Conflict between Israel and Hamas: India demands strict compliance with international humanitarian law

On Thursday, India issued a demand for the rigorous enforcement of international humanitarian law, days after an attack on a hospital in Gaza sparked outrage throughout the world.

Arindam Bagchi, a spokesperson for India's Ministry of External Affairs, stated that India is concerned...

Judge Approves Idaho Bill Restricting Transgender Students' Use of Restrooms

A federal judge has upheld an Idaho law mandating that public school students use the restroom associated with their assigned sex at birth. Additionally, the judge has permitted the family of a transgender student to continue their legal challenge against the aforementioned law.

At leas...

The age of consent goes up from 13 to 16 in Japan.

Japan's age of consent went from 13 (one of the lowest in the world) to 16 on Friday, when important changes to sex crime laws were passed.

The upper house of parliament voted unanimously in favor of the changes, which make it clearer what needs to be done to prosecute rape and make...

Talks about the U.S. debt cap need to be more mature, says a German minister.

There isn't much time left to reach a deal. Earlier this month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that if a deal isn't reached, the biggest economy in the world could default on its debt on June 1.

Leaders of the Democratic Party want to raise the cap, but Republican law...

Contempt-of-court lawyer in $9.5 billion Chevron environmental lawsuit has appeal to the Supreme Court denied.

A disbarred lawyer who won a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron in an environmental case in Ecuador was jailed for contempt of court on Monday, but the Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal.

Lawyer Steven Donziger got six months behind bars for ignoring a judge's order to han...

Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX's founder, was recently indicted on several felony counts, including violations of campaign finance laws.

The founder of the cryptocurrency trading platform FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been hit with four new criminal charges, increasing the scope of his potential liability in what federal prosecutors are calling a billion dollar fraud.

On Thursday, a superseding indictment was unsealed, bri...

Europe risks ushering in a new era of protectionism by joining the US subsidy race.

Joe Biden's clean technology law has drawn the European Union into a subsidy battle that might spark a transatlantic trade war, just as the allies are banding together to counter Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Even as the US has grown increasingly antagonistic to the limits imposed by the ...

France will hold a national debate on assisted suicide laws.

This week, France will launch a national debate on whether rules governing end-of-life care (assisted suicide) should be amended.

The consultation procedure comprises 150 French individuals who were chosen at random to debate the subject in sessions between now and March and submit thei...

Kari Lake, an election denier, has filed a lawsuit against Arizona election officials

-On Friday, defeated Republican candidate Kari Lake filed a lawsuit against state elections officials, challenging the counting and certification of the midterm election and asking to be proclaimed the winner.

According to a filing with the Maricopa County Superior Court on Friday, the ...

Under Germany's new plastics law, firms might donate €450 million annually to litter cleanup

Plastic firms in Germany will soon be obliged to pay for rubbish collection.

Wednesday's Cabinet vote requires manufacturers of products using single-use plastic to contribute to a government-managed central fund. In 2025, it will be implemented.

Based on the historical pr...

Two facts, plus a law: Did Deepti Sharma intend to run out at the end of the non-striker

A can of worms has been released by Deepti Sharma's run-out of Charlie Dean at the non-end. striker's Although the method of dismissal is lawful, many believe it goes against the "Spirit of Cricket."

The non-striker may be run out according to the rules of cricket if i...

German lawmakers express concern over a far-right victory in Italy's election

German politicians from all political parties have expressed alarm over Giorgia Meloni's electoral win. Meloni, who appears to be the next prime minister of Italy, has received support from the far-right AfD.

Concerned German lawmakers of all political stripes reacted on Monday as G...

Business groups want Maine DEP to postpone the reporting law for "forever chemicals"

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is being urged by several companies and trade associations to postpone new reporting requirements for products using so-called "forever chemicals." However, the proponent of the new regulation claims that PFAS-using industries had plenty ...

Skittles are alleged to be unfit for consumption in a lawsuit

They contain titanium dioxide, a culinary ingredient found in many foods. Here is what we discovered about its safety.

If you've been following recent nutrition news, you may have heard about a lawsuit that claimed Skittles, the famously colourful candy from "taste the rainbow,...

EU Requires Speed-Limiters

The European Commission has only just just approved certain brand new legislation that mandate that incorporation of intelligent speed good works into all cars that really are freshly constructed. The laws are effective immediately. The European Parliament approved these measures and ratified the...

The rape lawsuit against Ronaldo is dismissed by a US judge.

The rape lawsuit brought by Kathryn Mayorga, a teacher and ex-model against Christiano Ronaldo was dismissed by the US District Judge Jennifer Dorsey.

Allegedly she was sexually assaulted by the footballer in 2009 in a Las Vegas hotel room. These allegations were denied by Ronaldo who e...

Can Private Law Protect Communities Living Near Chemical Facilities from Flood Water Contamination

Climate change is a worldwide phenomenon with terrifying environmental consequences that are unfolding right before our eyes. Natural calamities such as hurricanes and floods are becoming more often as a result of irresponsible human activity such as fossil fuel burning. When extreme weather even...

Experts claim that your food contains thousands of unregulated chemicals

What if we told you that many of your favourite packaged foods, such as cupcakes, chips, cookies, frozen pizza, pies, candy bars, and so on, include chemicals created in a lab to make them look and taste better while also extending their shelf life? Is that something you could live with? Maybe.

Will Australia's major parties pledge to improve our whistleblowing law on World Press Freedom Day?

Press freedom, at its most basic level, is about the liberty to report and publish the truth without fear or favour. Whistleblowers – or truth-tellers – play a key role in this effort.

The fact that multiple public interest whistleblowers are still on trial in Australia is a...

Pro-EU lawmakers congratulate Slovenia's hard-right prime minister on his defeat

Left and liberal pro-EU lawmakers have hailed the defeat of Slovenia's rightwing populist prime minister, Janez Jana, to a political insurgent who has promised to return the country to "normalcy."

Robert Golob, a political newbie who established his Freedom Movement in Jan...