The National Assembly, the lower house of France’s parliament, voted on Thursday to enshrine abortion rights in the country’s constitution. French women have had the right to voluntarily terminate their pregnancies since 1974, but lawmakers are worried that access to abortion could be potentially curtailed in the future, especially following the introduction of additional restrictions … Read more
A Los Angeles jury on Tuesday rejected a claim by the widow of a former USC football player who said the NCAA failed to protect him from repeated head trauma that led to his death. Matthew Gee, a linebacker on the 1990 Rose Bowl-winning squad, endured an estimated 6,000 hits that caused permanent brain damage … Read more
Los Angeles — Attorneys asked a jury Monday to award $55 million to the widow of a former USC football player in a landmark case accusing the NCAA of failing to protect him from repetitive head trauma that led to his death. In a photo provided by USC Athletics, former Southern California player Matthew Gee … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: Reuters Valerie Volcovici and Dominic Evans and William James Publishing date: Nov 20, 2022 • 6 minutes ago • 3 minute read Join the conversation Article content SHARM EL-SHEIKH — Countries adopted a hard-fought final agreement at the COP27 climate summit early on Sunday that sets up … Read more
A ‘cultivated chicken’ product has been declared safe to eat, though approval for sale is pending The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a lab-grown meat product as safe for human consumption, making it the first to receive a preliminary green light from the regulator. In a statement released on Wednesday, the FDA … Read more
A Spanish Twitter user has become the first person in the country jailed for publishing “fake news,” after he claimed that a man seen on video assaulting a woman was a Moroccan rapist. He has also been fined and ordered to “take a course on equality and human rights.” The defendant, who worked in law … Read more
Redwan Hussein (seated left), representative of the Ethiopian government, and Getachew Reda (seated right), representative of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, sign a peace agreement between the two parties in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday. Phill Magokoe/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Phill Magokoe/AFP via Getty Images Redwan Hussein (seated left), representative of the … Read more
The state of California sued the cake artist for refusing to make a dessert for a lesbian wedding A California court on Friday ruled in favor of a Christian baker who refused to bake a cake for a lesbian wedding. While the state argued that the baker had broken anti-discrimination laws, the court found that … Read more
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the 700th club goal of his career to earn Manchester United a 2-1 victory at Everton that moved his team a point off the Premier League’s top four on Sunday. The 37-year-old Ronaldo was only on the field due to Anthony Martial’s inability to run off an injury sustained in the warmup, … Read more
Brussels is pushing for Washington to rethink “discriminatory” provisions in its new flagship green legislation, as alarm mounts among EU officials that the rules could prompt European companies to move production to the US. Margrethe Vestager, Europe’s competition enforcer, said Brussels wants to use a meeting of the transatlantic Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in … Read more