On Friday, twenty-two members of the so-called Sunflower Movement were acquitted of charges related to their 2014 occupation of the Legislative Yuan. The activists were protesting plans to pass a trade deal with China. The protesters entered the Legislative Yuan on March 18 of 2014 and stayed until April 10. The protesters acquitted include Tsay [...]
European Union President Donald Tusk laid out plans for the EU’s future negotiations with the UK during a speech in Malta on Monday. In response to the UK’s invocation of Article 50 , whereby the UK is now “on the other side of the negotiating table” according to Tusk, he outlined four of the “main [...]
The U.S. Senate on Thursday held its first hearing on Russian involvement in the 2016 election. Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice-Chairman Mark Warner of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence led the public hearing. During the hearing, Senator Marco Rubio revealed that his campaign had also been the target of Russian hackers as [...]
The US Department of Justice filed a notice on Thursday saying that it will appeal a Hawaii federal judge’s order against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban . The judge converted his temporary restraining order into an injunction on Thursday. The Department of Justice will be appealing to the United States Court of Appeals for [...]
Former US Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn requested immunity in exchange for his potential testimony on Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election, according to a letter sent Thursday from his attorney, Robert Kelner . Flynn was appointed to the top post of the National Security Council by President Trump before resigning at the President’s [...]
Israel’s Security Cabinet voted unanimously on Thursday to approve the first settlement in the West Bank in more than 20 years. The settlement will be constructed near the Palestinian city of Nablus and is intended to house approximately 40 families whose houses were demolished in the clearing of an unauthorized settlement site in February. According [...]
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has acknowledged receipt of a signed letter from Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon formally demanding a second referendum on Scotland’s independence from the UK. In her letter, Sturgeon expressed frustration with Scotland’s lack of representation in the Brexit negotiations with EU. Sturgeon also stated that the removal of UK “not [...]
The US Senate on Thursday passed a joint resolution to allow states to prevent federal grant money from going to abortion providers. Under the bill, states would be allowed to withhold federal family planning funds from Planned Parenthood and other organizations that perform abortions. Specifically, the bill would nullify a regulation passed by the Obama [...]
Volkswagen (VW) reached additional settlements with US state attorneys general on Thursday for emissions standards fraud. In addition to a $4.3 billion settlement agreement that VW reached with the US Department of Justice earlier this month, VW has now agreed to pay approximately $157.5 million to 10 states in order to settle consumer and environmental [...]
Several environmental groups filed lawsuits against the Trump administration Thursday over the Keystone XL pipeline . In their complaints, the groups argued that the State Department violated the National Environmental Policy Act by approving the pipeline without the up-to-date assessment and public input. The groups filing the lawsuits are the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra [...]
