Shortly after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump signed a host of executive orders, including a move to end birthright citizenship as part of his hardline anti-immigration agenda. Birthright citizenship refers to a constitutionally protected right that grants automatic US citizenship to babies born in the country. The…
The head of Hong Kong’s professional body for barristers has urged authorities to exercise their powers in a “considered and proportionate manner” when handling national security-related issues to show the city is a jurisdiction where civil rights are respected. Victor Dawes, chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, also said on Monday that the measured…
The owner of a hotel in Orlando’s tourist district has reached an agreement with the Justice Department after the agency sued alleging discrimination when the resort canceled a planned conference for an Arab American group in the weeks after the attack which triggered the war in Gaza. The Justice Department’s complaint filed Thursday alleged that…
A Hong Kong Court sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to jail terms of up to 10 years on Tuesday, in the first-ever mass sentencing since Beijing imposed a controversial national security law on the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The activists were among 47 people arrested in 2021 for organising unofficial primary elections to choose pro-democracy legislative candidates….
President Joe Biden fought back tears while reciting the lyrics to “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” at a ceremony honoring recipients of the National Medal of the Arts and National Medal of the Humanities on Monday. The president received multiple standing ovations while giving the keynote address to recipients of the prestigious awards from the…