In a little over three years, the Trump administration has completely reversed 64 environmental regulations, and is in the process of reversing 34 more, making that an average of a little more than one every three weeks. Such regulations range from auto emissions standards to ending payments to the Green
Newsweek wrote on April 29th, “Navy sends second ship into disputed waters after china claims it scrambled jets to expel US destroyer.” The day before, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) announced the American guided-missile destroyer USS Barry, violated Chinese sovereignty when it cruised by the Chinese controlled Paracel Islands in
On May 6, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani promised a “crushing response” and “serious consequences” if the United States extends the arms embargo on Iranian trade of conventional arms. The statement comes after the United States drafted a United Nations resolution to indefinitely extend the embargo, which was set to be
Reports have emerged of one of the worst human rights abuses on the Afghan-Iranian border within recent memory. It has been reported that last week, between 45 and 55 migrants were remanded by border guards, tortured, and thrown into the river Harirud, between Afghanistan’s Herat Province and Iran’s Khorasan. Abdul
On Thursday, May 7, Germany passed a law banning “gay conversion therapy” for minors. The new legislation aims to stop adults offering to change or suppress the sexual orientation of those under 18 years of age. Anyone who breaks the law can face a prison sentence of up to one
After nearly two months of stay-at-home orders, Italy has finally begun the process of ending the longest coronavirus lockdown in Europe. Last Monday, the government cautiously eased a few restrictions. Many other restrictions are currently still in place as the country begins to open up from one of the worst
The United States’ first official COVID-19 death to occur while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody was reported on Wednesday, May 6th. The 57-year-old man from El Salvador contracted the virus in the Otay Mesa Detention Center in California and was hospitalized in late April, according to the San
Chinese messaging app WeChat monitors international users to strengthen the Chinese censorship system, a new study from the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab found. The app boasts 1.15 billion users around the world. Previously, content surveillance was thought to only affect users registered in China. However, WeChat analyzes international users’
Identified as a “shadow pandemic” by UN Women, domestic abuse has skyrocketed under global lockdown. UN chief António Guterres has urged all governments to increase their response to this epidemic and to prioritize the physical and emotional safety of survivors at all costs. However, with isolation measures facilitating and exacerbating
