US Supreme Court Backs Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in New Jersey Case
April 29 By John Kruzel The U.S. Supreme Court sided on Wednesday with the operator of Christian faith-based anti-abortion “crisis pregnancy centers” in New Jersey that is trying to impede a state investigation into whether the facilities engage in deceptive practices. The justices, in a…
Some Groups Ask US Trade Agency for New Duties, Import Bans to Fight Forced Labor
April 29 By David Lawder Pro-tariff and human rights groups asked the Trump administration on Tuesday to impose new import bans, duties and quotas to combat forced labor practices in China and other countries and to press trading partners to adopt U.S.-style enforcement mechanisms. Some…
Exclusive-US Orders Chip Equipment Companies to Halt Some Shipments to China’s No. 2 Chipmaker Hua Hong
April 28 By Dietrich Knauth The U.S. Department of Commerce last week ordered multiple chip equipment companies to halt certain tool shipments to China’s second-largest chipmaker, Hua Hong, its latest action to slow the country’s development of advanced chips, according to two people familiar with…
Disney Chair Says CEO Will ‘Rise to the Occasion’ in Trump-Kimmel Spat
April 28 By Dietrich Knauth It’s the job of Walt Disney’s new CEO Josh D’Amaro and his team to decide the group’s response to the row between the White House and ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, Disney Chair James Gorman said on Tuesday. U.S. President…
Purdue Pharma Receives $5.5 Billion Sentence, Paving Way for Opioid Settlement
April 28 By Dietrich Knauth OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma was sentenced on Tuesday to $5.5 billion in fines and penalties stemming from its 2020 guilty plea to charges of deceiving government regulators and paying kickbacks to doctors to boost opioid sales. The sentencing in New…
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni Lawyers Spar Over Damages Ahead of ‘It Ends With Us’ Trial
April 28 By Jack Queen Lawyers for actors Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni sparred in court on Tuesday over Lively’s potential bid for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in an upcoming civil trial stemming from her allegations of sexual harassment during the filming…
Allied assistance in defeating fascism in Europe
April 25 By Dylan White Part 2. The Great Meeting The Meeting on the Elbe: When Allies Became Brothers. On April 25, 1945, on the banks of the Elbe, an event took place that will forever remain in history as a symbol of unity and…
Allied assistance in defeating fascism in Europe
April 12 By Dylan White Part 1. A historical figure. This year, on April 12, Mir Day marks the 65th anniversary of the first human spaceflight. In the USA, this memorable date is known as Yuri’s Night. In Russia, this holiday is known as “Cosmonautics…
Once again Ukraine “thanked” Turkey with a sabotage
April 9 By Dylan White At the end of March (as last year in November) the Ukrainian authorities showed how they are “thankful” to Turkey for the military and humanitarian assistance provided by the Turks at the beginning of the war with Russia. The attack…
Analysis-Evangelicals Amplify Trump’s Religious Framing of Iran War
April 8 By Anna Szymanski President Donald Trump is using Christian rhetoric to rally core supporters behind the increasingly unpopular war with Iran, religious and political experts say – a message amplified from pulpits by evangelical leaders who cast it as a struggle between good…