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U.S. Supreme Court to take up Biden Vaccine Mandate Cases
December 29, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up disputes over the Biden administration's nationwide vaccine-or-testing COVID-19 mandate for large businesses and a separate vaccine requirement for healthcare workers and will hear arguments on January 7th, 2022.
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India bars Mother Theresa’s Charity from Foreign Funding
December 29, 2021
Missionaries of Charity, the Catholic religious order and philanthropic organization started by Mother Teresa, was barred on Christmas day by the Indian government from accessing foreign donations for not meeting eligibility conditions under local laws.
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Russia is Shutting Down its Oldest Human Rights Group
December 29, 2021
Russia’s oldest human rights group, Memorial International, whose objectives have included promoting the development of civil society and a democratic state, has been shut down by the country’s Supreme Court.
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Reuters: U.N. Propose to Pay Nearly $6 Million to Taliban for Security
December 28, 2021
According to Reuters, Depite Taliban leader and Interior Ministry chief Sirajuddin Haqqanithe being under United Nations (U.N.) and United States (U.S.) sanctions and wanted by the FBI, the U.N has proposed to pay nearly $6 million the Taliban Interior Ministry staff to subsidize the monthly wages of Taliban fighters guarding U.N. facilities.
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Airline CEOs: Planes are Safe Without Masking Passengers
December 21, 2021
CEOs from Southwest and Americans Airlines testified on Capitol Hill this week amidst mask mandate extensions from the Biden administration on air travel, that masking while on airplanes does not mitigate the spread of Covid-19 and that planes are safe without passengers wearing masks.
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