Justices rule in landmark decision Louisiana will have to redraw congressional map, largely killing major civil rights law

Experts say Muslims and other minorities have been disproportionately deleted from the electoral roll ahead of the West Bengal elections this week

Rights groups fear tactic of ‘domicide’ trialled in Gaza, where entire areas are made uninhabitable, is being used again

New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it

Governments must hold the Israeli government accountable under international law, impose arms embargoes and meaningful sanctions that create genuine political and economic consequences.

‘Largest coordinated strike’ against Hezbollah since war began prompts warnings Iran could pull out of ceasefire

From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too high

States and companies the world over are enabling or profiting from Israel’s prolonged violations of international law

Deadly attack near Ramallah is third in territory in a week as Israeli violence surges with global attention on Iran war

Dieses Abkommen sendet ein starkes Signal an die Welt«, erklärte Ursula von der Leyen am 17. Januar feierlich bei der Unterzeichnungszeremonie in Paraguays Hauptstadt Asunción: »Wir wählen fairen…

The European Commission has announced that it will force through the provisional application of the EU-Mercosur trade deal, pre-empting a vote to ratify the agreement in the European Parliament and a ...

La présidente de la Commission avait le droit de prendre cette décision, malgré la saisine de la Cour de justice de l’UE par le Parlement. La ministre française de l’agriculture, Annie Genevard, a reg...

Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate

Without meaningful safeguards, the EU-Mercosur agreement – as it stands – risks locking the EU into a system that expands imports of meat produced under conditions that fall far below EU regulations. The deal would lower tariffs — without requiring imported products to meet equivalent European animal welfare standards.

Die grüne Europa-Abgeordnete Anna Cavazzini verteidigt die gerichtliche Prüfung des Handelsvertrags. Dieser schade Bauern, Regenwald und Klima.

Auch wenn Mercosur für die EU nützlich ist, bleibt der Deal problematisch. Dass die Kommission ihn am Parlament vorbei durchdrückt, ist ein Skandal.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen is expected to travel to Paraguay next week  to sign a deeply unpopular trade deal with the Mercosur bloc of four South American countries.

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Brussels – The European Parliament has voted to refer the EU-Mercosur trade agreement to the European Court of Justice, requesting the Court’s opinion on whether the deal is compatible with…