5 h. ago US Supreme Court to weigh Trump bid to limit birthright citizenship

The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of President Donald Trump’s directive to restrict birthright citizenship in the United States, a contentious part of his efforts to curb immigration and a step that would alter how a 19th century constitutional provision has long been understood. The justices took up a Justice Department appeal of a lower court’s ruling that blocked Trump’s executive order telling US agencies not to recognise the citizenship of children born in the US...

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69 h. ago Afghan boy, 13, executes family’s killer in echoes of worst days of Taliban rule

A 13-year-old boy executed a man found guilty of killing his family in front of a cheering crowd in Afghanistan, in a chilling detail revealed after the event. The public execution, echoing the worst days of Taliban rule, was of a man who the Supreme Court ruled had killed 13 members of the same family, including nine children and their mother. About 80,000 people, including relatives of the victims, attended the execution in the sports stadium in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday. The...

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3 d. ago Why Trump’s US sovereign wealth fund brings high stakes and serious risks

The US Supreme Court lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s tariff war and the recent budget fight on Capitol Hill might have dragged down – if not sunk – one of Washington’s proposed tools to spearhead its strategic competition with China. Ten months after Trump’s executive order authorising the creation of the nation’s first-ever sovereign wealth fund (SWF), there are still few clues about how it can be funded, structured and managed, leaving a giant question mark on whether it could run...

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3 d. ago Trump wants a sovereign wealth fund to compete with China. Big questions remain

The US Supreme Court lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s tariff war and the recent budget fight on Capitol Hill might have dragged down – if not sunk – one of Washington’s proposed tools to spearhead its strategic competition with China. Ten months after Trump’s executive order authorising the creation of the nation’s first-ever sovereign wealth fund (SWF), there are still few clues about how it can be funded, structured and managed, leaving a giant question mark on whether it could run...

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6 d. ago In ‘Schrodinger’s Pakistan’, the young feel sidelined by the state

In Pakistan, a nation where power often seems to serve itself above all else, the latest constitutional overhaul has been received with a weary sense of resignation. Pushed through parliament on November 13 with barely a murmur of opposition, the 27th amendment to the country’s 1973 constitution made two major changes: splitting the Supreme Court into separate appellate and constitutional benches, and upgrading the army chief of staff to overall commander of Pakistan’s armed forces. Viewed in...

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1 week ago Post APEC, Chinese scholars weigh limited easing in China–U.S. rivalry & Trump’s new G2 pitch

Post APEC, Chinese scholars weigh limited easing in China–U.S. rivalry & Trump’s new G2 pitch  Pekingnology

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1 week ago Trump tariffs live updates: White House preps backup plans before Supreme Court verdict as Trump says revenue will 'skyrocket'

Trump tariffs live updates: White House preps backup plans before Supreme Court verdict as Trump says revenue will 'skyrocket'  Yahoo Finance

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1 week ago Brazil’s top court upholds jailing of Bolsonaro after ‘attempt to flee’

Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday voted to uphold the imprisonment of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was detained over the weekend for tampering with his ankle monitor using a soldering iron. Bolsonaro was taken into custody on Saturday from his home, where he had been under house arrest after a judge declared him a flight risk as he appeals a 27-year sentence for plotting a failed coup. The far-right firebrand was convicted in September over a scheme to stop President Luiz Inacio Lula da...

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1 week ago Trump tariffs live updates: White House preps backup plans with Supreme Court verdict looming; US, EU officials meet

Trump tariffs live updates: White House preps backup plans with Supreme Court verdict looming; US, EU officials meet  Yahoo Finance

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1 week ago Brazil’s Bolsonaro says ‘hallucinations’ led him to violate ankle monitoring

On his first full day in prison, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told a judge on Sunday he had violated his ankle monitoring the day before at his house arrest because of a nervous breakdown and hallucinations caused by a change in his medication. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the 70-year-old leader’s pre-emptive jailing Saturday for he is considered a flight risk. Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison in September for attempting a coup to remain in the...

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1 week ago Real possibility of US tariff refunds is sure to stir up a giant ‘mess’

Marilyn-Joy Cerny has challenged the US government thousands of times during her 35-year career as a trade lawyer, enjoying an enviable record of recovering tariff money for importers whom Washington wrongfully charged. But the sheer scale of potential refunds – known technically as protests – should the Supreme Court rule against US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies in the coming weeks, potentially amounting to US$100 billion or more, has given even her pause. “I have filed so many...

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2 w. ago China’s Supreme People’s Court Releases Typical Cases on Combating Malicious Intellectual Property Litigation

China’s Supreme People’s Court Releases Typical Cases on Combating Malicious Intellectual Property Litigation  The National Law Review

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2 w. ago In weaponising national security in trade against China, US breeds chaos

Regardless of the outcome of the challenge to US President Donald Trump’s powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act now before the Supreme Court, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has made clear the administration will continue to use national security rationales to enact its disruptive trade measures. It was not always thus. Nations have always had national security interests. Major powers have always engaged in espionage targeting adversaries – even allies. But since the...

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2 w. ago US national security focus throws a spanner in the workings of global trade

Regardless of the outcome of the challenge to US President Donald Trump’s powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act now before the Supreme Court, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has made clear the administration will continue to use national security rationales to enact its disruptive trade measures. It was not always thus. Nations have always had national security interests. Major powers have always engaged in espionage targeting adversaries – even allies. But since the...

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2 w. ago Why is Mary Jane Veloso still in prison a year after Indonesia let her go?

Mary Jane Veloso’s lawyers have asked the Philippine Supreme Court to explain why the woman who once narrowly escaped execution in Indonesia remains behind bars in the Philippines nearly a year after her return, despite facing no criminal charges under local law. The petition has revived international attention on a case that for years sat at the intersection of labour migration, human trafficking and Southeast Asia’s harsh drug laws – and continues to raise questions about how Manila protects...

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2 w. ago Thailand court orders Thaksin to pay US$540 million in tax dispute

Thailand’s Supreme Court ordered jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday to pay back taxes over the sale of his telecoms firm, the judiciary said, with reports putting the sum due at around half a billion dollars. In 2006, Thaksin was dogged by corruption allegations and mired in controversy over the tax-free sale of shares in his company, Shin Corporation. Later that year he was ousted as prime minister in a coup and then went into exile for more than a decade. The 76-year-old...

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2 w. ago China duo caught carving ‘success’, ‘good luck’ at ancient sites to change fate

Two men caught inscribing positive words and their names on rocks at 35 historical sites on China’s Mount Tai in a single day claim they did so to “change their fate”. The case gained national attention on November 7, when China’s Supreme People’s Court released details of it to mark the first anniversary of the revised Law of the People’s Republic of China on Cultural Relics Protection. The move was also aimed at raising public awareness about cultural heritage preservation. Two men are from...

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3 w. ago US Supreme Court lets Trump continue food aid cuts, even as shutdown nears end

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full Snap payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume. The order keeps in place at least for a few more days a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme to feed their families in some states have received their full monthly allocations, while others have received nothing. The order will expire just before midnight on Thursday. The Senate has...

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4 w. ago Trump gets another shot at erasing his hush money conviction

A US federal appeal court on Thursday said Donald Trump deserves another chance to show his New York state hush money criminal case belonged in federal court, providing a fresh opportunity for the US president to try to erase his conviction. Trump has argued that presidents are immune from prosecution over their official acts. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a federal district judge should have more closely reviewed whether a 2024 Supreme Court decision on presidential...

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