A federal law that makes it a crime for a person to encourage illegal immigration does not violate constitutional free speech protections, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday in upholding the decades-old measure defended by President Joe Biden’s administration. The 7-2 ruling, authored by conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett, overturned a lower court’s decision to…
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday he had discussed the war between Russia and Ukraine and an upcoming BRICS summit with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa as they met in Paris. Ramaphosa recently led a delegation of African leaders to Russia and Kyiv seeking to share the continent’s “perspective on…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a setback to the Navajo Nation, rejecting its bid to require the federal government to develop a plan to secure water access for the tribe on reservation lands in the parched American southwest. The justices, in a 5-4 decision authored by conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, concluded that an…
A Chinese aircraft carrier group led by the vessel Shandong sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, Taiwan’s defence ministry said, amid heightened military tension over the island Beijing claims as its own territory. The ministry said the Shandong, commissioned in 2019, had sailed in a southerly direction through the western part of the…
Wall Street extended its sell-off on Wednesday as U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s congressional testimony reinforced the central bank’s campaign to rein in inflation as he hinted at the likelihood of further interest rate hikes. All three major U.S. stock indexes were on track to notch their third straight daily declines, with interest rate…
The Bank of Canada agreed that the need for further rate hikes would be determined by fresh economic data after it lifted rates to a 22-year high earlier this month, minutes from their policy meetings released on Wednesday showed. On June 7 the central bank, which had been on hold since January, raised its overnight…
British manufacturers expect to raise prices by the smallest amount since February 2021 over the next three months although price increases will still be much faster than their long-run average, a survey showed on Wednesday. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said its monthly index of manufacturers’ average selling price expectations slowed to +19 in…
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday upheld a New York county’s law barring anti-abortion activists from approaching people outside abortion clinics, teeing up potential review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the law adopted last year by Westchester County, New York, was valid under a 2000 Supreme Court ruling…
The UK National Lottery is looking for a winner of a mega prize of £10,000 (more than ₹10 lakh) – a month for 30 years. Set For Life players have been urged to check their tickets as one player is unknowingly sitting on a life-changing sum, reported Metro. UK. The winner, who brought in a ticket in…
In a bold move, Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado introduced articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden, demanding a House floor vote in the upcoming days. Boebert’s articles center on Biden’s handling of immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border, coinciding with court revelations of a plea agreement for Hunter Biden over tax and firearm offenses. On…
