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Residents near a blown out chemical plant in China’s eastern Shandong province on Wednesday assessed the damage to their village and monitored the wind, fearful of toxic fallout from an explosion that killed at least five people a day earlier.Black and grey smoke was still rising from the smoldering facility, as emergency services continued to tend to the site. Local officials have not yet released the results of air quality tests.Smoke rises at the site of the chemical plant explosion on Wednesday. (Go Nakamura/Reuters)The blast happened just before noon on Tuesday at a plant operated by Shandong Youdao Chemical in…
The Trump administration on Tuesday afternoon asked the Supreme Court to pause an order by a federal judge in Massachusetts that prohibits the federal government from deporting immigrants to a country that is not specifically identified in their deportation orders unless the government first meets criteria to ensure that the immigrants will not face torture in that country. “These judicially created procedures,” U.S. Solicitor D. John Sauer told the justices, “are currently wreaking havoc on the third-party removal process,” infringing on the executive branch’s power over immigration and disrupting “sensitive diplomatic, foreign-policy, and national-security efforts.” The order by U.S. District…
Home Daily News Proposal to limit courts’ contempt power,… Judiciary Proposal to limit courts’ contempt power, part of spending bill, is ‘terrible idea,’ Chemerinsky says By Debra Cassens Weiss May 21, 2025, 9:27 am CDT A budget bill by the U.S. House of Representatives contains a “stunning” provision that would limit federal courts’ ability to hold government officials and other litigants in contempt for disobeying their orders, according to law dean Erwin Chemerinsky. (Image from Shutterstock) A budget bill by the U.S. House of Representatives contains a “stunning” provision that would limit federal courts’ ability to hold government officials and…
A summer sleepover like no other…Dubai’s only indoor rainforest, The Green Planet in City Walk, is opening its doors once again due to popular demand for a memorable overnight camping trip. And this year, there are new adventures to go on…At Camping in the Rainforest, The Green Planet will be pitching up the tents where guests can enjoy a night’s stay under the tropical bio-dome – home to 3,000 plants and animals.You will be able to set up camp every weekend from Friday, May 30, until Saturday, November 1, 2025.All about the experience…For the first time since its launch, The…
Kayla Epstein and Bernd DebusmannBBC NewsGetty ImagesHarvard University is preparing for graduation this weekThe Trump administration will direct US federal agencies to review Harvard University’s grants to potentially end or redistribute funding, as part of the White House’s escalating battle with America’s oldest university.The Government Services Administration (GSA) plans to circulate a letter to agencies asking them to identify whether Harvard contracts could be “cancelled or redirected elsewhere”, a senior White House official said.The administration estimates about 30 contracts, collectively worth $100m (£74m), could be reviewed. It already had frozen $2.65bn in federal grants and tried to revoke Harvard’s ability…
In the wake of the resignation of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation chief on Monday, questions have arisen surrounding the controversy behind the U.S.-backed group that has drawn criticism and widespread condemnation from other aid agencies operating in the territory.Who is behind this newly-formed humanitarian organization, and what is this group expected to do? Why is it considered so controversial? And why did the head of the group suddenly resign, just before the new aid efforts were set to begin in the war-torn enclave?The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), said it began operations this week. On Tuesday, the GHF said Hamas caused delays in civilians accessing…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to weigh in on the bid for compassionate release by a New York man convicted of murder for hire a quarter-century ago. The justices’ decision to grant review in Fernandez v. United States was announced on a scheduled list of orders released after the holiday weekend from their private conference on Thursday, May 22. The justices also denied review in two cases that they had repeatedly considered at their conferences over the past few months – one involving the challenge by Native Americans to the transfer to a mining company of federal land that they regard as…
Home Daily News Judge orders US to maintain custody of migrants… Immigration Law Judge orders US to maintain custody of migrants possibly sent to Africa, says US violated his order By Debra Cassens Weiss May 21, 2025, 11:11 am CDT A federal judge in Boston said Wednesday the Trump administration “unquestionably” violated his preliminary injunction requiring meaningful notice before removals to third countries when it deported eight men to a country that the United States refused to identify. (Photo from Shutterstock) Updated: A federal judge in Boston said Wednesday the Trump administration “unquestionably” violated his preliminary injunction requiring meaningful notice…
The Eid Al Adha 2025 dates have been confirmed…Eid Al Adha has been confirmed on the UAE and it will begin on Friday, June 6, authorities confirmed today.The Crescent Sighting Committee was out to sight the moon and they has invited specialists, astronomers, and community members to observe the sky after sunset on the 29th of Dhul Qadah, which is May 27. In previous moon sightings, the UAE has used drones to assist in sighting the moon for Eid and it’s likely to be the same for Eid Al Adha 2025.The UAE’s moon-sighting committee observed the crescent moon on the…
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