Author: Olive Metuge

Hundreds of Palestinians have protested in northern Gaza to demand an end to war and chanting “Hamas out,” social media posts showed, in a rare public show of opposition to the militant group that sparked the latest war with its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel.Northern Gaza has been one of the most devastated areas of the enclave since the conflict began. Most buildings in the densely populated area have been reduced to rubble and much of the population has moved several times.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to say the protest showed Israel’s decision to renew its offensive was working in Gaza, where Hamas police — the…

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Home Daily News Supreme Court appears likely to rule against… U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court appears likely to rule against Mexico in suit against gun-makers for cartel violence By Debra Cassens Weiss March 5, 2025, 12:46 pm CST The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to side with U.S. gun companies arguing that Mexico cannot sue over the flow of firearms into the country. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/Sipa USA via the Associated Press) The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to side with U.S. gun companies arguing that Mexico cannot sue over the flow of firearms into…

That’s a lot of people…Dubai International Airport (DXB) is bracing for a huge surge of people passing through the airport this Eid break. There’s more than 3.6 million guests in total expected to pass through the terminals during the Eid travel peak from March 26 to April 7. The busiest day of the travel surge is expected on Saturday, April 5, when 309,000 travelers are expected.Daily total traffic is set to average at around 276,000 guests, with the first week of April expected to be the busies. Departures during the Eid week are anticipated to surge by 19 per cent…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Gregorio brothers had just begun their daybreak commute to work assembling wooden pallets in late January when federal officers in SUVs pulled them over in a Chicago suburb. Jhony and Bayron were in one car. A third brother, Marco, was traveling separately, in another car behind them. After Jhony Gregorio handed over his identification, an officer with Immigration and Customs Enforcement opened his door and pulled him out. Before long, more than a dozen other officers had…

US Vice-President JD Vance will join his wife Usha in travelling to Greenland on Friday, a visit that follows Donald Trump’s threats to take over the island.The couple will go to the Pituffik Space Base to receive a briefing on Arctic security issues and meet members of US forces stationed there, according to the White House. Usha Vance had planned to travel to the Danish territory on a cultural visit before her husband announced his plans. Trump’s National Security Adviser Mike Waltz is also set to visit this week on a separate trip.Officials in Greenland have fiercely criticised the planned…

U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign to eliminate diversity efforts and language from government organizations has officially reached the moon, with NASA erasing references to its promise to land the first woman and first person of colour on the lunar surface from several of its web pages, citing Trump. The space agency pledged five years ago that its Artemis program would achieve both goals, while also putting the first non-American astronaut on the moon. But references to this have been recently stripped from NASA’s website. As recently as March 14, the main page for the Artemis program said: “NASA will land the first woman, first person of color, and…

CASE PREVIEW By Amy Howe on Mar 25, 2025 at 3:04 pm The court will hear arguments in FCC v. Consumers’ Research on Wednesday morning. (Amy Lutz via Shutterstock) The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in a major challenge to the federal “E-rate program,” which subsidizes telephone and high-speed internet services in schools, libraries, rural areas, and low-income communities in urban areas. The stakes are high, not only because of the program’s size but also because the theory at the center of the challengers’ case, known as the nondelegation doctrine, is one that conservative lawyers and business…

Home Daily News BigLaw attorneys who are ‘frequent practitioners’… Civil Procedure BigLaw attorneys who are ‘frequent practitioners’ in federal district can’t be admitted pro hac vice, judge says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 5, 2025, 3:45 pm CST U.S. District Judge Mark T. Pittman of the Northern District of Texas. (Photo by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, PD US Courts, via Wikimedia Commons) Two Baker & Hostetler lawyers won’t be able to represent a compounding pharmacy in a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, at least for now, after a federal judge in…

And scored an impressive number…The UAE has been deemed the second safest country in the world for 2025, with a score of 84.5 out of 100. Numbeo just revealed the results of their survey with Andorra topping the charts with a score of 84.7. Qatar is in third place with a score of 84.2.Numbeo’s data is based on surveys conducted among visitors on its website, with questions similar to scientific and government surveys. These surveys measure perceptions of crime levels, safety concerns, and experiences with property and violent crimes.  Andorra – 84.7 UAE – 84.5 Qatar – 84.2 Taiwan –…