Washington, DC – The United States Supreme Court has opted not to review a law that penalises boycotting Israel in the state of Arkansas, leaving in place a lower court’s decision to uphold the measure. Free speech advocates lamented the decision on Tuesday while stressing that the move does not mean that the top court is asserting the constitutionality of antiboycott laws. In recent years, dozens of US states have approved measures to combat the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which aims to peacefully pressure Israel to stop its abuses against Palestinians. “The right to free speech includes…
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Ilyasah Shabazz said that she plans to sue the NYPD and the FBI, among others, for $100m in a wrongful death lawsuit.The daughter of United States civil rights icon Malcolm X has announced that she intends to sue numerous government agencies for allegedly concealing their role in his assassination by gunfire on February 21, 1965. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Ilyasah Shabazz, one of Malcolm X’s daughters, joined with civil rights attorney Ben Crump to announce that they intend to file a wrongful death lawsuit for $100m against government entities such as the New York Police Department (NYPD),…
The Calgary Flames have placed defenceman Michael Stone on injured reserve, the club announced Tuesday. The 32-year-old has five goals and five assists in 46 games in 2022-23. Stone, whose ailment wasn’t disclosed by the team, has 40 goals and 144 points in 550 regular season appearances split between Phoenix/Arizona and Calgary. The Winnipeg native has added six points (three goals, three assists) in 15 playoff contests. The Flames called up defenceman Walker Duehr from its American Hockey League affiliate in a corresponding move. The 27-year-old from Sioux Falls, S.D., has two goals in eight games with Calgary in the…
18′ Corner, Naples. Conceded by Aurélio Buta. 15′ Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick in the defensive half. 15′ Foul by Amir Rrahmani (Napoli). 14′ Corner, Naples. Conceded by Kristijan Jakic. 12′ Corner, Eintracht Frankfurt. Conceded by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. 11′ Foul by Hirving Lozano (Napoli). 11′ Philipp Max (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick on the left wing. 10′ Attempt missed. Mario Götze (Eintracht Frankfurt) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation. 10′ Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Naples). 10′ Jesper Lindstrøm (Eintracht Frankfurt) wins a free kick on…
Justices at the United States Supreme Court have expressed uncertainty over whether to narrow a legal shield protecting internet companies from a wide array of lawsuits, in a major case involving YouTube and the family of an American student fatally shot in a 2015 rampage in Paris. The justices heard arguments in an appeal by the family of Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old student at California State University, Long Beach, who was studying in France, after a lower court dismissed their lawsuit against Google LLC-owned YouTube. Google and YouTube are part of Alphabet Inc. In dismissing the lawsuit, the San Francisco-based 9th…
Los Angeles, California, the US – Sajad Shakoor faced a painful choice while incarcerated at California’s Pleasant Valley State Prison in 2002: remove his chitrali cap — a core part of his identity as a Muslim of Pakistani heritage — or end up in a solitary confinement cell known informally as “the hole”. In order to comply with prison regulations, Shakoor had already made the difficult decision to shave his beard. Other Muslims, many of whom consider growing long beards to be a religious obligation, had refused to do so and been sent to solitary. For Shakoor, being forced to…
World No 1 Iga Swiatek continued her dominant form, while Aryna Sabalenka made it 12-0 for the year as they both recorded quick wins at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Swiatek, who successfully defended her title at the Qatar TotalEnergies Open on Saturday, claimed her fourth straight match without losing more than three games as she crushed former US Open finalist Leylah Fernandez 6-1 6-1 in 72 minutes. The Pole will take on Lyudmila Samsonova next after the Russian received a walkover when her opponent Zheng Qinwen was forced to pull out of their contest due to abdominal pain.…
Iran says Jamshid Sharmahd masterminded a bombing that killed 14 people, something his family denies.Tehran, Iran – Iranian-German citizen Jamshid Sharmahd has been sentenced to death by Iran’s judiciary on terrorism-related charges. The 67-year-old, who also has United States residency and was arrested in 2020, was convicted of “corruption on Earth” for heading a pro-monarchist group accused of a deadly 2008 bombing and planning other attacks across the country, Mizan, the official news agency of the Iranian judiciary, reported on Tuesday. Sharmahd is accused of being the leader of the US-based group Tondar (which means “thunder” in Farsi), also known as…
Gaziantep, Turkey – The possibility of life going back to normal in southern Turkey was shattered after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake rattled the Turkey-Syria border area on Monday night. It was a reawakening of the recent trauma in Gaziantep, which was among the 10 provinces in Turkey devastated by earthquakes that killed more than 47,000 people in the country and neighbouring Syria. Families were sitting around the table for dinner when the new earthquake struck. A magnitude 5.8 quake followed three minutes later. “It made us lose hope in the slowly restored normality we were trying to rebuild,” said 21-year-old…
England Lions slipped to a 2-1 series defeat against Sri Lanka A after the hosts earned a six-wicket win in the final unofficial ODI in Colombo. Nipun Dhananjaya top-scored with 66no for the hosts as they knocked off the Lions’ below-par total of 166 with 17.5 overs to spare. England won the toss and elected to bat first, with the opening partnership of Jack Haynes and Jacob Bethell reaching 22 before the former was dismissed on 13 when he nicked behind off Isitha Wijesundera.Bethell top-scored for the tourists with a half-century but England were reduced to 64-3 when Sam Hain…