9 h. ago White Island volcano eruption: criminal convictions for island owners thrown out

Twenty-two people died in the 2019 New Zealand disaster, mostly US and Australian cruise ship passengers on a walking tourThe owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe thrown out by a judge on Friday.The release of the decision followed a three-day hearing last October for the owners’ company at the high court in the city of Auckland where they appealed against the charges laid by New Zealand’s workplace health and safety regulator after the 2019 eruption of Whakaari, also known as White Island. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Trump cancels contracts with refugee groups one day after judge blocks suspension of resettlement program

Lawyers for aid groups argue the administration is trying to get around court orders by cancelling contracts altogether

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59 h. ago US judge blocks Trump’s suspension of refugee resettlement program

US district judge in Seattle says Trump’s executive order exceeded his powers by shutting down programA federal judge has blocked Donald Trump’s attempt to suspend the US’s refugee admission system after ruling that the move exceeded his powers.The ruling, from US district judge Jamal Whitehead, stated that Trump’s executive order affecting refugee admissions, issued on the day of his inauguration, amounted to an illegal usurpation of the powers of Congress. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago ‘I’ll reserve judgement’ – Match of the Day icon's verdict on Gary Lineker’s replacements

Gary Lineker will leave his role as BBC Match of the Day presenter at the end of the 2024/25 season, with Mark Chapman, Gabby Logan and Kelly Cates set to take over

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3 d. ago One in three contracts canceled by DOGE won’t save Trump’s government any money

DOGE’s ‘slash and burn’ approach is being slammed as ‘pointless’

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3 d. ago Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by DOGE are expected to produce no savings

Nearly 40% of the federal contracts that the Trump administration claims to have canceled as part of its signature cost-cutting program aren’t expected to save any money

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7 d. ago Judge won't immediately block Trump administration’s abrupt halt to Catholic refugee funding

A federal judge has refused to immediately block the Trump administration’s abrupt halt to funding of the nation’s largest private refugee resettlement program

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7 d. ago US silences Zelensky and CANCELS press conference between him and Trump's envoy after telling Ukrainian president to 'tone down his criticism' of Donald

Zelensky met with Lt. Gen. Kellogg in Kyiv this afternoon for wide-ranging talks on efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war, of which the three-year anniversary is fast approaching

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7 d. ago Trump aide tells Zelenskyy to ‘tone it down’ as US envoy cancels Kyiv press conference – Europe live

Keith Kellog cancels joint appearance with Zelenskyy, while Trump aide said Ukraine should ‘tone it down and sign that deal’ on minerals with USFormer US state secretary John Kerry said “the basic playing field for making peace in Ukraine is there,” as he rejected Donald Trump’s suggestions that Ukraine was responsible for starting the war with Russia and dismissed Russian president Vladimir Putin’s logic for invasion as “lies.”Speaking at a London conference organised by the consultancy Brand Finance, Kerry, who served as the US state secretary in Barack Obama’s Democratic administration, said this:Putin individually decided, contrary to what Donald Trump said yesterday or day before, to invade Ukraine. He wants it back. He said different motives expressed at different times, that it was Nazis taking over the country, and he had to go in to root out the Nazis. Well, come on, folks. I mean, that lie has been proved. There’s so many lies.And why do I say that? Because I think all of ...

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9 d. ago US Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for halt in funding for refugee settlement

Catholic bishops are suing the Trump administration over its abrupt halt to funding of refugee resettlement, calling the action unlawful and harmful to newly arrived refugees and to the nation’s largest private resettlement program

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