Gas Is Here to Stay for Decades, Say Fossil Fuel Heavyweights
The biggest fossil fuel players are making the message clear: the transition to a green future will require
2023-06-24 09:28
Sudan conflict: Army outnumbered on Khartoum's streets
Rival forces have a stronger presence in the capital, despite the fact that the army is much bigger.
2023-06-24 08:50
Philippines to Borrow 2.46 Trillion Pesos in 2024, Bulletin Says
The Philippine government plans to borrow 2.46 trillion pesos ($44.1 billion) in 2024, up 12% from this year,
2023-06-24 08:47
Trump Prepares $5.5 Million Deposit in Sex-Abuse Case
Donald Trump is appealing the $5 million jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing New York
2023-06-24 08:46
Sierra Leone election: Tense poll amid fears of violence
The president and diplomats have called for calm amid a rise in violent incidents in the vote's run-up.
2023-06-24 08:45
Adipurush: Why audiences turned against this Bollywood epic
Adipurush, with all the elements of a blockbuster, was expected to rule the Indian box office - but it didn't.
2023-06-24 08:45
Australia Sanctions Three People for Downing MH17 Over Ukraine
Australia placed sanctions on three individuals involved in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, after
2023-06-24 08:24
Why Russia is investigating Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the bombastic chief of Russia's private mercenary group Wagner, appears to be falling out of favor fast in Moscow, after he unleashed a tirade against the Russian military on Friday and vowed to retaliate against its leaders.
2023-06-24 08:22
Mike Pence challenges rivals to back 15-week abortion ban
The ex-vice-president calls on Republicans to support a 15-week ban as a "minimum nationwide standard".
2023-06-24 08:20
Suspect in Minneapolis crash that killed 5 charged with vehicular homicide
A Minnesota man faces 10 counts of criminal vehicular homicide for a crash in Minneapolis that killed five people last Friday.
2023-06-24 07:54
Federal court halts Florida’s drag ban, calling it attempt to ‘suppress the speech’ rights of performers
A federal court temporarily halted Florida’s controversial restrictions on drag performances, warning the law was overbroad and could risk infringing on free speech rights. The SB1438 law, signed in May by Republican governor Ron DeSantis, is “dangerously susceptible to standardless, overbroad enforcement which could sweep up substantial protected speech,” US judge Gregory Presnell wrote in his ruling. Far from a neutral attempt to protect children, as its backers have sometimes claimed, the law is an admitted attempt to “specifically suppress the speech of drag queen performers,” Judge Presnell wrote. The governor’s office told Reuters the ruling was “dead wrong.” “Of course it’s constitutional to prevent the sexualization of children by limiting access to adult live performances,” spokesperson Jeremy Redfern said. The suit against the state comes from Hamburger Mary’s, a restaurant chain that features family-friendly drag performances. An Orlando franchise of the restaurant filed suit in May. It claimed the law, which levies criminal penalties at food establishment for admitting children to an “adult live performance,” would “explicitly restrict or chill speech and expression protected by the First Amendment.” “This bill has nothing to do with children, and everything to do with the continued oppression of the LGBTQ+ community,” Hamburger Mary’s Orlando wrote in a Facebook post. Florida governor Ron DeSantis has made limiting the rights of LGBTQ+ people a key part of his agenda, signing bills that restrict gender-affirming care, protections for trans people in schools, and access to youth education on gender and sexuality. This month, courts struck down a Florida rule and statute banning Medicaid payments for transgender healthcare, and partially blocked a state law banning people under 18 from getting gender-affirming medicine. Earlier this month, a federal judge in Tennessee declared the state’s drag ban to be “unconstitutionally vague and substantially overbroad.” “There is no question that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment,” Judge Thomas Parker wrote. “But there is a difference between material that is ‘obscene’ in the vernacular, and material that is ‘obscene’ under the law.” “Simply put, no majority of the Supreme Court has held that sexually explicit — but not obscene — speech receives less protection than political, artistic, or scientific speech.” Read More Trump faces questions about whether he'll drag down the Republican Party after his indictments Group with Nazi flags protest outside Florida children’s museum days after similar stunt at Disney World Here are the restrictions on transgender people that are moving forward in US states Florida's law targeting drag shows is on hold under federal judge's order Evangelical leader hopes conference is 'testosterone booster shot' for anti-abortion 2024 candidates Trump, DeSantis interviews show Fox influence on GOP field still strong despite troubled year
2023-06-24 07:25
Chelsea reject third Man Utd bid for Mason Mount
Manchester United have had a third bid worth £55m for Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount rejected.
2023-06-24 06:57