President Trump signed an executive order establishing the Great American Recovery Initiative to coordinate the federal response to substance abuse in the U.S. The initiative aims to align federal resources, set national goals, and use data to guide the government’s response to addiction. It also focuses on raising awareness about substance use disorders, advising federal […]
Panama’s supreme court has ruled that the concession held by a subsidiary of a Chinese company for the Panama Canal is unconstitutional. This decision supports US policy aims to prevent Chinese influence over the strategic waterway. Despite the ruling, Panama’s president assures that the canal will operate normally. The court’s decision has been criticized by […]
South Africa has expelled Israel’s top diplomat, Ariel Seidman, after he made insulting remarks about President Cyril Ramaphosa on social media. Seidman was declared persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave the country. The expulsion follows a series of violations of diplomatic norms, including the use of official Israeli social media platforms to […]
Denmark has introduced a legal reform allowing the deportation of foreign nationals sentenced to at least one year of imprisonment for serious crimes, such as aggravated assault and rape. This measure, announced by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, could conflict with European human rights conventions. The reform is part of a series of legal changes aimed […]
A Sudanese asylum seeker, Deng Chol Majek, has been sentenced to a minimum of 29 years in prison for the brutal murder of Rhiannon Whyte, a hotel worker in Walsall, UK. Majek, who had entered the UK illegally by small boat, stabbed Whyte 23 times at a railway station. The attack, which occurred in October […]
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested for his involvement in a protest that disrupted a church service in Minnesota. Lemon, who claims to have been acting as a journalist, is accused of violating the Enforcement Act of 1871, which prohibits interference with certain civil rights, including the right to practice one’s religion.