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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Israeli lawmakers approved a bill on Monday setting up a special tribunal with the authority to …
Read More »Israeli parliament approves the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering Israelis
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Israel’s Parliament on Monday passed a law approving the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of murdering …
Read More »Israel could be bringing back the death penalty — but only for Palestinians
When Israel’s Knesset met in early December to consider legislation that would reintroduce the death penalty, supporters arrived wearing golden lapel pins in the shape of a hangman’s noose. They’re a dark twist on the yellow ribbons many Israelis wear in support and solidarity of those captured and held hostage …
Read More »Luigi Mangione‘s lawyers say AG Pam Bondi’s decision to seek death penalty a ‘profound conflict of interest’
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Luigi Mangione’s lawyers contend Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty against him in the …
Read More »Massive civil fraud penalty against U.S. President Donald Trump thrown out by appeals court
An appeals court has thrown out the massive civil fraud penalty against U.S. President Donald Trump, ruling Thursday in New York state’s lawsuit accusing him of exaggerating his wealth. The decision came seven months after the Republican returned to the White House. A panel of five judges in New York’s …
Read More »Mangione to be considered for death penalty if convicted in CEO killing, prosecutors confirm
U.S. prosecutors formally told a court on Thursday that they plan to seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing a UnitedHealth Group executive in New York last year. Mangione, 26, is due to appear in Manhattan federal court for an arraignment on Friday afternoon. He …
Read More »A ‘madman’ penalty: Are Trump’s actions eroding U.S. economic power?
Stocks? Down. The U.S. dollar? Same. Demand for U.S. bonds? Also sinking. This isn’t supposed to happen — not all three at once. But Barry Eichengreen sees a historic reaction where there’s really one common theme: a collapse in faith in the United States. “Global investors have concluded that there …
Read More »A Halifax business owner was defrauded. Then she had to pay a penalty for it
In October, Halifax small business owner Laura MacNutt made a few big sales on her e-commerce store, totalling thousands of dollars of merchandise. The customers picked up the items in person at KingsPIER Vintage, her luxury vintage clothing store. It wasn’t until weeks later that she found out the transactions were fraudulent. She received an email …
Read More »Ontario councillor gets severe pay penalty as Pickering wants stronger recourse
A councillor in a southern Ontario city has been issued a 90-day pay suspension – the most severe penalty possible under current rules – after the municipality’s integrity commissioner found she has been demonstrating a continued pattern of “unacceptable behaviour” that risks hurting marginalized members of society. It’s the latest …
Read More »Was FIFA penalty on Canadian women’s soccer team fair? Poll shows divide – National
Most Canadians are not exactly outraged by the punishment meted out to the Canadian women’s soccer team over its Olympic drone spying scandal, according to the results of a new poll released Thursday. Seventy per cent of the respondents to a Leger poll on the Paris Olympic Games said they …
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