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Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96.The Anne Frank Trust UK, of which Schloss was honorary president, said she died Saturday in London, where she lived.King Charles said he was “privileged and proud” to have known Schloss, who co-founded the charitable trust to help young people challenge prejudice.”The horrors that…
Good morning, and welcome to 2026! Here at SCOTUSblog, it now feels like we’re at the starting line of a marathon that won’t end until the Supreme Court takes its recess in June or July. SCOTUS Quick Hits The court’s January argument session will begin in one week, on Monday, Jan. 12. The court will hear seven arguments over two weeks, including on transgender athletes; the latest chapter in the court’s gun rights jurisprudence; and President Donald Trump’s bid to remove Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. On Friday, the court announced that it will…
If your wallet is feeling a little bit lighter this January, these sales in the UAE will helpJanuary is a time to reset, it’s a time for New Year’s resolutions and if one of yours is to spend less money then you’ll want to check out these sales in the UAE. There’s clothing, homeware, beauty and so much more that will save you money in the long run.6th Street40% to 80% off is the discount you can benefit from when you shop on 6th Street, there the GCC’s first phygital store at Dubai Hills Mall or you can order online.…
Nicolas Maduro, former president of Venezuela, made his first court appearance in New York City after his capture by US forces in Caracas on 3 January. Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in handcuffs and leg shackles before a judge. They are due to stand trial for charges including narcoterrorism. Both entered not guilty pleas.The BBC’s Madeline Halpert was inside the courtroom as the former president addressed the judge. Source link
Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland as an economic development adviser, citing her experience in attracting investment. The new role, announced Monday, is renewing questions about when the longtime MP will step down, which would trigger a byelection in a minority Parliament.Freeland, who has Ukrainian ancestry, was deputy prime minister between 2019 and 2024. She has long been one of Canada’s most vocal opponents of…
Courtly Observations is a recurring series by Erwin Chemerinsky that focuses on what the Supreme Court’s decisions will mean for the law, for lawyers and lower courts, and for people’s lives. At the start of the new year, it is impossible to talk about the Supreme Court in 2025, or begin 2026, without focusing on the justices’ handling of matters concerning the Trump administration. No president in history has challenged constitutional limits or sought to increase presidential power in the way that President Donald Trump has in this term in office. Not surprisingly, hundreds of lawsuits – 358 up until the…
New restaurants in Dubai? Here’s what’s cookingIs Dubai a foodie city? Short answer: yes, very much so. Every new restaurant that opens brings its own story – a unique concept or a twist that makes it stand out. With a new wave of openings across the city in 2026, here are 10 new restaurants in Dubai to check out.Click through the gallery 3 of 12 Nobu One Za’abeelImage: ProvidedGymkhanaImage: Gymkhana InstagramDOTSImage: platinumlist websiteL’AvenueImage: L’Avenue InstagramNeo TemakiImage: Neo Temaki InstagramOsaka NikkeiImage: Osaka Nikkei InstagramScott’sImage: Scott’s InstagramWindowImage: Window Instagram Nobu One Za’abeelNobu is opening at The Link in One Za’abeel, bringing its…
What happened: Judge Jennifer Green, who oversees the Maricopa Superior Court’s criminal department, has quietly rolled out a program to facilitate quicker resolutions to death penalty cases in Arizona’s most-populous county. The court has begun issuing orders for the prosecution and defense to participate in settlement conferences two years after a notice to seek the death penalty is filed, according to a statement from the court. The orders are meant to “encourage” settlement talks in capital cases, which often drag on for many years only to end with prosecutors reducing the charges. Court officials said current and retired judges will…
AFP via Getty ImagesProtesters demonstrated against the prospect of annexation outside the US consulate in Nuuk in MarchDonald Trump has again proposed annexing Greenland, after Denmark’s leader urged him to “stop the threats” over the island. Speaking to reporters, the US president said “we need Greenland from the standpoint of national security”.Trump has repeatedly raised the prospect of the semi-autonomous Danish territory becoming an annexed part of the US, citing its strategic location for defence purposes and mineral wealth. Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nielsen responded by saying “that’s enough now” and described the notion of US control over the…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to take control of Venezuela’s oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing leader Nicolas Maduro in a raid is likely to face many hurdles — logistically, legally and politically.The dramatic seizure of the Maduros capped an intensive Trump administration pressure campaign on Venezuela’s autocratic leader and months of secret planning, resulting in the most assertive American action to achieve regime change since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Washington has indicted Maduro on narco-terrorism charges, but the Venezuelan government has said for months that Trump and the U.S. were seeking to take the country’s…