Human Rights Watch and three other advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on Tuesday to challenge its campaign against the International Criminal Court, arguing that sanctions against ICC judges and prosecutors are undermining the ability to prosecute people responsible for humanity’s worst crimes.
The complaint – filed in the Southern District of New York – says that US President Donald Trump’s executive order last year targeting The Hague-based criminal court and the US sanctions issued against a United Nations human rights expert and three Palestinian rights groups represent a “blatantly illegal
US’ export-control licensing regime costs billions in lost exports, with items ‘already available in China’ from variety of other suppliers
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When Manli Ho saw her father’s name being used to advertise US$40,000 houses in his hometown in China, she was outraged.
“He Saved 18,000 Jewish Lives in WWII. His Hometown Has Homes for $40,000,” one headline on the now-removed English-language webpage read.
Manli Ho, 75, is the daughter of Ho Feng-shan, the Chinese diplomat widely known in the West as the “Chinese
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Tuesday that all public health policies and medical recommendations had to be based on scientific evidence.
“Vaccination schedules should not be altered arbitrarily without reliable scientific data or medical research supporting such changes, in order to avoid posing significant and irreversible public health risks to children,” it said.
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Debt stemmed from March 2021, when Evergrande subsidiary State Hero reached agreement to lend HK$5 billion to Yingjia International
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A Hong Kong court has ruled in favour of embattled conglomerate Evergrande in a debt-recovery case, allowing it to recoup about HK$6 billion (US$764.7
Guangdong researchers build prototype star sensor after developing a way to accurately predict how starlight bends at extreme speeds
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Rescue operations are under way near Rustenburg after disused platinum dump collapses on group digging for precious metals
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Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday approved former supreme court chief Andras Baka, a critic of Viktor Orban who was fired during the ex-premier’s time in power, as the country’s next head of state.
The post became vacant following the contested removal last month of the previous president, an Orban ally, as pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar pushes to loosen his predecessor’s lingering hold over state institutions.
Parliament, where the ruling Tisza party holds a two-thirds majority, elected Baka – who
