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The Straits Times Asia

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US Supreme Court to hear claims Cisco aided Chinese human rights abuses

April 28 - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday confronts a case with broad implications for human rights litigation in American courts, a long-running lawsuit brought by members of the Falun Gong spiritual movement who have accused Cisco Systems of facilitating religious persecution in China.

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Al Jazeera English

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FIFA urged to push US for ‘ICE Truce’ at World Cup by Human Rights Watch

ICE has represented the US immigration crackdown and deportation drive, but HRW want a truce for duration of World Cup.

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Al Jazeera English

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FACT CHECK: Supreme Court did not dismiss Sara Duterte impeachment after House hearings

The 1987 Constitution vests impeachment powers solely in Congress, with the Supreme Court limited to reviewing only cases of grave abuse of discretion

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US Supreme Court to hear claims Cisco aided Chinese human rights abuses

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FIFA urged to push US for ‘ICE Truce’ at World Cup by Human Rights Watch

ICE has represented the US immigration crackdown and deportation drive, but HRW want a truce for duration of World Cup.

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FACT CHECK: Supreme Court did not dismiss Sara Duterte impeachment after House hearings

The 1987 Constitution vests impeachment powers solely in Congress, with the Supreme Court limited to reviewing only cases of grave abuse of discretion

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'We don't know what will happen to us': U.S. deportees in limbo in DRC

Fifteen South American migrants and asylum seekers were recently deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an African country they have no ties to.

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‘Should be fired’: Why the Trumps want Jimmy Kimmel sacked

Trump calls for Kimmel's firing over remarks tied to Melania and a recent shooting incident at a media event.

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Alleged drug trafficking kingpin deported from Türkiye to India

The 59-year-old accused, Salim Dola, was handed over to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and taken to its headquarters in Delhi. He will soon be produced before a court for further proceedings

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