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A Texas judge ruled on Tuesday night against an injunction that sought to force the NCAA to implement mandatory gender testing to keep trans athletes out of women’s sports. Lubbock County Judge Les Hatch, a Republican, presided over a hearing brought about by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who sued the NCAA over its recent revised gender eligibility policy. The NCAA revised its policy in February to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban trans athletes from women’s and girls’ sports, now ruling that any biological male athlete is ineligible to compete in the women’s category. However, Paxton and many…

The Conservative party is breaking from tradition and will not be allowing media onboard planes and buses to cover Pierre Poilievre’s election campaign. In an email Tuesday, national campaign director Jenni Byrne said costs for travel have “risen considerably,” as has the capacity for digital and remote access to public events.Byrne also said in recent years, media outlets have chosen to tag staff from local bureaus to cover events rather than fly journalists from Ottawa across the country for the entire duration of the campaign.Byrne said her team wants to stress that the campaign will ensure “strong, fair, and equitable…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s fugitive police chief surrendered to authorities and was remanded in custody on Wednesday (May 19), weeks after his arrest was ordered over a botched raid that killed a fellow officer. A magistrate in the southern town of Matara ordered Inspector-General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon to be held in custody until Thursday, when his bail application will be considered. Tennakoon stands accused of authorising an ill-fated drug bust in 2023, allegedly against internal regulations, that sparked a gun battle between competing police units. He surrendered after police raided his private home on Tuesday, and seized over 1,000 bottles of…

The leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have called for a cease-fire in eastern Congo in a bid to end the latest deadly chapter in a three-decade conflict.Presidents Félix Tshisekedi of Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda committed to an “immediate and unconditional cease-fire,” according to a joint statement issued with Qatar, where the two leaders gathered for an unannounced meeting on Tuesday.They did not say how the cease-fire would be carried out or monitored. But the meeting was the leaders’ most significant step since a Rwanda-backed armed group, called M23, captured eastern Congo’s two largest cities…

Plaintiffs suing the Trump administration over use of a war authority to deport alleged gang members warned that failing to block the president from its use would mean anyone could be treated as an enemy alien.The lawyers for Venezuelan migrants suing the government said Tuesday in an appellate court filing: “The implications of the government’s position are staggering. If the President can designate any group as enemy aliens under the Act, and that designation is unreviewable, then there is no limit on who can be sent to a Salvadoran prison, or any limit on how long they will remain there.”Those…

Permanent residents of an Emu Point caravan park fear they will soon be homeless with the sale of the site to RAC meaning their possible eviction.

Executive actions intended to cripple top Democratic law firms. Investigations of Democratic fund-raising and organizing platforms. Ominous suggestions that nonprofits aligned with Democrats or critical of President Trump should have their tax exemptions revoked.Mr. Trump and his allies are aggressively attacking the players and machinery that power the left, taking a series of highly partisan official actions that, if successful, will threaten to hobble Democrats’ ability to compete in elections for years to come.So far, the attacks have been diffuse and sometimes indiscriminate or inaccurate. But inside the administration, there are moves to coordinate and expand the assault.A small group…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 19, 2025 6:41 am 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The City of Toronto is pledging to take action on coyotes after receiving recommendations on how to handle recent “unusually bold” animal encounters in two communities. The city says an independent panel of wildlife experts reviewed its response to an increase in reported coyote incidents in the Fort York and Liberty Village areas between last November and this month.Last month, the Coyote Safety Coalition – a group representing residents in the two neighbourhoods – claimed six local coyote attacks occurred…

JOHOR BAHRU: The high profile case of a man in Johor Bahru allegedly slapping a non-Muslim for eating in public during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan went to court on Wednesday (Mar 19). And it turned out to be a day of several twists and turns, with the 65-year-old male suspect eventually claiming trial to a fresh charge of voluntarily causing hurt under Section 323 of the Penal Code.  The mini drama started in the morning at the Johor Bahru Magistrate’s Court, when Abdul Razak Ismail initially pleaded guilty to a charge of voluntarily causing hurt to 21-year-old Elijah…

CHP calls Imamoglu’s detention a ‘coup’ as the mayor vows to challenge diploma invalidation, barring him from the presidency.Turkish police have arrested Istanbul’s mayor as part of what they say are investigations into alleged corruption and terror links. Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was arrested on Wednesday morning, with the state-run Anadolu Agency saying prosecutors issued detention warrants for the mayor and roughly 100 other people. Imamoglu posted a video saying, “We are facing great tyranny, but I want you to know that I will not be discouraged.” He accused the government of “usurping the…