Supreme Court allows completion of gas pipeline along Virginia forests
Staff Writer The United States Supreme Court (SC) has, on July 27, lifted an obstacle to completing the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline, dealing a blow to environmental groups opposed to the West Virginia-to-Virginia pipeline led by Equitrans Midstream. The justices granted Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC's request to lift stays imposed by
ECB raises the three key interest rates by 25 basis points
Staff Writer Issuing its Monetary Policy Decisions, on July 27, the European Central Bank (CEB) has announced that it has decided to raise three key interest rates by 25 basis points to ensure inflation returns to its 2% medium-term target in a timely manner. The decision reflects the Governing Council's assessment
Fascist Italian premier welcomed at the White House
Staff Writer Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni was welcomed by President Joe Biden at the White House on July 27, 2023. This marks the first time an outright fascist has been accorded such a welcome by the US president since he took office. Meloni's party, Brothers of Italy, won the largest
UK jury finds #MeToo campaign victim Kevin Spacey not guilty of all charges
By Paul Mitchell A 12-person jury at London’s Southwark Crown Court deliberated for twelve and a half hours across Monday afternoon, Tuesday and Wednesday before finding actor Kevin Spacey not guilty of all the sexual assault charges brought by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Spacey was in tears as the verdicts were
Netanyahu’s Judicial coup law rammed through in Knesset despite largest ever protest movement
By Jean Shaoul On Monday, just before the Knesset’s summer recess, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, consisting of his right-wing Likud Party, ultra-religious parties and fascist parties based on settlers on the West Bank, rammed through the first in a series of laws aimed at curtailing the powers of the Supreme
Indian SC compelled to react on Manipur women sexual violence case
Staff Writer On July 20, the Supreme Court of India (SC) expressed "deep concern" over a video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur, calling it "simply unacceptable" and "the grossest of constitutional and human rights violations." The court, led by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, warned the
Arrested George-Floyd Protesters to receive $13 million from New York City in historic class action
By Jake Offenhartz New York (AP) — New York City has agreed to pay more than $13 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of roughly 1,300 people who were arrested or beaten by police during racial injustice demonstrations that swept through the city during the summer of
Contempt of court law: Sri Lanka Government wages war against people’s freedom of expression
By Sanjaya Jayasekera As part of a larger onslaught on democratic rights, Sri Lanka government of President Ranil Wickremasinghe is waging a war against free expression of the masses, specifically targeting print and digital media and online platforms. The latest of this attack is prepared by another piece of proposed legislation
No right to equal pay for equal work, Germany’s highest labour court rules
By Justus Leicht A ruling by Germany’s Federal Labour Court (BAG), at the end of May explicitly confirmed that the principle of “equal pay for equal work” does not have to apply to temporary agency workers. The complaint of a temporary worker was thereby rejected after a third hearing, despite an earlier
What is Wickremasinge’s Social Market Economy ?
What is Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremasinghe proposing when he refers to a Socal Market Economy (SME) ? UNP Government in 2015 proposed the same. Redeem Sally wrote an article published in DailyFT on 07 October 2015. We republish it here. SME is another pseudo-name for Neoliberal Market Economy,