Holyrood sets date for final debate on Assisted Dying Bill pred 3 urami in 8 minutami MSPs will begin considering amendments to the proposed legislation on March 10, with a final vote expected to take place on March 17.(London News)
Shia LaBeouf ordered to seek treatment as conditions of release from custody pred 3 urami in 46 minutami The actor, long open about his struggle with sobriety, was also ordered to undergo drug testing and pay $100,000 bondShia LaBeouf on Thursday was ordered to enroll in substance abuse treatment, undergo a drug testing program and pay a $100,000 bond as conditions of his release from custody after the actor allegedly battered and hurled homophobic slurs at two men at a New Orleans bar.The requirements imposed on LaBeouf, 39, by New Orleans judge Simone Levine came after the Transformer film franchise star was initially allowed to leave jail without being required to pay a bond in the hours after his 17 February arrest on two counts of misdemeanor battery. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Columbia says DHS detained student after agents entered university building pred 3 urami in 47 minutami Acting university president says agents misrepresented themselves to gain entry to the residential building Columbia University said on Thursday morning that one of its students was arrested by federal immigration officers who apparently misrepresented themselves to gain entry to a residential building to make the apprehension.The acting president of the elite institution in New York City, Claire Shipman, wrote in a statement sent to the wider Columbia community on Thursday that the university was working to gather more information on the incident earlier that morning. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Danish PM calls an early election seeking ‘Greenland bounce’ pred 3 urami in 48 minutami Mette Frederiksen hopes to profit from her stand against Donald Trump’s attempt to claim the Arctic territoryDenmark’s prime minister has called an early election to take advantage of a “Greenland bounce” after Donald Trump’s threats to invade the Arctic territory.Mette Frederiksen, who has been in office since 2019, is required by Danish law to call an election by 31 October. Setting a date with eight months to go appears to be an attempt to ride improved poll ratings after disastrous local elections in November that saw her Social Democrats lose control of Copenhagen for the first time in a century. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Assisted dying bill not at ‘end of the road’, peer says as time runs short pred 3 urami in 49 minutami Charlie Falconer criticises small number of peers blocking bill and says he is sure it will return in next sessionA former Labour minister has insisted the assisted dying bill has not reached “the end of the road”, as the legislation appears set to run out of time after organised filibustering.Charlie Falconer, who has been trying to steer the bill through the House of Lords, spoke after it was confirmed that the government would not giving the bill further debate time in the Lords, where there are less than six days of debate left. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Democrats call for freeze on gas exports as energy prices soar for US households pred 3 urami in 51 minutami Families are ‘struggling with cost of heating their homes’, letter says as Trump repeatedly pledges to slash utility billsAs energy prices for US households soar nationwide, Democratic and progressive lawmakers are calling on the energy department to stop increasing exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG).“The Trump administration’s LNG export policies are not putting America first: they have jacked up utility prices for families, leaving many Americans struggling with the cost of heating their homes this winter,” reads a letter to energy secretary Chris Wright, sent Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Independent senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and seven others. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
