March 26

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10 things you need to know today: March 26, 2023 (The Week Magazine)

White House to send federal aid to Mississippi following tornado, Biden's pick to lead FAA withdraws nomination, and more.

The next games to decide the Final Four will take place Sunday afternoon, when Creighton will face off against San Diego State and the University of Miami will battle Texas for the rights to enter the tournament's next round. in New York, the NYPD said, with the woman taken to the hospital with "minor injuries to her head and neck" after telling police she had been assaulted. However, Christian authorities in Lebanon have not followed suit, and instead said the clocks changed on the last Sunday in March, as has occurred in prior years. The two teams will now make their way into the last group of games prior to the NCAA championship. Brad Little (R) has signed a bill to allow the execution of death row inmates by firing squad, making the state the latest to shift away from lethal injection in favor of more historic methods. The split represents an ongoing battle between Christian and Muslim sentiments in the country. Abdullah Hasan, a spokesperson for the White House, confirmed that Washington had pulled his nomination, but maintained that he had the proper credentials to run the FAA. The 29 deaths come as five other migrant boats have sunk off the Tunisian coast in the last five days alone, killing at least nine people and leaving 67 missing, Tunisian authorities said. The cause of the explosion, which occurred at the R.M. Washington was nominated last year to take over the agency following a series of problems identified In a [White House readout](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/03/26/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-mississippi-disaster-declaration-3/), Biden confirmed that federal aid was on its way to Mississippi, and that it makes funding available to affected individuals in Carroll, Humphreys, Monroe, and Sharkey Counties. However, he has faced steep Republican criticism in the Senate for his lack of aviation experience, and alleged legal problems.

Nation & world news at a glance for March 26, 2023 - West Hawaii ... (West Hawaii Today)

At Least 26 Die as Tornadoes Wreck Rural South. An ominous wedge appeared in the night sky over one of the poorest regions of the American South late Friday ...

Robots are already interacting with the old in Japan and the United States. Rusesabagina’s departure from Rwanda will end an ordeal during which he said he was blindfolded and tortured, held in solitary confinement and threatened with shortages of food, water and his medication. “I’m happy to say I finished inpatient physical therapy earlier today, and I’m glad to be home.” He added that he would be working from home for the next few days and would return in person soon but did not say when he would be back at the Senate, which is in session next week. Ukrainian forces could be close to stabilizing the front lines in Bakhmut, said Gen. Now many of these homespun groups are fighting with themselves and undermining the war effort. In it, Ocasio-Cortez argues that President Joe Biden and colleagues in both parties were “putting the cart before the horse” and rushing prematurely to cut off over 150 million American users. A report issued in May by the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety analyzed FBI crime data in 271 cities, large and small, from 2020 and found that guns stolen from vehicles have become the nation’s largest source of stolen firearms — with an estimated 40,000 guns stolen from vehicles in those cities alone. It was a bruising week for TikTok on Capitol Hill, but as momentum grew among Democrats and Republicans to ban the Chinese-owned video app over national security concerns, it gained an influential ally: Rep. For legacy growers in the program, it’s unclear if it will improve their chances of getting a license. The goal is to give legacy growers — players in the illicit market before legalization arrived in 2021 — the information and skills necessary to stay current with rules. Growers in the legal market will face requirements such as product testing and environmental controls. In a country awash with guns, with more firearms than people, the parked vehicle has become a flashpoint in the debates over how and whether to regulate gun safety.

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Two Weeks in Review, 13 March – 26 March (EJIL: Talk!)

See the full post here. Miles Jackson offers his analysis of the ICC Arrest Warrants against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, and provides an overview of ...

[reported](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/world/europe/icc-war-crimes-russia-ukraine.html) on a possible 2nd set of charges at the ICC – relating to the targeting of civilian infrastructure. We would appreciate listeners leaving a rating or review on the platform of their choice, as this will help promote the podcast. [announcement](https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-and) of the International Criminal Court on the issuance of arrest warrants against Russian president Putin and his Children’s Rights Ombudswoman Lvova-Belova, Sergey Vasiliev offers his analysis of the meaning of the issuance of such warrants and what can be expected to happen next. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School) to discuss big legal issues arising from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one year on. Amongst others, Jackson discusses crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court, modes of liability, nationals of non-parties and immunities at the International Criminal Court along with other questions and tensions. Miles Jackson offers his analysis of the ICC Arrest Warrants against Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, and provides an overview of certain legal issues relating to the issuance of the warrants, as well as a brief reflection on some of the policy tensions it generates. States should continue collaborating with mechanisms such as UNITAD and the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), created by France and Sweden, to gather and share evidence to support prosecutions under universal jurisdiction. [Treaty between the US and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms](https://www.nti.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/new_start_treaty.pdf) (the ‘New START Treaty’), Maria Xiouri offers her analysis of the possible legal grounds for the suspension by Russia. In addition, the consent of the Attorney General is required to institute proceedings for such crimes. The first, is a fundamental change of circumstances as regulated in Art 62 of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (‘VCLT’). Though difficult under the current circumstances, compliance with the Treaty—the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries—must be resumed, so that it can still survive, for the benefit of international peace and security.’ The two call for a transformative judgment from the Court that will end the marginalization and exclusion of these women from society through the health system.

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