Author: Olive Metuge

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. Georgia recently relaunched its maternal mortality review committee after dismissing all 32 of its members last year. But state officials won’t say who the current members are. The dismissals were in response to ProPublica obtaining internal reports in which the committee detailed the “preventable” deaths of two women who were unable to obtain legal abortions or timely care after Georgia banned abortion. In September, ProPublica published stories on the…

Peter Hoskins and Kelly NgBBC NewsWatch: The BBC’s Stephen McDonell explains China’s National People’s CongressChina has set an economic growth target for this year of “around 5%” and pledged to pump billions of dollars into its ailing economy, which is now facing a trade war with the US.Its leaders unveiled the plan as thousands of delegates attend the National People’s Congress, a rubber-stamp parliament, which passes decisions already made behind closed doors.But the week-long gathering is closely watched for clues on Beijing’s policy changes – and this year is more significant than most.President Xi Jinping had already been battling persistently…

Arab leaders adopted an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza on Tuesday that would cost $53 billion US and avoid resettling Palestinians, in contrast to U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Middle East Riviera” vision, according to a copy of the plan.Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said the proposal had been accepted at the closing of a summit in Cairo.Sisi said at the summit he was certain that Trump would be able to achieve peace in the conflict that has devastated the Gaza Strip.The major questions that need to be answered about Gaza’s future are who will run the enclave and which countries will provide the billions of dollars needed for…

ARGUMENT ANALYSIS By Ronald Mann on Mar 4, 2025 at 4:54 pm The court moved quickly through both arguments on Monday. (Aashish Kiphayet via Shutterstock) Monday’s argument in BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman took the justices back to their law school days, with a question straight out of a traditional first-semester course in Civil Procedure. The specific topic here is the standard for reopening a judgment that a court already has entered, the subject of Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 60(b) includes several specific reasons why a court might do that (a mistake in the…

Home Daily News Averting immediate showdown, chief justice… U.S. Supreme Court Averting immediate showdown, chief justice pauses judge’s deadline for US to restore foreign-aid funds By Debra Cassens Weiss February 27, 2025, 10:36 am CST The U.S. government doesn’t have to comply with a federal judge’s Wednesday night deadline to restore foreign-aid funds after Chief Justice John Roberts issued an administrative stay in the matter. (Photo from Shutterstock) The U.S. government doesn’t have to comply with a federal judge’s Wednesday night deadline to restore foreign-aid funds after Chief Justice John Roberts issued an administrative stay in the matter. Roberts issued…

Your March in alternative cinema at Cinema Akil…The month of March marks International Women’s Day on March 8, and Women’s History Month throughout this month, and championing women in their respective fields is how we can celebrate these occasions. Cinema Akil everyone’s favourite independent arthouse cinema and the go-to spot for alternative watching, is shining the spotlight on the women in cinema, both on and behind the screen.This line-up features five outstanding female directors, and aims to inspire people to celebrate the stories, voices and perspectives of the women in their lives. The selection of movies features some new releases…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Earlier this year, the Air Force revealed that the general who oversaw its lobbying before Congress had inappropriate romantic relationships with five women, including three who worked on Capitol Hill. Maj. Gen. Christopher Finerty’s colleagues told investigators the relationships were “highly inappropriate” as they could give the Air Force undue influence in Congress. “I honestly felt sick to my stomach,” one said, according to a report about the investigation, “because it just felt so sleazy.” The Air Force…

Jennifer Meierhans & Dearbail JordanBusiness reporters, BBC NewsGetty ImagesStock market falls across the US, Europe and the UK deepened as concerns grow that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China will “disrupt global trade”.Trump has followed through on a threat to impose 25% tariffs on imports into the US from Canada and Mexico, and a 20% levy against goods arriving from China.Leading stock indexes in the US opened sharply lower on Tuesday, marking a second day of declines, while markets in the UK, Germany and France also tumbled. Olof Gill, trade spokesperson for the European Union (EU), said:…

Rwanda said on Tuesday that Canada’s position on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was “shameful,” adding that measures announced by Ottawa against Kigali would not solve the conflict.Late on Monday, Canada announced it had suspended the issuance of permits for the export of controlled goods and technologies to Rwanda, as well as suspending pursuing new government-to-government business and trade missions with Rwanda, and support to private-sector business development activities.It also said it would review Canadian government participation at international events hosted by Rwanda in the future.Canada joins the European Union and the United Kingdom, both of which have…

ARGUMENT ANALYSIS By Ronald Mann on Mar 4, 2025 at 1:00 am The court heard CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp on Monday. (Katie Barlow) Monday’s argument in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. was an odd one: The justices asked no questions at all about the question on which they’d granted review, because the parties agree that the lower court’s answer to that question was incorrect. So almost all of the discussion at the argument focused on what, if anything, the court should decide before sending the case back to the court of appeals. CC/Devas arises under the Foreign…