heading to Abu Dhabi to Etihad Arena this April.The worldwide popular show will enchant audiences from April 10 to 20, 2025. And if you can’t wait to hear the people sing, snap up those tickets now on etihadarena.ae and platinumlist.netPrices start from Dhs130 on weekdays (Monday to Thursday, and Sunday evening) and from Dhs210 on weekends (Friday to Sunday, except Sunday evening).Les Misérables will take to the stage with a cast and…
Trailer for “Before a Breath” ProPublica’s feature documentary “Before A Breath,” directed by Nadia Sussman, will have its YouTube premiere on Thursday, March 20, at 8 p.m. Eastern. “Before a Breath” is a tender, infuriating and ultimately hopeful story of three mothers who have lost children to stillbirth and are now striving to make pregnancy safer. The film explores an experience shared by thousands of families in the U.S., where more than 20,000 stillbirths occur each year. At least a quarter of those losses are probably preventable. After the stillbirth of her daughter, Debbie Haine Vijayvergiya goes to Washington. She…
James LandaleReporting fromKyiv, UkraineRussian President Vladimir Putin said he agreed with the idea of a ceasefire in Ukraine, but that “questions” remained about the nature of a truce as he set out a number of tough conditions.The Russian president was responding to a plan for a 30-day ceasefire, which Ukraine agreed to earlier this week after talks with the US. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described Putin’s response to the plan as “manipulative” and called for more sanctions on Russia. Meanwhile, the US placed further sanctions on Russian oil, gas and banking sectors.Speaking at a news conference in Moscow on Thursday,…
King Charles presented his Canadian personal attendant and messenger with a new ceremonial sword at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, a symbolic gesture that carries added meaning as the country stares down U.S. President Donald Trump and his increasingly forceful annexationist taunts.It’s the latest move by Charles, the country’s head of state, to show solidarity with Canadians as Trump repeatedly calls for the Commonwealth realm to become the 51st U.S. state, royal watchers say.In the last two weeks alone, Charles has met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for a private audience, wore his Canadian medals during a high-profile military visit, planted a red maple…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Mar 13, 2025 at 11:22 am Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Recommended Citation: Ellena Erskine, The morning read for Thursday, March 13, SCOTUSblog (Mar. 13, 2025, 11:22 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/the-morning-read-for-thursday-march-13/ Source link
Home Daily News Judge admonished for ‘undignified’ behavior,… Judiciary Judge admonished for ‘undignified’ behavior, including gestures mimicking pumping of breast milk By Debra Cassens Weiss February 20, 2025, 8:55 am CST Judge Julian W. Bailey, a judge of the Orange County Superior Court in California since 2012, has been publicly admonished for commenting on people with brown hair and blond hair and for once mimicking the pumping of breast milk. (Image from Shutterstock) A California judge who commented on people with brown hair and blond hair and once mimicked the pumping of breast milk has been publicly admonished. The California…
And it’s open just in time for St Patricks Day… 3 of 12 There are some amazing Irish bars in Dubai, we know it’s a place to go for the craic and warm hospitality. There’s a new McGettigan’s opening in Dubai and the Irish community will be delighted. Let’s be real, so will every other community. McGettigan’s and Addmind have teamed up to create McGettigan’s at Iris which will be located in Meydan Racecourse.McGettigan’s at Iris is a brand-new outdoor destination that brings the Irish charm to the heart of Meydan with all of the qualities that Dubai Irish bars…