WASHINGTON – The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution requiring permanent members of the Security Council to come before the assembly to provide an explanation should they exercise their veto powers. The resolution was adopted by consensus, meaning individual member states did not have to cast votes. The veto power of the five pe...
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a Miranda rights case. Vega v. Tekoh, will determine whether a person can seek civil relief when an officer fails to read their Miranda rights. Miranda provides legal protections for potential criminal defendants against self-incrimination. Terence Tekoh was a nursing assistant at a ...
On Monday, a U.S. federal judge struck down the COVID-19 mask mandate for public transportation imposed by the Biden administration. Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle of the Middle District of Florida said the mask mandate exceeds the statutory authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The mandate requiring masks on airplanes, s...
The University of Michigan is adding a professorship in South Asian Art and launching a collaboration with the South Asia Institute in Chicago. The new position in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts’ Department of History of Art is made possible by a gift from Drs. Shireen and Afzal Ahmad. The $2.75 million […]
On Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law legislation finally making lynchings a federal hate crime It ends more than a century of delays in outlawing the symbol of what Biden calls “pure terror.” Anyone convicted under the new law will face up to 30 years in prison. Researchers say there were thousands of […]
U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said on the House floor that establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine “would mean the beginning of World War III.” Omar tweeted the U.S. must avoid “knee-jerk calls that risk nuclear war.” While the U.S. supports Ukraine in its fight against Russian invasion, “a no-fly zone is not simply declared, it […]...
More than 100 environmental and human rights groups sent a letter Tuesday to U.S. president Joe Biden urging him to pardon American attorney Steven Donziger. Donziger is under house arrest for refusing to hand over privileged client information in a high-profile environmental case. In the letter, the groups decry the prosecution of Donziger, w...
A university in Munich, Germany has apologized publicly to two Muslim women students for discriminatory practices during online exams. The incidents sparked widespread criticism on social media, prompting the apology. HM Hochschule Munchen HOT SCHOOL MEWNCHIN said on Twitter “it offered sincere apologies” to the students who were asked by inst...
A recently passed amendment to the UK’s public service pension schemes is being slammed as a “deliberate assault” on the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions or BDS movement. BDS is a Palestinian-led movement promoting boycotts, divestments, and economic sanctions against Israel for its human rights violations and practice of apartheid against Pal...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Decriminalization of abortion up until 24 weeks of pregnancy has sparked a debate after the Constitutional Court in Colombia ruled in favor of the practice. A day after the high court ruled 5-4 late Monday to decriminalize the procedure, President Ivan Duque blasted the decision. “I am pro-life and I believe [&hel...
