Since 1973, 187 people have been exonerated from death row, with one of the main reasons being inadequate counsel. This will only worsen that situation. On May 23, 2022, the Supreme Court issued yet another decision that does greater injustice to the US criminal (in)justice system. It ruled that state prisoners cannot submit claims of inadequate counsel to federal courts, thereby adding yet another barrier to those on death row who are seeking relief amidst serious concerns that justice was not served. In a 6-3 opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the majority and did not defend a constitutional right, purportedly […]
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Belarusian tennis player Ilya Ivashka had an epic on-court meltdown during his match at the St. Petersburg Open after he was slapped with a code violation while having an emergency toilet break. Ivashka won the first set against Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, but was trailing 2-3 in the second when he requested an emergency toilet break. READ MORE: Social justice mob mobilizes against ‘super sexist’ Djokovic after he fails to include women’s tennis in Nadal rivalry comments “But you need to be as fast as possible. You’re on your own time,” the umpire, Richard Haigh, warned him as he left the court. Upon […]
Idli are steamed cakes originating in southern India, which are now popular throughout the country. It is a breakfast food, made by steaming a batter of fermented rice and black lentil beans in special moulds, and usually eaten with Sambar – a lentil-based vegetable stew. Former UN diplomat and Indian lawmaker Shashi Tharoor pounced on British professor Edward Anderson for his ‘unsavoury’ comment on idlis, a popular South Indian breakfast fare. Anderson’s comment that ‘Idli’ is boring stirred up a social media rumble and Tharoor scolded the Brit, saying that he must knows idlis aren’t boring, noting the reactions on Twitter […]
Marseilles defender Alvaro Gonzalez says PSG star Neymar “isn’t worthy of his respect” as he slammed the Brazil forward over the racism row which exploded in the aftermath of the meeting between the two teams last month. Neymar accused Gonzalez of branding him a “monkey son of a b*tch” in PSG’s ill-tempered defeat to Marseille at Parc de Princes in September, during which the Brazilian was sent off after a VAR review showed him slapping Gonzalez across the head during a mass brawl in injury time. Neymar’s dismissal was one of five red cards dished out, after PSG teammates Layvin Kurzawa and Leandro Paredes […]
Teen Quinn Simmons has been forced to insist that he is not racist and does not “hate” Donald Trump critics, with cycling team Trek-Segafredo pledging to help him “grow as a person” as part of a grovelling apology for a tweet. 2019 junior champion Simmons faced an immediate backlash after using a black hand emoji to wave at a Trump opponent in a tweet, bidding a virtual farewell to a journalist who had labeled the president “vile” and “horrible” while wishing defeat upon the Republicans in next month’s US presidential election. The presidential election is taking place against a backdrop of heightened awareness and […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Tim Korso. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202009151080465355-wto-sides-with-china-in-tariff-row-with-us-findings-say/ Washington initiated a trade war with China back in 2018 by introducing hefty tariffs on several groups of Chinese goods over Beijing’s alleged abuse of the existing trade agreements between the two countries at the expense of the United States. The World Trade Organisation has ruled that the US violated the trade rules of the organisation by introducing high tariffs against Chinese goods as a part of its trade war against the Asian country. The organisation demanded that the US bring its tariffs into conformity with the country’s obligations as a member of […]
When a British supermarket advertised in a conservative magazine, a band of activists took offense and got the ads pulled, but not before the magazine banned the supermarket for life. Welcome to mutually-assured cancellation. The Spectator is a widely read conservative magazine, and Co-op is Britain’s fifth-largest supermarket by market share. When activists with ‘Stop Funding Hate’ noticed a Co-op advertisement in The Spectator’s pages last week, they demanded that the supermarket sever its relationship with the publication, calling the magazine “toxic and inflammatory.” The group’s tweet received only limited attention, but one transgender woman managed to get Co-op’s attention, accusing […]
The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, claimed during a Wednesday press conference that she had been “set up” as she addressed criticism she has faced after she was caught on video in San Francisco visiting a hair salon despite regulations that prohibited such places from providing indoor services due to rules aimed at halting the spread of COVID. “Does anyone want a Speaker of the House who can be so easily SET UP?”– this is the message that hit Donald Trump’s Twitter on Thursday as POTUS again blasted Nancy Pelosi for her controversial visit to a San Francisco hair salon […]
