Supreme Court throws out ruling in case protecting unions from class-action lawsuits
Organized labor, already reeling from a potentially major financial hit thanks to a Supreme Court ruling last week that could result in millions of public-sector workers cutting off funding, could be subject to another blow from the justices: class-action suits from those workers seeking to get paid back from the unions.
washingtonexaminer.com
Iran's Rouhani hints at threat to neighbors' exports if oil sales halted
President Hassan Rouhani appeared on Tuesday to threaten to disrupt oil shipments from neighboring countries if Washington presses ahead with its goal of forcing all countries to stop buying Iranian oil.
reuters.com
Canada officially slapped tariffs on more than $12 billion worth of US goods — here's what's getting hit
Canada's latest blow in the ongoing trade fight with the US went into effect Sunday, as tariffs on roughly $12.6 billion worth of US exports to Canada became official.
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Italian Employers Clash With New Government on Worker Protection
Italy’s main employers’ lobby clashed with the government on new rules limiting short-term contracts, possibly triggering a wider conflict on the new administration’s populist economic policies.
bloomberg.com
Israel freezes Palestinian funds over attacks payouts
The Israeli parliament has passed a law to withhold money from the Palestinian Authority over its payments to families of Palestinians jailed by Israel or killed while carrying out attacks.
bbc.com
Top Poland judge Gersdorf vows to defy retirement rule
The head of Poland's Supreme Court has vowed to defy a controversial new law forcing her and dozens of senior judges to retire early.
bbc.com
AMLO's Coalition Sweeps Mexico's Chamber and Senate
With over 60 percent of the votes counted so far in Mexico's general elections on Sunday, the Morena party and the Together We Will Make History coalition are slated to gain an absolute majority in both the Chamber of Deputies and Senate giving freshly elected president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, or AMLO, ample legislative support when he enters office next December.
telesurtv.net
'Walmart Go Back': Traders Protest US Capitalist Takeover of Indian Retailer Flipkart
Hundred of traders across 500 cities in India took to streets to protest Walmart's US$16 billion majority stake acquisition of Indian retailer Flipkart, an online store, offering similar services as the United States online giant Amazon.
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China warns its tourists of 'frequent shootings,' expensive health care, and risks of encountering border-patrol agents during trips to the US
The Chinese Embassy in Washington issued a notice on Saturday telling its citizens to take caution when traveling to the US over summer.
businessinsider.com
Senators 'dismayed’ as new report reveals Pentagon overestimated F-35 savings by $600 million
A Senate committee has slammed the Pentagon's beleaguered F-35 fighter jet program, for claiming that a $661mn spend on bulk-buying parts would help it save some $1.2 billion. The real amount is half that, it has been revealed.
rt.com
ICE came with doughnuts - then 100 were arrested
Scores of undocumented migrants were arrested in one raid in Ohio. This is what happened.
bbc.com
In U.S., Record-Low 47% Extremely Proud to Be Americans
This Fourth of July marks a low point in U.S. patriotism. For the first time in Gallup's 18-year history asking U.S. adults how proud they are to be Americans, fewer than a majority say they are "extremely proud." Currently, 47% describe themselves this way, down from 51% in 2017 and well below the peak of 70% in 2003.
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