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Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado appeared in public for the first time in 11 months early Thursday morning, when she waved to supporters at a hotel in Norway’s capital hours after her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf.Machado had been in hiding since Jan. 9, when she was briefly detained after joining supporters in a protest in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital. She had been expected to attend the award ceremony Wednesday in Oslo, where heads of state…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with the case of an Alabama man who has been on that state’s death row for more than two decades. The question before the justices was how the lower courts should have addressed Joseph Smith’s claim that he is intellectually disabled and therefore cannot be executed when Smith has taken five separate IQ tests over a span of almost 40 years. After roughly two hours of oral argument, the justices were divided over whether, as Smith contended, the lower courts had properly concluded, based on a wide range of evidence, that he is intellectually…
U.S. Supreme Court The Supreme Court will hear two cases—Trump v. Slaughter on Dec. 8 and Trump v. Cook on Jan. 21—that are likely to substantially change the law as to when the president can fire those in the executive branch of government. President Donald Trump has claimed that it is a “unitary executive,” and that as the head of it, he can fire anyone within it. Recent rulings on the court’s emergency docket indicate that the six conservative justices are likely to be sympathetic to this view, but it is unclear how far they will go in reshaping the…
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It was a chilly afternoon in January, just a week after President Donald Trump returned to the White House, when I met Yineska, a Venezuelan mother who had been living in the United States for nearly two years. Trump’s election, she told me, had put her in a bind. On his first day back in office, Trump announced that he planned to end the humanitarian parole program that had allowed her, her children and more than 100,000 other Venezuelans to come to the United States in recent years. She feared that the new life she had worked so hard to…
Italian cooking has been awarded special cultural heritage status by the United Nations’ cultural agency Unesco. National favourites including pizza are already on Unesco’s list of “intangible cultural heritage”, but now Italian cooking traditions and the way they are practiced and transmitted have been awarded. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who has been pushing for her country’s cuisine to be recognised since her election, said: “For us Italians, cuisine is not just food or a collection of recipes. It is so much more: it is culture, tradition, work, wealth.” For millions of fans the news confirms what they already believed -…
Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 said that it’s taken control of the strategic city of Uvira in eastern Congo on Wednesday afternoon, following a rapid offensive since the start of the month.The announcement, made on X by M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka, encouraged citizens to return to their homes. Uvira is an important port city on the northern tip of Lake Tanganyika and is directly across from Burundi’s largest city, Bujumbura.Congolese authorities didn’t immediately comment on whether M23 had taken the city.M23’s…
A Second Opinion is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation. It is widely believed that the Supreme Court adjudicates Second Amendment claims using a “history and tradition” test. The label (sometimes referred to as “text, history, and tradition”) has the potential to mislead, with bad consequences for Second Amendment litigation and beyond. This month’s column explains why I believe the label is inapt, and why “text and history” is a better label for the court’s approach to the Second Amendment – and constitutional interpretation more broadly. To illustrate the stakes, let us begin…
Home Daily News These law schools have the best return on… Law Schools These law schools have the best return on investment, analysis says By Debra Cassens Weiss December 2, 2025, 10:33 am CST The University of Georgia School of Law has the best return on investments for law students, according to an analysis by legal jobs aggregator LawCrossing. (Image from Shutterstock) The University of Georgia School of Law has the best return on investments for law students, according to an analysis by legal jobs aggregator LawCrossing. The Georgia law school had a 91% employment rate, $85,000 in median debt,…
The top spots to order Christmas turkey in Abu Dhabi without the kitchen chaosThere comes a point in December when the kitchen feels like a battlefield, and that is usually when the Christmas turkey panic sets in. Luckily, Abu Dhabi’s hotels and restaurants have turned the festive feast into something you can enjoy without breaking a sweat. This year’s takeaways come with all the trimmings, generous servings and flavours that feel like a warm hug after a long year. All you need to do is order, collect and claim a little victory for yourself.Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad TowersImage: suppliedThis festive…