Supreme Court Considers if Shamima Begum Can Return to UK
The Supreme Court on Monday opens a hearing into whether so-called ISIS bride Shamima Begum can return to the UK to give evidence against the decision to revoke her British citizenship. If they conclude Begum has no right to return to be at her appeal in person, the five justices may also decide she has no right to appeal in the first place—effectively ending her attempts to have her citizenship returned. The hearing will last for two days. Begum travelled to Syria at the age of 15, along with some other classmates, to join the so-called ISIS caliphate. As the caliphate was being whittled down to its last survivors by U.S. and allied forces, she surfaced at a refugee camp in Syria, where she caught the interest of Western journalists. Her citizenship…
At the virtual G20 Summit over the weekend, President Trump defended his decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. He said he did it to protect American workers.
“The Paris Accord was not designed to save the environment. It was designed to kill the American economy. I refused to surrender millions of American jobs and send trillions of American dollars to the world’s worst polluters and environmental offenders.”
He claimed since withdrawing from the Paris Accord, the United States has reduced carbon emissions more than any other country in the world. He said, at the same time, the United States has become energy independent—and is now the world’s top producer of oil and natural gas.
“Every day we are proving that we can protect our workers, create new jobs, and safeguard the environment without imposing crippling mandates and one-sided international agreements on our citizens.”
U.S. withdrawal took effect on Nov. 4—the day after the election.
The press secretary said he also “discussed the historic achievements made in the United States and around the world in empowering and investing in women, and called on all countries to do more.”
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ADF Honour The Next Generation of Young Australian Innovators
More than聽2,700 high school students from around Australia received recognition for their innovation and learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects from the Australian Defence Force this week. Students from Year 10 and Year 12, chosen from 1,660 Australian schools, were presented with the inaugural ADF Future Innovator Award and cash prizes for showing what they鈥檝e learnt from STEM-related topics. Congratulating the winners Defence Personnel Minister Darren Chester said the award laureates represent the next generation of聽motivated STEM innovators. “The ADF’s requirement for innovators, critical thinkers and problem-solvers continues to grow, and this is one of the ways we are promoting the exciting opportunities available through a career with Defence,” said Chester in a media release on Nov. 23. Year 10 students received cash grants of $250, and…