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Home Daily News Refugee ban can’t be enforced against those… Immigration Law Refugee ban can’t be enforced against those who received conditional approval, 9th Circuit says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 26, 2025, 2:29 pm CDT A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees for U.S. admission during a legal challenge but said the government can’t keep out refugees who received conditional approval before the resettlement program was halted Jan. 20. (Image from Shutterstock) A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to stop approving new refugees for U.S. admission during…
Why buy when you can rent…There are so many events in Dubai, it would be impossible (and expensive) to buy a new outfit every time. An amazing way to avoid this is the great fashion rental platforms in Dubai, they are better for the purse and better for the planet. If you’re heading to an event such as the Dubai World Cup races, a wedding or even just a brunch, there are options for all sizes and tastes.EndlessEndless was set up when founder Rosie Gunn left her job as a fashion buyer to address a relevant issue in the fashion…
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. One thing I’ve learned over more than three decades of work as an investigative editor and reporter: There’s plenty of waste, fraud and abuse in government agencies. The problem is finding it. Some things that look suspicious at first glance make sense when you understand how a system really works. And that understanding doesn’t come easily. If you hope to identify serious shortcomings in an agency, ones that add…
The military government in Myanmar has said at least 2,000 people were killed in the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit last Friday. “A death toll over 10,000 is a strong possibility,” according to the US Geological Survey.The Burmese army, which has previously downplayed civilian casualties after other large natural disasters, is not allowing foreign journalists into the country. From neighbouring Thailand, BBC Verify’s Nick Beake has been building a picture of the impact of the quake in the worst affected areas that we know about. Produced by Thanyarat Doksone. Graphics by Mesut Ersoz. Verification by Benedict Garman, Paul Brown, Kumar…
Israel has proposed an extended truce in Gaza in exchange for the return of about half the remaining hostages, Israeli officials said on Monday, as the military issued new evacuation orders and said “intense operations” were planned in the south of the enclave.The latest proposals would leave open a final agreement over ending the Israel-Hamas war, which has destroyed wide swathes of Gaza, killed tens of thousands of people and displaced almost the entire population since it began in October 2023.The proposals foresee the return of half the 24 hostages believed to still be alive in Gaza, and about half the…
WHAT WE’RE READING By Ellena Erskine on Mar 31, 2025 at 10:04 am The justice will hear oral arguments in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission and Rivers v. Guerrero this morning. Catholic Charities is one of three religious rights cases the justices will hear in the final weeks of the 2024-25 term’s arguments. The social ministry arm of the Catholic diocese in Wisconsin urges the justices to rule that the state violated the group’s constitutional rights when Wisconsin failed to give it a religious tax exemption from state unemployment tax. Each weekday, we select a…
Home Daily News Lateral hiring bounced back in 2024, especially… Careers Lateral hiring bounced back in 2024, especially for associates in BigLaw, new NALP report says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 26, 2025, 3:49 pm CDT Lateral hiring of law firm associates increased nearly 25% in 2024, far outpacing a much smaller increase of about 2% in lateral hiring of partners, according to a new report by the National Association for Law Placement. (Image from Shutterstock) Lateral hiring of law firm associates increased nearly 25% in 2024, far outpacing a much smaller increase of about 2% in lateral hiring of…
These are the predicted dates for Eid Al Adha 2025…W’re in the middle of Eid Al Fitr 2025 but everyone is wondering about the next public holiday in the UAE. The next one in the UAE will be two holidays together: Arafat Day and Eid Al Adha. First is Arafat Day, which falls on Dhul Hijjah 9. UAE astronomers have predicted that Arafat Day will fall on Sunday, June 16, but it’s dependent on the sighting of the moon closer to the time.Then Eid Al Adha will roll into Dhu Al Hijjah 10, 11 and 12.Current predictions show that the…
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Lawmakers and advocates have slammed New York City Mayor Eric Adams and called for changes in the wake of ProPublica’s investigation into a secretive, problematic police unit led by allies of the mayor. ProPublica found that the mayor championed the New York City Police Department’s Community Response Team despite a pattern of aggressive and often abusive policing flagged by department officials. An officer in the unit killed a motorcyclist after swerving his police car into him. A team…
France’s Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of misappropriating European funds to finance her far-right National Rally (RN) party, in a case which could lead to her being barred from standing in the 2027 presidential election.The judge has not yet said what the sentence will be.Prosecutors last year said Le Pen’s punishment should be not just a €300,000 (£250,000) fine and prison term, but also ineligibility from running for public office for five years.Crucially, he said the ineligibility should kick in straightaway – and not be suspended pending the appeal that Marine Le Pen is expected to file if…