Jonathan Head South East Asia correspondent Reuters Since Thailand decriminalised cannabis in 2022, shops selling the drug have popped up across the country Thailand is trying to rein in its free-wheeling marijuana market. The government has approved new measures, which will soon restrict consumption of the drug to those with a doctor’s prescription – in...
Emma Saunders Culture reporter Getty Images Taylor Swift has been described in legal documents as one of Blake Lively’s “dragons” Messages between Blake Lively and Taylor Swift can be handed over to Justin Baldoni as part of his ongoing high-profile legal battle with the actress, a judge has decided. Communications between Lively and her friend...
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. In response to a January executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has implemented new guidelines that permit individual doctors and other health professionals to refuse to...
One man not in the running is former Scotland forward Steven Naismith, who has been out of management since being sacked by Hearts in September. “For me to go back in, it needs to be the perfect job for me because of family life,” he told Sportsound on Sunday. “If when Wimmer got the job,...
“I think, since I left in 2019, my name has always been on the list [of rumours]. “I’ve seen the rumours, we are 100 coaches on the list. Don’t be worried about that. “If something happens [in the future], you for sure will see, but I am so happy in this moment and we cannot...
Migrants deported under Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act were “plainly deprived…of their right[s],” the judge ruled. A United States district judge has ruled that the Trump administration must provide hundreds of migrants sent to an El Salvador megaprison under the Alien Enemies Act the ability to challenge their deportation. U.S. District Judge James...
It cannot be our charge to deal with the laws concerning the school in the broadest sense, since they are to be regarded as applying not only to the pupils but also to the teachers and across all [über alle] relationships of the school, both internally and externally. Rather, we know the school laws as...
Former Columbia University student protester Mahmoud Khalil remained in detention in Louisiana Thursday even after a ruling by a federal judge who found that his imprisonment by Trump immigration officials is “likely” unconstitutional — but his attorneys expressed hope that the decision brought Khalil a step closer to being reunited with his wife and newborn...
BBC A US federal court has ruled that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority by imposing global tariffs, in a major blow to a key part of his economic policies. The Court of International Trade ruled that an emergency law invoked by the White House does not provide unilateral authority to impose tariffs on nearly...
Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Environmental rules that force developers in England to improve wildlife habitats could be eased under government plans to make it easier to build homes on smaller sites. The government is reviewing Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements, under which builders must compensate for the loss of any nature on housing developments....
This piece was originally published by ExxonKnews, a reporting project of the Center for Climate Integrity covering the fossil fuel industry and climate accountability. When Sharon Wilson arrives on site at an oil and gas facility in Texas, it’s the smell that often greets her first. An odor similar to rotten eggs or a mechanic...
A federal judge has said the deportation of eight men to South Sudan “unquestionably” violated his order that migrants must be allowed to challenge their removal to third countries. Judge Brian Murphy’s finding on Wednesday was the latest turn in a fast-evolving dispute. One day earlier, he ordered US authorities to keep custody of the...
Italy has approved a law that tightens the rules for people with Italian heritage to get passports. Previously, anyone with an Italian ancestor who lived after 17 March, 1861 – when the Kingdom of Italy was created – qualified to be a citizen under the ‘jus sanguinis’, or descendent blood line law. Under the amended...
BBC The legal right to wild camp on Dartmoor has been upheld by the Supreme Court in a decision that is likely to reignite the debate over public access to land in England. Judges unanimously rejected an appeal by landowners Alexander and Diana Darwall who said people should not be able to camp without permission...
During Uefa competitions this season, the signal used to indicate the use of ‘only the captain’ guidelines is one arm extended, showing the flat of the hand. “This signal may be adopted by other competitions, but currently there is no mandatory signal at the highest levels of the game, as different countries may have varying...