Giorno: 8 Dicembre 2022

Russian lawmakers pass bill banning surrogacy for foreigners

The lower house of the Russian parliament on Thursday passed a bill banning foreigners from using Russian surrogate mothers. The bill adopted by the State Duma mandates that only married Russian citizens or single Russian women who cannot give birth to a child for medical reasons will be able to use the services of surrogate […]

UK high court rules pro-life demonstrations can be banned from perimeter of abortion clinics

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has ruled it legal to ban pro-life demonstrations and advocacy from the perimeter of abortion clinics. The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Northern Ireland Bill would legalize “buffer” zones around abortion clinics that would prohibit the presence of pro-life groups or demonstrators within 328 feet of an abortion […]

Anne Sacoolas, wife of US diplomat, gets suspended sentence after killing UK teen in crash

A U.K. court handed down an eight-month suspended prison sentence to Anne Sacoolas, an American woman who admitted to causing the death of 19-year-old Harry Dunn by careless driving in August 2019. Sacoolas, wife of an American intelligence officer, was driving on the wrong side of the rode when her car collided with Dunn’s motorcycle […]

Ukraine calls on US to back tribunal to try Kremlin for war crimes

Kyiv has called on the U.S. to help it create a tribunal that would investigate and try Russian leadership for the war crimes committed in Ukraine since the war began more nine months ago. “Peace is impossible without justice. And justice is impossible without judiciary,” head of Ukraine’s presidential office Andriy Yermak said in Wednesday […]

Iranian students take to streets joining striking business owners as Amini protests hit 83rd day

Students joined protesters who took to the streets across Iran on Wednesday as protests stemming from the death of Mahsa Amini continued into the 83rd day. The protesting students were joined by shopkeepers across the country who closed up their shops and went on strike for the last several days, the National Council of Resistance […]

White House counters Saudi claim on Brittney Griner negotiations, says talks were between US, Russia

Post Content The White House on Thursday looked to set the record straight on who was responsible for the negotiations that secured WNBA star Brittney Griner’s safe return from Russia: Washington and Moscow. “This negotiation was between the U.S. government and Russia, and that’s how we were able to secure Brittney’s release,” White House press […]

SCOTUS whistleblower admits incident in his book ‘possibly’ did not happen, then Jordan proves it didn’t

Post Content A whistleblower who claims that he was tipped off to the decision in a major Supreme Court case before it was published in 2014 admitted Thursday that an incident he described in his new book “may not have” actually happened – then he was played evidence proving it did not. During a House […]

White House ‘not going to apologize’ for releasing Merchant of Death as critics rail ‘bad deal’

Post Content President Biden makes “no apologies” for releasing “Merchant of Death” Viktor Bout in exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner Thursday despite critics who say it was a poor deal. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre defended the exchange to skeptical reporters during Thursday’s briefing, saying the options were to either secure Griner’s release […]

It will take some complex math for McCarthy to actually be elected speaker of the House

Post Content You may never have heard of Cheryl Johnson. But you are certain to hear a lot about Johnson on January 3. It’s possible House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., may never clasp the gavel and become Speaker of the House on January 3. By the same token, Cheryl Johnson may never be House […]

Man given suspended 10-week sentence over racist assault on teacher in Stockport

Read More A former soldier who pleaded guilty to a racist assault after chasing a teacher down the street with two umbrellas and using a racial slur has received a 10-week suspended sentence and ordered to pay his victim ?300. Robert Browne, 56, pleaded guilty last month at Tameside magistrates court to racially/religiously aggravated common […]