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More than 20 nations supporting Ukraine have pledged to “take Russian oil and gas off the global market” as part of efforts to pressure President Vladimir Putin to end the war.”We’re choking off funding for Russia’s war machine,” said UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, after hosting a summit of the “coalition of the willing” in London.The UK and US have in recent days sanctioned Russia’s two biggest oil companies, while the EU targeted Moscow’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was also in London, said “pressure” on Russia was the only way to stop the fighting.…
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to walk an international tightrope over the next week as he departs Friday for a set of Indo-Pacific Summit meetings, one of which involves both the United States and China. The challenge will involve staying on the relative good side of U.S. President Donald Trump while carefully resetting relations with China’s Xi Jinping. The trip got off to a rocky start, even before the prime minister’s plane departed, when Trump terminated all trade talks with Canada. He’s angry over an ad, running in the United States, that selectively quotes former U.S. president Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs.…
Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the court. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. The conventional wisdom goes that the Supreme Court decides questions, not cases. Put differently, the justices’ role is usually to answer the larger legal questions raised by a case, not to dwell on the factual issues which gave rise to the case itself. As a general rule, litigants present issues of fact to the trial court. The trial judge sifts…
Home Daily News Visiting law prof at Harvard arrested for… Law Professors Visiting law prof at Harvard arrested for firing pellet gun near Jewish temple By Debra Cassens Weiss October 7, 2025, 11:09 am CDT A visiting professor at Harvard Law School told police that he was hunting rats when he was arrested Oct. 1 for firing a pellet gun near a Jewish temple during a Yom Kippur service. (Photo from Shutterstock) A visiting professor at Harvard Law School told police that he was hunting rats when he was arrested Oct. 1 for firing a pellet gun near a Jewish…
Get ready Sharjah drivers because motorcycles, buses and trucks now have their own lanes as a new traffic rule appliesSharjah is introducing new traffic rules from November 1 to make roads safer and keep traffic flowing smoothly. The General Command of Sharjah Police has announced that motorcycles, heavy vehicles, and buses will have specific lanes across major and secondary roads in the emirate.Where each vehicle should driveHeavy vehicles and buses must always use the far-right lane. Motorbike riders, including delivery riders, are not allowed in the fastest lanes on the left. On roads with four lanes, motorbikes can use the…
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Arizona Luminaria. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Arizona law enforcement agencies are largely rejecting a fast-growing ICE program that lets local officers act as deportation agents — citing the experience of the state’s largest sheriff’s office, which was booted from the program in 2009 after a federal judge found deputies racially profiled and violated the constitutional rights of Latinos. Even in Republican-led communities known for backing immigration measures, law enforcement leaders are steering clear of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s 287(g)…
Osmond ChiaBusiness reporterGetty ImagesUS President Donald Trump has said he is immediately ending all trade negotiations with Canada.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that the country had run an advert featuring former US President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.”Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED,” Trump wrote late on Thursday.The US president has imposed a 35% levy on Canadian imports, although he has allowed exemptions for goods that fall under the USMCA – a free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada that Trump negotiated during his first term.Trump said the video,…
The Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon turned down a request from an Alabama inmate to block his execution, which is scheduled for today. In an unsigned order, the justices denied Anthony Boyd’s plea to put his execution on hold and to decide whether executing him by nitrogen hypoxia would violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Boyd had asked to be executed by a firing squad instead. As is customary in cases involving requests for emergency relief, the court did not provide any explanation for its decision. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the court’s decision to allow…
Jack Newton, the CEO and founder of Clio, a legal technology company, speaks in October 2024 at the 2024 Clio Cloud Conference in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Victor Li) When Clio announced that it had acquired global legal research platform vLex for $1 billion in June, it was the latest in a series of big moves from the cloud-based practice management software company. Thanks to this deal, Clio now boasts near start-to-finish capabilities, allowing its users to rely on the platform for almost all matters relating to legal practice and law firm management. Clio can be used for intake, research,…
Watch world-class watersports, live music, and beach fun at the Fahid Island Watersports Festival The Fahid Island Watersports Festival launched this morning in the presence of Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE Sailing and Rowing Federation. The launch set the tone for an exciting week on Abu Dhabi’s newest island destination.From October 25 to November 2, Fahid Island will come alive with water, wind, and adrenaline. The 11-kilometre coastline transforms into a lively hub for sports, music, and beachside fun.The festival kicks off with the SFT E-Foil World Cup on October 25 and 26, followed…