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The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that a pair of lawsuits by U.S. victims of terrorist attacks in Israel against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization can go forward. In an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, the justices unanimously rejected arguments by the PA and the PLO that allowing the victims to sue them in U.S. courts violates the Constitution’s guarantee of due process.  The case before the justices is a long-running one – indeed, the lawyer representing the victims observed at the April 1 oral argument that it was “old enough to go to law school.” As it came…

Home The Modern Law Library Barrister’s new mystery novel offers glimpse… The Modern Law Library Barrister’s new mystery novel offers glimpse inside the Inner Temple By Lee Rawles June 18, 2025, 11:00 am CDT Like her Edwardian era hero, Sir Gabriel Ward KC, Sally Smith lives and works on the grounds of the Inner Temple in London. (Photo courtesy of Bloomsbury Publishing) Since it was seized from the Knights Templar in the 14th century, the Inner Temple in London has housed acolytes of a different sort: men (and eventually women) who serve as advocates of the law. Sally Smith spent…

Dubai’s dining scene is your foodie passport – no visa, no flights, just vibesWith over 200 nationalities stirring the pot, Dubai’s menus are as global as its skyline. From family recipes passed down through generations to cult favourite street food reimagined by top chefs, these dishes are steeped in tradition and bursting with flavour. Hungry for culture? You could basically eat your way around the world in a weekend all without leaving the city.Spain: Cochinillo Eterno Asado de Segovia at Lola Taberna EspañolaHOLA! Feast like a true Spaniard with Lola’s Cochinillo, a traditional whole roasted suckling pig from Segovia. Weighing…

Thomas Mackintosh & Nadine YousifBBC NewsReutersThis satellite image shows the Fordo nuclear facility in Iran on 14 JunePresident Donald Trump says the US has carried out a “successful” bombing attack on three nuclear sites in Iran and said they have been “obliterated”.Israel says they were in “full co-ordination” with the US in planning the strikes. Iranian officials have confirmed the facilities were struck but denied it had suffered a major blow.The strikes mark a significant escalation in the ongoing war between Iran and Israel.Here’s what we know.What has the US bombed, and what weapons did it use?One of the targets…

Slavica Salihbegovic’s family was growing. So she did what anyone living in Vienna would do: She asked the city for a bigger apartment.”At that time, I was pregnant with my first kid,” she said. “I lived in a two-room apartment … it was an OK building, but it was small for us.”Salihbegovic went to an online portal, entered her income and requirements, and was ranked alongside thousands of other residents. Soon, she was assigned a new apartment: a three-bedroom unit in a brand-new building, adjacent to Vienna’s Central Station. It’s hers for life — she can even pass it down to…

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a challenge by retailers to the Food and Drug Administration’s denial of an application by R.J. Reynolds Vapor to market e-cigarettes can go forward in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana. By a vote of 7-2, the justices ruled that retailers in Texas and Mississippi that sell RJR Vapor’s e-cigarette products have a legal right to seek judicial review of the FDA’s denial. R.J. Reynolds Vapor, which is based in North Carolina, joined that lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, where the…

Home Daily News Florida AG held in civil contempt for disobeying… Ethics Florida AG held in civil contempt for disobeying order; ‘litigants cannot change the plain meaning of words,’ judge says By Debra Cassens Weiss June 18, 2025, 2:05 pm CDT Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaks during a meeting at the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, on March 5, 2025. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/The Associated Press) A federal judge held Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt of court Tuesday for disobeying an order temporarily blocking a state immigration law. U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams of the…

Thrills and grills await at this cool new spotRoll out the red carpet for we have a new chip on the block. CHAR is the latest venture by homegrown, Emirati-owned concept Around The Block, known and loved for its high-quality, handcrafted specialty coffee and a new avatar with every opening. The latest transformation is all about flames and fire-fuelled flavours, drawing inspiration from global classics and pairing it with a Dubai story.Located in the brand new Nad Al Sheba Mall, the space offers, a sleek, minimal experience, stripped down to bare brown tiles, smooth wooden furniture, low yellow lighting and…

Steve RosenbergRussia EditorGetty ImagesAt the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, a Russian MP came up to me.”Are you going to bomb Iran?” he asked.”I’m not planning to bomb anyone!” I replied.”I mean you, the British…””Don’t you mean Donald Trump?””He’s told what to do by Britain,” the man smiled. “And by the deep state.”It was a brief, bizarre conversation. But it showed that in St Petersburg this week there was more on people’s minds than just the economy.Take President Vladimir Putin.On Friday, the Kremlin leader delivered the keynote speech at the forum’s plenary session. It focused on the economy.But it’s what…

If you were online last week, you probably saw footage from the No Kings protests.The gigantic demonstration against U.S. President Donald Trump took place across the United States and portions of Canada — but was connected by one prevailing aspect: music. There was Les Miserables’s rousing Do You Hear the People Sing?, sung by a crowd in Auburn, Calif. There was Bella Ciao — a lesser-known piece strongly linked to the Italian anti-fascist movement of the 1940s — performed by a brass band to drown out counter-protesters in Atlanta.And there was a raft of other music, new and old, by musicians looking to tie themselves…