The US intelligence community chief has decided to stop briefing US lawmakers as some of them have a tendency to spill the beans over and over again. US observers have explained what’s behind the move and why House Democrats continue to use the Russian bugaboo to divert attention from their own political failures. Congressional Democrats have subjected the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to criticism over the latter’s decision to suspend its in-person election security briefings for US lawmakers over leaks from Congress. “This is a shocking abdication of its lawful responsibility to keep the Congress currently informed, and […]
The fintech company and affiliate of the Alibaba Group plans to shore up billions in stocks in a bid to boost the Hong Kong stock exchange amid political turmoil on the finance hub’s national security law. The Ant Group is set to launch a massive dual-listing on the Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation (STAR) Board and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) indexes, potentially becoming the world’s largest initial public offering (IPO). The Hangzhou-based fintech firm was launched by Alibaba and company founder Jack Ma in 2004, becoming China’s main mobile payment service. According to reports, over 700m people and […]
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, neither A-level nor GCSE students in the UK were able to sit public exams this year, with the exams regulator for England suggesting that teachers grade pupils based on homework assignments, mock exams and recorded pieces of the student’s performance, with assessments subjected to external standardisation processes. Thousands of students have been left without places at their chosen universities after the UK exams regulator Ofqual revised its policy on exam appeals, and are holding the UK government to account, reported Sky News. Ofqual released a statement late on Saturday to announce a pending board “revision” of […]
77-year-old Joe Biden hasn’t left his basement since July 28. Biden’s signature meltdown Wednesday morning may be the reason why his handlers continue to keep him in his basement. The 2020 presumptive Democrat nominee completely lost it when asked by Errol Barnett of CBS News if he’d taken a cognitive test. “No, I haven’t taken a test. Why the hell would I take a test? C’mon man! That’s like saying you, before you got in this program, if you take a test where you’re taking cocaine or not, what do you think, huh? Are you a junkie?” Biden said to a […]
Australia’s top security official sharply criticised comments from a barrister from the Law Council amid increased scrutiny from numerous human rights groups, who stated a new security bill could violate child rights and international law. Tempers have flared after Australia’s national spy chief said he was “offended” by comparisons between a bill expanding his organisation’s interrogation powers and a new security bill passed in China. Mike Burgess, Australia’s Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) head, hit back at the Law Council of Australia, who compared the two bills after it was found the legal age for compulsory interrogation would be lowered from 16 […]
By Dan Morain, KHN The old men live in cramped spaces and breathe the same ventilated air. Many are frail, laboring with heart disease, liver and prostate cancer, tuberculosis, dementia. And now, with the coronavirus advancing through their ranks, they are falling one after the next. This is not a nursing home, not in any traditional sense. It is California’s death row at San Quentin State Prison, north of San Francisco. Its 670 residents are serial killers, child murderers, men who killed for money and drugs, or shot their victims as part of their wasted gangster lives. Some have been there […]
In June, Californian Police announced that they were searching for a white woman for allegedly coughing with intent at another woman and her one-year-old baby at a local restaurant after rowing about social distancing rules. The Oak Grove School District has confirmed that the woman, who was previously wanted by the San Jose police over a “coughing” incident, has lost her job in the district, according to the Hill. “The Oak Grove School District’s highest priority is the safety of our students and the well-being of all of the children in the community we serve”, the statement reads. “We do not […]
Meghan Markle has ghosted her sometime best friend Jessica Mulroney after the latter was caught up in a dispute over white privilege. Mulroney now believes that being ditched by Markle may see her lose her career, according to a report in British newspaper the Sun. However, Mulroney, who was accused of trying to “silence” a Black Canadian influencer and lost her job as a TV host as a result, could exact a vicious revenge on Markle, the apparently well-sourced report suggests. In a not-very-veiled threat a source tells the Sun Mulroney “knows all her secrets and everything she’s been through. This […]
Hardly had the property development scandal involving tycoon Richard Desmond exhausted itself when Boris Johnson’s cabinet minister found himself under new pressure – over a meeting with another Tory donor, whom his spokesperson directly referred to as “a family friend”. The Labour Party has demanded that embattled Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick explain details about a ministerial meeting with a “family friend”, as the top official’s spokesman put it, who ostensibly had a business interest in the future of a rival mining project that Jenrick oversaw while in his previous post of exchequer secretary to the Treasury. The minister met Israeli tycoon […]
