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Home Daily News Executive director of Skadden’s fellowship… Law Firms Executive director of Skadden’s fellowship foundation resigns following firm’s pro bono deal with Trump By Debra Cassens Weiss June 5, 2025, 11:41 am CDT The executive director of the Skadden Foundation, a nonprofit entity that manages Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s public interest fellowship program, has resigned after the law firm reached a pro bono deal with President Donald Trump that affects its work. (Photo from Shutterstock) The executive director of the Skadden Foundation, a nonprofit entity that manages Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s public interest fellowship program,…
Let the movie magic beginIf heading to the mall is on the top of your ‘Ways to escape summer’ plans, why not add in a movie to your shopping experience? Over the next few months, there are a number of top movies being released, giving you the perfect excuse to sit back, relax, and enjoy some entertainment in the cool AC.Here are 5 movies you don’t want to miss this summer in Dubai F1Release date: June 26Formula 1 fans, time to take your place on the grid as F1 finally roars into theatres on June 26. The movie which took four years…
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. The New York State Legislature this week passed a bill banning anonymous complaints to the state child abuse hotline. If Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the legislation, New Yorkers will now have to provide their name and contact information if they want to make an allegation that someone might be neglecting a child. This dramatic change in the law comes a year and a half after a ProPublica investigation showed…
Niger’s military junta says it will nationalise the majority French-owned local uranium company in the latest escalation in a row between the two countries.Somaïr is operated by French nuclear fuels company Orano, which Niger accuses of several “irresponsible acts”. Since seizing power in 2023, Niger’s military leaders have said they want to keep more local control of the country’s mineral wealth, and have distanced themselves from France, the former colonial power, moving closer to Russia.Niger is the world’s seventh largest producer of uranium and has the highest-grade ores in Africa. “This nationalisation will allow for healthier and more sustainable management…
A U.S. appeals court let Donald Trump retain control on Thursday of California’s National Guard while the state’s Democratic governor proceeds with a lawsuit challenging the Republican president’s use of the troops to quell protests in Los Angeles.Trump’s decision to send troops into Los Angeles prompted a national debate about the use of the military on U.S. soil and inflamed political tension in the country’s second-most-populous city.On Thursday, a three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals extended its pause on U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer’s June 12 ruling that Trump had unlawfully called the National…
On Friday, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. Recommended Citation: SCOTUSblog , Announcement of opinions for Friday, June 20, SCOTUSblog (Jun. 20, 2025, 2:17 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/06/announcement-of-opinions-for-friday-june-20/ Source link
Home Daily News SCOTUS rejects Mexico’s suit against US gun-makers,… U.S. Supreme Court SCOTUS rejects Mexico’s suit against US gun-makers, sees problems with aiding-and-abetting theory By Debra Cassens Weiss June 5, 2025, 1:12 pm CDT Some of the guns and ammunition turned over to the Mexican government as part of a disarmament program in January may have originated in the United States. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/Sipa USA/Sipa via the Associated Press) The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that Mexico cannot sue U.S. gun companies for aiding the flow of guns to drug cartels because its factual allegations fell…
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Peter HoskinsBusiness reporter, BBC NewsPavel Durov/InstagramThe founder of instant messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, says the more than 100 children he has fathered will share his estimated $13.9bn (£10.3bn) fortune.”They are all my children and will all have the same rights! I don’t want them to tear each other apart after my death,” Mr Durov told French political magazine Le Point.Mr Durov says he is the “official father” of six children with three different partners, but has more than 100 other children after donating sperm to a fertility clinic.He also reiterated that he denies any wrongdoing in connection with serious…
As It Happens6:30South African woman describes watching rising floodwaters swallow her homeOne moment, Zukiswa Mbuku and her husband were eating breakfast and having an ordinary Tuesday. The next, they were fleeing with nothing but the clothes on their backs as raging floodwaters swallowed their home. The elderly couple live near a river in Mthatha, a South African town in the coastal province of Eastern Cape, which is currently under a state of national disaster as people try to recover from last week’s deadly floods.Mbuku says she and her husband had just finished eating when a neighbour ran in and warned them to…