SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A top court in St. Vincent and the Grenadines upheld laws on Friday that criminalize gay sex, a blow to activists who have long decried the violence the LGBTQ+ community has faced on the conservative Caribbean archipelago. The ruling by St. Vincent’s High Court stems from a 2019 case filed … Read more
Abramovich, who is known to be a close contact of President Putin, was sanctioned by EU and U.K. authorities in March, causing his assets to be frozen and travel restricted. Cem Ozdel | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images A European Union court on Wednesday upheld sanctions imposed on Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich following a legal … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in Washington on Friday largely upheld a gag order on former President Donald Trump in his 2020 election interference case but narrowed the restrictions on his speech The three-judge panel’s ruling modifies the gag order to allow the Republican 2024 presidential front-runner to make disparaging comments about special … Read more
An Egyptian appeals court has upheld a six-month prison sentence for a fierce government critic who was convicted of defamation ByThe Associated Press October 7, 2023, 12:29 PM CAIRO — An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday upheld a six-month prison sentence for a fierce government critic who was convicted of defamation last month in a … Read more
Activists in Guatemala are blocking roads in surging demonstrations to support President-elect Bernardo Arévalo ByThe Associated Press October 6, 2023, 12:42 PM Protestors block the Inter American highway to demand the resignation of Attorney General Consuelo Porras and prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche in Totonicapan, Guatemala, early Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. For the fifth consecutive day people … Read more
In a blow to Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub, a New York judge on Thursday ruled to allow the implementation of the minimum pay rate of $18 per hour for New York City’s food delivery workers. The delivery apps sued the city in July, when the city’s 65,000 delivery workers would have begun seeing hourly payments, … Read more