Category: World

“El Niño will also give an extra boost to global temperatures,” said WMO scientist Alvaro Silva. “We know that during El Niño years, the global temperatures normally reach record levels.” Key points El Niño has developed in tropical Pacific Rapid development expected from July to September El Niño typically peaks between November and February Countries urged to act on WMO […]

  Plastic bags are among the top 10 littered items in Europe. Often used only once, they take centuries to fully degrade in the natural environment. To raise awareness about eliminating the use of plastic bags worldwide and promote eco-friendly reusable alternatives, we observe International Plastic Bag Free Day every 3 July. The day is […]

Mr President, We are appalled by the deteriorating situation in El Obeid. As we have heard repeatedly this morning, escalating drone strikes have killed civilians and destroyed civilian infrastructure. Key supply routes have been hit, along with fuel stations and the electricity grid. Access to basic services has been cut off for over 500,000 people – and 100,000 already displaced.   […]

Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan dismissed a lawsuit challenging an exemption decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) concerning the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert Township, Michigan. The court found that the Atomic Energy Act and the Hobbs Act channel review of an exemption decision related to […]

A Mexican national was sentenced today to five years in prison for smuggling children into the United States from Mexico.   According to court documents, Manuel Valenzuela, 35, and other members of an alien smuggling organization brought unaccompanied alien children between the ages of five and 13 illegally into the United States from Juarez, Mexico, sometimes […]

In an order issued last week, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted the Justice Department’s motion — on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) — to dismiss a suit filed by several groups to compel the EPA to initiate a rulemaking to ban the use of hydrogen fluoride in […]

An alleged member of the criminal cyber hacking group Scattered Spider has been arrested in Finland and extradited to the United States to face federal criminal conspiracy charges in the Northern District of Illinois. A criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday charges Peter Stokes, 19, a dual citizen of the United States and Estonia, with conspiracy, computer […]

In a letter this week addressed to the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote that the Department of Justice rejects any assertion of jurisdiction by the ICC over Americans.  The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute and has never consented to the ICC’s authority. As […]

A Guatemalan man pleaded guilty today for his involvement in a 2022 mass casualty alien smuggling event in San Antonio, Texas, that resulted in 53 deaths and 11 aliens injured. “Miranda-Orozco was an important organizer in a complex alien smuggling organization that prioritized profits and endangered people,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of […]

Note: A copy of the indictment in the Northern District of Texas can be found here. A copy of the complaint and affidavit in the Northern District of Illinois can be found here. The Department of Justice announced charges filed in the Northern Districts of Illinois and Texas against eight alleged members of designated foreign terrorist […]