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Iranpress: World newspapers: Israeli government votes to limit court power

World newspapers: Israeli government votes to limit court power

Tuesday, 25 July 2023 20:34

Shortly before 4 p.m. local time, after opposition members had left the chamber in protest, government loyalists voted 64-0 in the 120-seat body to change Israel's Basic Law, stripping the Supreme Court of some of its powers of judicial review. 204

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Hotter Europe poses a threat to older adults

World Newspapers: Hotter Europe poses a threat to older adults

Friday, 21 July 2023 21:36

As a light, hot breeze blew through her living room and her gray hair, Donata Grillo, a 75year-old cancer survivor with a pacemaker and serious sight problems, sat next to her balcony, a damp sponge on her lap. It was all she had to keep cool this week as temperatures topped nearly 106 degrees Fahrenheit, or 41 Celsius, in her native Rome. She does not own any air conditioning or fans, or even a functioning refrigerator, in her two-bedroom apartment in a public housing complex on the city’s periphery, next to a hospital and highway. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Jan. 6 inquiry asks if Trump admitted loss

World Newspapers: Jan. 6 inquiry asks if Trump admitted loss

Friday, 14 July 2023 21:37

US Federal prosecutors investigating former President Donald J. Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election have questioned multiple witnesses in recent weeks — including Mr. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner — about whether Mr. Trump had privately acknowledged in the days after the 2020 election that he had lost, according to four people briefed on the matter. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Disinformation VS. free speech: A new frontier

World Newspapers: Disinformation VS. free speech: A new frontier

Thursday, 06 July 2023 20:53

Two months after President Biden took office, his top digital adviser emailed officials at Facebook urging them to do more to limit the spread of “vaccine hesitancy” on the social media platform. There are dozens of interactions described in a 155-page ruling by a federal judge in Louisiana, who on Tuesday imposed temporary but far-reaching limits on how members of Mr. Biden’s administration can engage with social media companies. The government appealed the ruling on Wednesday. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: How Greece failed a migrant ship

World Newspapers: How Greece failed a migrant ship

Sunday, 02 July 2023 21:14

From air and by sea, using radar, telephone and radio, officials watched and listened for 13 hours as the migrant ship Adriana lost power, then drifted aimlessly off the coast of Greece in a slowly unfolding humanitarian disaster. As terrified passengers telephoned for help, humanitarian workers assured them that a rescue team was coming. European border officials, watching aerial footage, prepared to witness what was certain to be a heroic operation. Yet the Adriana capsized and sank in the presence of a single Greek Coast Guard ship last month, killing more than 600 migrants in a maritime tragedy that was shocking even for the world’s deadliest migrant route. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Inflation fight in US looking bright but isn’t over

World Newspapers: Inflation fight in US looking bright but isn’t over

Thursday, 22 June 2023 21:14

Inflation is beginning to abate meaningfully for American consumers. Gas is cheaper, eggs cost roughly half as much as they did in January and prices are no longer climbing as rapidly across a wide array of products. But at least one person has yet to express relief: Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Greece criticized for not helping migrants at sea

World Newspapers: Greece criticized for not helping migrants at sea

Tuesday, 20 June 2023 20:50

Shortly after a rickety fishing boat carrying hundreds of smuggled migrants sank in front of a Greek Coast Guard vessel last week, Greek officials explained that they had not intervened because the smugglers didn’t want them to. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Judge’s record In Trump case raises concern

World Newspapers: Judge’s record In Trump case raises concern

Thursday, 15 June 2023 21:21

Aileen M. Cannon, the Federal District Court judge assigned to preside over former President Donald J. Trump’s classified documents case, has scant experience running criminal trials, calling into question her readiness to handle what is likely to be an extraordinarily complex and highprofile courtroom clash. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: Drills in Europe deliver message for the Kremlin

World Newspapers: Drills in Europe deliver message for the Kremlin

Tuesday, 13 June 2023 21:13

The largest military air exercises in Europe since the end of the Cold War began on Monday as more than 25 nations took to the air in fighter jets, bombers and cargo planes in a pointed demonstration to Russia. 214

Iranpress: World Newspapers: US officials detect signs Of Kyiv’s counteroffensive

World Newspapers: US officials detect signs Of Kyiv’s counteroffensive

Tuesday, 06 June 2023 21:00

During the first year of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Biden administration fretted continually that if Kyiv hit back inside Russian borders, President Vladimir V. Putin would retaliate against not only Ukraine, but also possibly NATO and the West. But Ukraine’s counteroffensive edges closer. 214

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