The Turkish Grand National Assembly approved controversial constitutional reforms, as part of an 18-article bill on Friday, which would allow the president to retain ties with a political party and issue decrees. The draft amendment of the bill was approved at the end of last month by the parliament. This move was strongly opposed by [...]
US President Barack Obama said on Thursday that he is ending the “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy , which automatically allowed Cuban migrants to stay in the US. This repeal will be effective immediately. Obama said Cuban migrants will now be treated “the same way we treat migrants from other countries.” The Cuban government has agreed to [...]
A proposed revision to the Child Marriage Restraint Act in Bangladesh includes a provision that will allow for girls under the age of 18 to marry in “special cases,” according to Girls Not Brides , a global partnership of over 650 civil society organizations. The current version of the law, enacted in 1929, outlaws marriage [...]
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday asked business leaders meeting in Davos at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting to use their influence to prevent human rights violations in countries where they operate. Zeid cited concerns over the increase in divisive politics and hatred of those who are already [...]
The US House of Representatives approved the SEC Regulatory Accountability Act on Thursday, which requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to perform a cost-benefit analysis before implementing any new regulations. According to the summary of the bill, the SEC “shall consider impact on investor choice, market liquidity, and small businesses” in performing the analysis. The [...]
EU leader and Malta Prime Minister Joseph Muscat stated on Thursday that an essential part of any transition deal with Britain will include application of EU law in the UK even after Brexit, which provoked an almost immediate response from a high ranking member of parliament in the UK who said that such a deal [...]
The Washington Supreme Court ruled against plans for a big oil terminal on the West Coast on Thursday. The court ruled that the proposal must be reviewed under the Oceans Resources Management Act , effectively canceling the plans for an oil terminal at the Port of Grays Harbor. The Ocean Resources Management Act is a [...]
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. agreed to pay $6.6 million to resolve charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday. The civil chargers were filed after the bank miscalculated its risk-based capital ratio. The SEC claims that BNY Mellon excluded approximately $14 billion in collateralized loan obligation assets from its calculations. [...]
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday filed to join a suit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York against the New York Board of Election (NYCBOE) for improperly purging voters. The NYCBOE is accused by Common Cause New York of purging voters who had not voted since the [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that plaintiffs may sue Apple for violating antitrust regulations by forcing users to purchase apps exclusively through their app store. The court held that plaintiffs have standing to sue Apple because the communications company only permits developers to sell applications for Apple devices exclusively [...]