For the second time in as many nights, police officers have been attacked in London while attempting to break up an illegal party, Reuters reports. In the previous night’s incident, at least 22 officers were hurt. The latest incident happened near Colville Gardens in western London, where an unlicensed music event was held overnight, the police said. The unruly crowd pelted law enforcement with various objects, when they took steps to clear the illegal party from the streets of Notting Hill. The party was fully dispersed by about 2am and no serious injuries were reported from the altercation. This came in […]
The Bureau of Indian Standards is to impose tougher norms on at least 370 Chinese products, to ensure items that can be locally produced aren’t imported, sources told the Economic Times. The products will reportedly include chemicals and pharmaceuticals, rubber and metal items, heavy and industrial machinery, paper, steel, glass, fertilizer, furniture, electronics, and plastic toys. Local sources said discussions are also ongoing to raise import duty on furniture, as well as auto components and air-conditioner compressors. The proposal is being evaluated by India’s Finance Ministry as part of the government’s push for more local manufacturing. Also on rt.com Singapore squeezes […]
La Liga officials have been accused of affording Lionel Messi special protection after the Barcelona ace avoided a red card for a second game in a row despite stamping on a rival in Tuesday’s win against Athletic Bilbao. Chasing a loose ball in the 69th minute at the Nou Camp, Messi went in late on Athletic’s Yeray, bringing his studs down on the defender’s ankle. Yeray span around in agony at the challenge, with Messi immediately returning to the scene to apologize. Despite the presence of VAR, the Barcelona skipper avoided even a booking for the offence, and to rub salt […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Brexit talks have hit a new obstacle in the form of Brussels’ multi-billion subsidies to farmers which London fears would suck UK farmers into an unfavourable competition, The Guardian reported, citing a leaked paper, on Tuesday. This comes as the negotiations are set to resume next week with the sides seeking to reach a trade deal after the transition period. According to the paper, 27 EU states would issue a statement welcoming the new talks, scheduled to run into September, but call on businesses to be ready “for all outcomes.” The row reportedly comes down to Brussels […]
FIFA has responded to a threat to boycott US football matches by President Donald Trump, urging the world to “say no to racism and violence” after the latest row over athletes who take a knee during the American national anthem. Trump tweeted that he would stop following US soccer after learning that a policy requiring players to stand during the national anthem had been dropped, insisting: “I won’t be watching anymore!” He then renewed his persistent criticism of high-profile stars who make the symbolic move in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, retweeting a claim by Florida Republican Matt Gaetz that […]
Following George Floyd’s death, US sport is rumbling toward an increasingly inevitable row about how his memory should be honored. When they do finally emerge from their coronavirus-enforced hiatus in the coming weeks and months, major US leagues will not only have to play a careful game with ensuring safety measures keep the deadly virus at bay. After the death of Floyd in Minneapolis and ensuing unrest, they will now have to contend with a delicate balancing act over how and when players protest in his honor. The distressing imagery of Floyd’s death at the knee of a police officer was […]
UK 07:45 GMT 25.05.2020Get short URL The outspoken GMB host believes that by defending the top Downing Street policy adviser, notably behind the set of COVID containment rules, the prime minister is “telling” Brits “their lengthy lockdown effort” was no more than “a waste of time”. Addressing the recent fierce spat over Dominic Cummings’ relocation from London to his parents’ home during the stringent lockdown, Piers Morgan angrily declared that Boris Johnson, who stood up in his aide’s defence, has gone from “hero to zero”. “Boris Johnson is done. 63k people dead on his watch from a virus his reckless complacency […]
The United States has issued a new regulation aiming to limit chip exports to Chinese tech giant Huawei. The firm said its business will “inevitably be impacted” and that “survival is the key word” for the company at present. RT’s Boom Bust is joined by John Quelch, Dean of Miami Business School, to talk about the future of US-China relations. Huawei will be able to survive, Quelch says, adding that Washington aims to slow down the Chinese company’s efforts to globally dominate the 5G market. “The consumer division of Huawei accounts for about 50 percent of its total sales, and this […]
Downing Street and the Labour Party have become embroiled in a spat over official UK government guidance issued in February over the risk Covid-19 poses to care homes, with each side accusing the other of misleading the public. During PMQs in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Labour leader Keir Starmer quoted from the Public Health England (PHE) document – which remained in force until March 13. It stated that “It remains very unlikely that people receiving care in a care home or the community will become infected.” PM Boris Johnson responded by claiming that it “wasn’t true that the advice […]