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North Korea military official dumped from ruling party over graft

North Korea military official dumped from ruling party over graft

Published by Sam Flores

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un denounced as a “political crime” the alleged corruption of a senior military official dumped from the ruling party for taking bribes, state media reported early Saturday (Jul 11). Kim made the comments at a joint meeting of the Workers’ Party of Korea and the army in Pyongyang on Friday, the state news agency KCNA said. The meeting was informed of corruption by Pak Hui Chol, former vice-director in charge of organisational affairs of the General Political Bureau of the People’s Army and his followers, the report said. Pak had received “a large amount of bribes” and led a “dissipated life,” according to KCNA, adding that the ruling party dismissed him from its central leadership body and referred him to law enforcement. “This is a political crime against the Party’s line of building discipline and a deliberate act of embezzlement and plunder against the interests of the state and the people,” Kim was quoted as saying in a speech. High-profile condemnation of senior officials, particularly by the top leader, …

Transgender Girls Who Challenged Trump Sports Order Drop Lawsuit After Supreme Court Ruling

Transgender Girls Who Challenged Trump Sports Order Drop Lawsuit After Supreme Court Ruling

Published by Sam Flores

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Two transgender girls who were the first to challenge President Donald Trump’s executive order, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” have withdrawn their lawsuit in New Hampshire based on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld state bans on transgender athletes in girls’ sports and their own personal hardships, their lawyer said. “This case was always about two courageous young girls who simply wanted the same opportunities as their peers to participate in school life,” their lawyer, Chris Erchull of GLAD Law, said in a statement Thursday. “Their willingness to stand up to extraordinary hostility made clear the human cost of laws that target transgender youth.” For Tirrell, it meant being able to keep playing on her high school girls’ soccer team. For Turmelle, it was having a chance to try out for different sports. Both sides agreed to pause the case and wait for a ruling from the Supreme Court as it considered similar state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school and college athletic teams …

Why an EU ruling about a traffic app could have major implications for big tech companies

Why an EU ruling about a traffic app could have major implications for big tech companies

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Many of the biggest online platforms have long argued they aren’t publishers of the content their users upload, merely hosts. The likes of Google, YouTube, Meta and TikTok claim they simply store and display information created by others, so should not be seen as legally responsible for it. But a recent ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) makes that argument harder to maintain – at least in cases where the platform’s algorithm is deciding which content gets pushed, ranked or amplified. The case relates to Coyote, a French driving assistance company which stores traffic reports submitted by users and redistributes them to the wider network. The question being tested was whether Coyote merely hosts its users’ information, or also controls (and benefits from) how that information is circulated. The significance of this case – brought by the Conseil d’État, France’s highest administrative court and the government’s chief legal adviser – extends far beyond driving apps. It clarifies when a provider may lose the legal right of “intermediary immunity” for the …

A Decade After Historic Ruling, Philippine Fishermen Say Driven Away From Disputed Shoal by China

A Decade After Historic Ruling, Philippine Fishermen Say Driven Away From Disputed Shoal by China

Published by Sam Flores

By Adrian Portugal and Karen Lema MASINLOC, Philippines, July 10 (Reuters) – The Philippines may have won ⁠a ⁠landmark victory against China’s claims in the South China ⁠Sea 10 years ago, but today local fishermen have become too afraid to venture out to Scarborough Shoal and ​its prized fishing waters for fear of harassment by Chinese vessels. The shoal, one of Asia’s most hotly contested maritime areas, has been under China’s de facto control since 2012. In ‌2016, an international tribunal — the Permanent Court of ‌Arbitration — ruled Beijing’s sweeping maritime claims had no basis under law. The waters at the shoal, which China calls Huangyan Dao, are traditional fishing grounds shared by multiple nations, ⁠including the Philippines, China ⁠and Vietnam, the tribunal said. It did not rule on which country had sovereignty over the ​shoal. Many fishermen from the coastal town of Masinloc used to go to the shoal at times when they thought Chinese vessels might not be there such as at night. Now they don’t even do that, saying that China …

Prince Harry sad loss after first UK appearance post-High Court ruling | Royal | News

