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US Supreme Court clears way for Alien Enemies Act deportations – but migrants must get court hearing | First Thing
Family members of many deported Venezuelans deny alleged gang ties. Plus, global executions hit 10-year high in 2024
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The supreme court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to use an 18th-century wartime law to deport Venezuelan people, but said they must get a court hearing before they are taken from the US.
What was the reaction? Lee Gelernt, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed suit against the deportations, said the court’s ruling that deportees were entitled to due process was an “important victory”. Donald Trump posted: “The Supreme Court has upheld the Rule of Law in our Nation by allowing a President, whoever that may be, to be able to secure our Borders, and protect our families and our Country, itself. A GREAT DAY FOR JUSTICE IN AMERICA.”
What did Beijing say on Tuesday? China’s commerce ministry accused the US of “blackmail” and said Trump’s threats of additional 50% tariffs if Beijing did not reverse its own 34% reciprocal tariff were a “mistake on top of a mistake”.
Continue reading...Kinshasa residents call for action as flood death toll climbs
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Arsenal vs Real Madrid – UEFA Champions League: Start, team news, lineups
Super clubs Arsenal and Real Madrid clash in Champions League for the first time in nearly two decades.
‘From a Hasbara Perspective, This Is a Serious ‘Terror Attack”: Israeli TV Reporting on Rafah Aid Workers’ Killing – Haaretz
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- Israeli military changes initial account of Gaza aid worker killings USA Today
Record global temperatures in March illustrate threat to climate goals
The data threatens that global climate goals are moving out of reach.
Inquiry after Indian man filmed giving water to cheetahs
The footage shows a female cheetah and her four cubs walk up to the pan and start drinking from it.
Menendez brothers feel ‘hope’ for parole after decades in jail
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Houthis say intel commander killed as suspected US strikes pound Yemen overnight – The Times of Israel
- Houthis say intel commander killed as suspected US strikes pound Yemen overnight The Times of Israel
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Which countries are International Criminal Court members?
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Video shows eruption of volcano in the Philippines
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Why Indonesia’s sinking rupiah is a flashing alarm for its $1.4tn economy
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Canadian couple likely the only business owners on Australia’s Norfolk Island to face US tariffs – AP News
- Canadian couple likely the only business owners on Australia's Norfolk Island to face US tariffs AP News
- US defends tariffs on remote island of penguins and seals BBC
- Penguins, vaccines: Can negotiations save Trump’s oddest tariff targets? Al Jazeera
- ‘Nowhere on Earth is safe’: Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited islands near Antarctica The Guardian
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LNP orders review of Queensland’s emissions reduction target of 75% by 2035
Conservation groups condemn the move along with the government’s decision to extend the life of coal power stations
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Queensland’s target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2035 could face the scrap heap, with the state energy minister ordering a review of the ambitious legislation.
The Clean Economy Jobs Bill was passed into law last year, with the backing of both Labor and the Liberal National party.
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Continue reading...Trump’s tariffs in Asia “much more draconian” than expected
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Trump, Putin want Zelenskyy out. But is a vote possible in wartime Ukraine?
US and Russian leaders, united in distrusting Ukraine's President Zelenskyy, exaggerate claims of his falling ratings.