WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday for a death row inmate, for a criminal defendant who said his lawyer had not followed his instructions, and for farmers and fishermen in India suing an international organization over air and water pollution. Capital Punishment The capital case concerned a condemned inmate suffering from dementia who […]
More than 6,000 rough sleepers have been criminalised over four years by a Victorian law described as ‘indefensible’. The Government has been slammed for using a Victorian law to criminalise rough sleepers after it emerged more than 1,000 people were found guilty in 2017. It comes as figures reveal nearly 600 people died while homeless […]
SINGAPORE – MP Louis Ng (Nee Soon GRC) is an animal rights advocate who has opposed the culling of animals, but there is one sacred cow he wants slayed: streaming in secondary schools. Mr Ng on Wednesday (Feb 27) called for the system to be eliminated in favour of subject-based banding, to ensure social mixing […]
WASHINGTON — The House voted on Tuesday to overturn President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the Mexican border, with more than a dozen Republicans joining Democrats to try to block his effort to divert funding to a border wall without congressional approval. The resolution of disapproval, which passed 245-182, must now be taken […]
Jewish Labour MPs have attacked their party for questioning a decision to ban Hezbollah. Labour claimed ministers had failed to present “clear evidence” to proscribe the Lebanon-based group’s political wing. The Commons rubber-stamped the decision by Home Secretary Sajid Javid after MPs did not oppose the move. In a joint statement, Labour MPs Ruth Smeeth, […]
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has dropped another hint of a possible early election by saying the fixed election date of Oct. 6, 2020, is more of a deadline than a date set in stone. “It isn’t a fixed election date. It’s a drop-dead date,” Pallister said Tuesday when asked about the possibility of an early […]
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago voters hit the polls on Tuesday in a crowded mayoral election that is expected to lead to an April runoff to pick who will lead the third-largest U.S. city, which has struggled with crime and racial divisions. Rahm Emanuel, mayor since 2011 and previously White House chief of staff to former […]
SINGAPORE – A permanent senior citizen healthcare package for all Singaporeans from the age of 60 has been proposed by Workers’ Party (WP) chief Pritam Singh, a move that will “represent a critical symbol of integration” among the people. Providing citizens with a basic level of medical benefits will also ease their out-of-pocket expenses for […]
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the appointment of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, and ruled that a former aide to Roger J. Stone Jr., the longtime Trump adviser who was indicted last month, must testify before a grand jury. In a […]
In a ministerial statement in Parliament on Tuesday (Feb 12), Health Minister Gan Kim Yong answered questions that have been raised since the Ministry of Health (MOH) revealed last month that confidential details of more than 14,000 people on the HIV Registry had been illegally made public by American Mikhy K Farrera Brochez. He had […]