TOKYO: Voters in Tokyo knocked Japan’s ruling party from its position as the largest group in the city assembly, results showed Monday, a warning sign for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s unpopular government before July elections.Japanese media said it was a record-low result in the key local ballot for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which has […]
In its biggest ruling of the term, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits some medical treatments for transgender youths, shielding similar laws in more than 20 other states. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, describes the three factions of justices in the 6-to-3 decision. […]
A US federal judge on Tuesday held Florida attorney general James Uthmeier in civil contempt for defying an injunction that temporarily blocked a controversial state law that made it illegal for undocumented migrants to enter Florida.District judge Kathleen Williams had earlier ruled the law could likely be unconstitutional and barred its enforcement while the case […]
This is a representative AI image An Illinois-based toy maker, Learning Resources Inc., has taken its tariff battle to the US Supreme Court, urging the justices to swiftly rule on the legality of former President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs. In legal documents, the company emphasised the urgency, citing “the tariffs’ massive impact on virtually every […]
US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump wrote a fiery post on social media on Thursday night after a federal court ruling challenged the legality of his proposed tariffs, criticising the judiciary and taking aim at prominent conservative legal figures.The controversy stems from a recent decision by the US court of international trade, which […]
Rallies by UML and Royalists are expected to gather on Republic Day (Image credit: ANI) Kathmandu is bracing for two opposition rallies on Thursday, one led by the ruling CPN-UML and the other by the royalists as the nation marks Republic Day.The Communist Party of Nepal- Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) have called for a cultural […]
Institute of Peace (FIle Photo AP) WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Friday denied the Trump administration’s request that she stay her May 19 ruling that returned control of the US Institute of Peace back to its acting president and board.In a seven-page ruling, US district court Judge Beryl A Howell said the government did not […]
Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Photo: AP) Colombo, May 07, 2025 -Sri Lanka’s leftist government won local council elections but with significantly lower margins, in its first test since sweeping national polls last year, official results showed on Wednesday.President Anura Kumara Dissanayake‘s coalition received the most votes in 265 out of the 339 councils, […]
Washington: A US appellate court on Saturday ruled against allowing Voice of America staff to return to work, throwing its resumption of operations into question after President Donald Trump shuttered the broadcaster in March.Voice of America (VOA), a US government-run news service for international audiences, has been off the air since Trump ordered the dismantling […]
Thousands of people took to the streets in London and Edinburgh on Saturday to protest a recent UK supreme court ruling that defines a “woman” legally as someone assigned female at birth. Activists, trade unions, and members of the LGBTQ+ community held rallies in support of trans rights, waving flags and holding signs reading “trans […]
