A journalist has won her case against Australia’s national broadcaster, with a court ruling she was unfairly sacked over a social media post about the war in Gaza. Antoinette Lattouf said the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) fired her without “proper basis” or “due process” when her five-day contract as a fill-in radio presenter was cut … Read more
A federal judge found Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt Tuesday after he snubbed a court order in a high-profile immigration case and then boasted about it in interviews. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams wrote that Uthmeier offered “a series of implausible interpretations of the language he used” to argue he was complying … Read more
The global nuclear watchdog has found Iran has failed to meet its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in 20 years. A resolution passed by the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) carries the threat of an eventual referral to the UN Security Council. It follows a report from the IAEA … Read more
Nearly five million smuggled seahorses were seized globally by authorities over a 10-year period, Canadian researchers found, warning it’s only the “tip of the iceberg” in an illegal trade that is likely far larger in scale. To track how widespread the issue is, researchers at the University of British Columbia pored over public seizure reports … Read more