Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu said the body’s status would be on par with the UN’s International Court of Justice. The Chinese government has signed a convention establishing an international mediation organisation located in Hong Kong, with Beijing hoping it will rival the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as the world’s leading conflict resolution…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has stepped up his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the same time that the Supreme Court is considering a case that could make it easier for the president to fire him. The developments are occurring against a backdrop of wider turmoil in the economy and financial markets,…
More than 500 law firms in the United States have rallied in support of Perkins Coie LLP, one of several legal offices that have been targeted under the administration of President Donald Trump. In an amicus brief filed on Friday, the law firms accused the Trump administration of pursuing a campaign of “draconian punishment” against…
Elon Musk has reacted to Judge Susan Crawford defeating conservative-backed candidate Brad Schimel for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. “The long con of the left is corruption of the judiciary,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter, early Wednesday. Musk and groups he backed spent more than $21 million in an effort to defeat…
Le Pen herself has rejected the term far right as she seeks to normalize her National Rally party and bolster her electoral chances. She fiercely opposes immigration and is one of the most famous far-right politicians in Europe. Bruce pointed to U.S. Vice President JD Vance’s fiery speech at the Munich Security Conference in February,…
Yunseo Chung, 21, moved to the US when she was seven and now faces deportation over pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University. United States permanent resident and Columbia University student Yunseo Chung, 21, has sued US President Donald Trump’s administration to halt her deportation, accusing authorities of using the same tactics employed against other college activists…
Both the protests and the market fallout could have been worse, Deutsche Bank strategist Jim Reid said in a note to clients on Monday. “The fact that he wasn’t charged with terrorism means the news isn’t as extreme as it could have been,” he argued, noting that “such a move would have led to the…
United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to dismantle the country’s Department of Education in a bid to deliver on a controversial campaign promise. The department has long been pilloried by conservatives who argue that education should remain under state control, and that the department is polluted by liberal ideas. Constitutional challenges…
President Donald Trump on Saturday invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers under a centuries-old law to deport people associated with a Venezuelan gang. Hours later, a federal judge halted deportations under Trump’s order. The act is a sweeping wartime authority that allows non-citizens to…
THE hero boyfriend of schoolgirl Holly Newton who was murdered by her jealous ex has told for the first time of his torment and revealed: “I blame myself.” Alan Lawson, 18, was knifed four times as he tried to stop crazed Logan MacPhail stabbing Holly, 15, to death in an alleyway beside a pizza parlour….