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(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Monday to begin its new nine-month term that has cases on issues including guns, gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors, online pornography, federal regulatory powers involving nuclear waste storage and vape products, and securities fraud litigation involving Nvidia (NASDAQ:) and Facebook…
By Nailia Bagirova BAKU (Reuters) – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Friday rejected what he called a “disgusting” letter from U.S. lawmakers who criticised his country’s human rights record and urged it to free political prisoners before it hosts next month’s COP29 climate conference. The letter, signed by nearly 60…
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said he wouldn’t back Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid after she expressed support for eliminating the filibuster to codify abortion rights.Manchin, an independent who left the Democratic Party in May, criticized Harris for her position on the filibuster during a CNN interview Tuesday.”Shame…
By Ananya Mariam Rajesh and Nicholas P. Brown (Reuters) -Nike shareholders have voted against a proposal to consider joining binding agreements with supply chain workers to better address human rights issues in high-risk countries at its annual meeting, the company said on Tuesday. The proposal was moved by an investor…
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s top court said on Thursday the climate change law did not protect basic human rights and lacks targets to shield future generations, in a landmark ruling after activists blamed the government for failing to effectively tackle climate change. About 200 plaintiffs including…
A Russian man convicted of murder and released to fight in Ukraine returned from the front and killed another victim, but has now been freed a second time, according to multiple reports and a legal rights group.The news comes as independent Russian media outlets circulated a letter announcing the man’s…
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s antitrust body has reached an initial assessment that the $8.5 billion India merger of Reliance and Walt Disney (NYSE:) media assets harms competition due to their power over cricket broadcast rights, four sources told Reuters on Tuesday. In the biggest setback so far…
At least two-thirds of the Russian athletes set to participate in the Olympic Games starting next week in Paris are openly defying neutrality rules over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a human rights group claims.Russia and Belarus are barred from sending teams to compete in the Olympics due to the war.…
By Kate Lamb and Bernadette Christina JAKARTA (Reuters) – In a jungled corner of Indonesia’s Papua, the Awyu tribe await a Supreme Court verdict that will determine whether thousands of hectares of rainforest will be cleared for a vast palm oil concession to be planted atop the graves of their…
By Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) -Nashville-based independent music company Concord has agreed to buy Britain’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund for $1.4 billion, the companies said on Thursday, to gain rights to the catalogues of artists including Shakira and Neil Young. Hipgnosis, a music rights investment company founded by industry veteran and former…
