Australian court overturns ruling requiring mine approvals to weigh climate harm
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters An Australian court on Tuesday overturned a groundbreaking ruling from last year that required the country’s environment minister to consider harm to children from climate change as part of the approval process for a coal mine. The full Federal Court decided unanimously in favour of the appeal by Environment Minister Sussan Ley against […]
US pastor asks federal court to sanction immigration officials
Washington DC, USRNS The pastor of a historic New York church is asking a federal court to sanction immigration officials, arguing they offered “false or at best misleading” accounts in response to a lawsuit and put her at risk of arrest in Mexico under false pretenses as she aided asylum-seekers. “They consistently lied or hid […]
US judge upholds Nevada’s cap on size of church gatherings
Reno, Nevada, USAP A US federal judge has ruled against the leaders of two Nevada churches who argued that the state’s coronavirus-related restrictions on religious gatherings are an unconstitutional violation of their First Amendment rights. US District Judge Richard Boulware II on Tuesday denied requests from a church in rural Lyon County and another in […]
Highest court in Malaysia to hear appeal of Christian converts from Islam
Morning Star News On Monday, the highest court in Malaysia is scheduled to hear the appeal of four people who wish to have their conversions from Islam to Christianity legally recognised. In a country where there is no legal way to leave Islam, the four people are asking the Federal Court to have their names […]