Prince Harry sad loss after first UK appearance post-High Court ruling | Royal | News

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Prince Harry has launched his first engagement of a five-day visit to the UK, travelling to Central London for an Invictus Games Foundation event at Chatham House. The Duke of Sussex arrived 25 minutes early, appearing contemplative as he was met by his PR adviser Miranda Barbot and his security officer Christopher Sanchez. The private conference forms a crucial element of the “One Year to Go” celebrations for the Invictus Games scheduled to take place in Birmingham in 2027. The gathering is uniting members of the Invictus community, prominent experts and policymakers, including UK minister for veterans and people Calvin Bailey, to examine matters affecting wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans – all those eligible to participate in the Paralympic-style competition. The event commenced around the same time Harry was anticipating the judgment from his High Court case against ANL, as it is understood he was waiting in a reading room at Chatham House when the outcome was expected to be announced. The High Court revealed that Harry had lost his case against …

The Supreme Court Ruling That Further Politicizes Everyday Life

The Supreme Court Ruling That Further Politicizes Everyday Life

Published by Daniella Wilson

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. In recent years, ABC’s daytime talk show The View has become an essential stop for top-level politicians. Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, J. D. Vance, and Hillary Clinton are among the many to have visited. On the one hand, the show is not exactly The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour in terms of policy-focused, hard-hitting journalism. On the other, The View fills a special role in informing the electorate: In an era when news consumption has become siloed and partisan, it’s a show that has no simple ideological profile. Though somewhat left-leaning, the show always has at least one right-coded host on its panel. That means it’s been singularly able to reach a wide audience of people who aren’t necessarily political junkies. Or at least that was true. Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, said in …

“One of the worst days of my life:” SCOTUS ruling forces parents to break trans kids’ hearts

“One of the worst days of my life:” SCOTUS ruling forces parents to break trans kids’ hearts

Published by Sam Flores

Mikael McLaren counts himself as one of the lucky parents. When his daughter, now 21, sought to run cross-country in middle school and field hockey in high school, she was allowed. He didn’t have to go toe-to-toe with her school over regulations barring trans students from playing sports that aligned with their gender identity, or break the news that it would deny her the same access to athletic opportunities afforded to other girls in her school. It wasn’t without some obstacles, but her teams didn’t care that she was transgender; they only cared that she could play. Ultimately, his daughter had the power to decide for herself to quit hockey her senior year as the political climate in Ohio became more hostile. But McLaren knows that many other transgender children aren’t so supported, and he fears the Supreme Court has now opened the door for even fewer to have the same access his child had. On June 30, the court ruled 6-3 in favor of laws in West Virginia and Idaho banning transgender student athletes …

The alarming split in the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

The alarming split in the Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling

Published by Sam Flores

Relief flooded much of the nation on Tuesday morning as the Supreme Court released its decision upholding birthright citizenship, ending the 2025-26 session with a blow to President Donald Trump and his immigration policy. The justices on Tuesday ruled 6-3 in the landmark case that called into question the very foundation of American citizenship and identity. Lawyers and advocates have lamented that this bedrock principle was even up for debate, let alone affirmed by anything less than unanimity among the justices. But a deeper look into the decision shows that only five of the justices ultimately upheld the Constitution — and that should concern every American. In Trump v. Barbara, the justices had the task of determining whether Trump’s first-day executive order violated the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause or federal law. The order declared that individuals born in the United States did not automatically receive citizenship if their parents had insufficient legal status and instructed federal agencies against recognizing citizenship claims of a child born after Feb. 20, 2025, if their parents lacked sufficient status. …

Justice Barrett faces conservative ire, sexist attacks after birthright citizenship ruling

Justice Barrett faces conservative ire, sexist attacks after birthright citizenship ruling

Published by Sam Flores

Justice Amy Coney Barrett is facing fierce backlash from conservative lawmakers and pundits after voting to uphold birthright citizenship, serving a severe blow to a core pillar of President Trump’s immigration agenda.  Barrett joined Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the court’s three liberal justices in striking down Trump’s Day 1 executive order… Source link