The Supreme Court is rejecting an early challenge to President Donald Trump's authority to impose tariffs on imported steel based on national security concerns.
The justices did not comment on Monday in leaving in place a decision by the Court of International Trade that ruled against steel importers and other users of imported steel who challenged the 25% tariff on steel that Trump imposed in 2018.
The importers argue that Trump does not have unbounded authority under the Constitution to regulate trade. They say that job belongs to Congress.
The legal challenge is at an early stage, before a federal appeals court has weighed in. The case could return to the Supreme Court later.
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Supreme Court Rejects Early Challenge to Trump Steel Tariffs
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Asylum Applicants to EU Down to Pre-Crisis Levels
Nearly 665,000 people applied for asylum in the European Union last year, almost as low a number as before the migration crisis of 2015, official figures showed Monday.The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) recorded 664,480 applications for international protection in 2018, down for the third year running and 10 percent lower than in 2017.EASO noted the figure was only slightly above the 662,165 applications lodged in 2014 and dramatically lower than the 1,393,920 in 2015.The 28-nation bloc split politically four years ago over the surge in people fleeing civil war in Syria as well as violence and poverty in other parts of the Middle East and Africa.The EU has since slashed arrivals of asylum seekers and economic migrants mainly through cooperation deals with Turkey and Libya, from where smugglers set sail for Europe.Under international law, Europe is required to admit people fleeing war or political persecution but can deport those deemed to be simply seeking economic opportunities. EASO said nine percent of the 2018 figure were repeat applications.Germany, the bloc's biggest economy, again accounted for the lion's share of asylum applications last year, at 184,180. Syrians made up for one quarter of them.The German figure is much lower than the 476,510 lodged in 2015 and 745,155 the following year.As in previous years, just over two thirds of all applicants were male and a third female, EASO said. Almost a third of all applicants were minors.
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EU court says Poland broke law by making judges retire early
The European Court of Justice has said that Warsaw violated EU law by forcing judges into early retirement. Poland had already backtracked on the law and reinstated the judges after protests and international pressure.
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UCHOKOZI WA EDO: Kuna wadaiwa sugu na wengine watazamaji sugu
Nchi hii bwana! Watu wanapiga pesa kimya kimya huku maskini akiwa hajui. Yaani ni mwendo wa kimya kimya. Majuzi tukaletewa majina ya wadaiwa sugu wa mikopo fulani hivi una jina la Kiingereza. Mara nyingi pesa hazitoki kwa miradi yenye jina la Kiswahili.
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Trump Set to Impose New Iran Sanctions
VOA's national security correspondent Jeff Seldin contributed to this report.U.S. President Donald Trump, set Monday to impose new sanctions on Iran, says he has one demand for Tehran: "No Nuclear Weapons and No Further Sponsoring of Terror!"Trump, in Twitter comments, gave no hint of the scope of the new sanctions, instead complaining that the U.S. has not been paid anything for protecting oil shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz that mostly has benefited China, Japan and other countries while the U.S. has ramped up its own energy production.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described the new sanctions as "significant" as he left Washington on Sunday for a trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to continue the Trump administration's effort to build a coalition of allies to counter Iran. Pompeo met Monday with Saudi King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman."The world should know," Pompeo said, "that we will continue to make sure it's understood that this effort that we've engaged in to deny Iran the resources to foment terror, to build out their nuclear weapon system, to build out their missile program, we are going to deny them the resources they need to do that thereby keeping American interests and American people safe all around the world."FILE - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo closes his remarks as he departs after a media availability, at the State Department, June 13, 2019.Concern about a potential armed confrontation between Iran and the U.S. has been growing since U.S. officials recently blamed Tehran for mine attacks on two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, allegations Tehran denies, and Iran's shoot-down of a U.S. drone last week.President Trump said that late Thursday he had canceled a retaliatory strike against several Iranian targets. But on Thursday, according to U.S. news accounts, Trump also approved U.S. Cyber Command attacks on an Iranian intelligence group's computer systems used to control missile and rocket launches. Iran has denied working on nuclear weapons and signed an agreement in 2015 with the United States, Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany to allay those concerns by limiting its nuclear activity in exchange for sanctions relief.But U.S.-Iran relations have deteriorated during Trump's tenure, particularly since his decision last year to withdraw from the nuclear deal and reimpose economic sanctions. Trump objected to the deal as being too weak and not including limits on Iran's ballistic missile program, although the United Nations' atomic watchdog agency says Tehran is complying with the international accord.Iran has defended its missile work as legal and necessary for its defense. Tehran has sought support from the remaining signatories to the 2015 agreement to provide the economic relief it wants, especially with its key oil exports as the U.S. has tightened sanctions in an attempt to cut off Iranian oil shipments.Pompeo said the new sanctions Monday "will be a further effort to ensure that their capacity not only to grow their economy but to evade sanctions becomes more and more difficult, and it will be an important addition to our capacity to enforce sanctions against Iran to ultimately achieve the objective that we've laid out."Trump said in a series of tweets Saturday about the sanctions that he looks forward to the day when "sanctions come off Iran, and they become a productive and prosperous national again -- The sooner the better!"He also said in an interview with NBC's Meet the Press that he is "not looking for war" with Iran and is willing to negotiate with its leaders without preconditions.
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Kitwanga aitwanga wizara ya maji, asema yasije kujitokeza ya IPTL na Lugumi
Waziri wa zamani wa Mambo ya Ndani, Charles Kitwanga ametoa tahadhari kwa Serikali ya Tanzania kuwa katika Wizara ya Maji kuna mhandisi mshauri anayefanya mambo ya ovyo na huenda akasababisha hali ya sintofahamu kama ilivyotokea katika wizara nyingine miaka ya nyuma.
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Mawaziri nchini Kenya wakana kupanga njama za kumuua Naibu Rais William Ruto
Waziri wa biashara wa Kenya Peter Munya amekana shutuma za kupanga mauaji dhidi ya Naibu Rais William Ruto.
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Serikali yakerwa na vitendo vya Ushirikina katika njia panda iliyopo karibu na Makazi ya mkuu wa wilaya.
SALVATORY NTANDUSerikali wilayani Kahama imesema itaweka ulinzi katika njia panda inayoelekea katika nyumba ya mkuu wa walaya ya kahama mkoani shinyanga ambayo inatumika kufanyia vitendo vya ushirikina baada ya kukithiri kwa vitendo vya kishirikina katika eneo hilo.Kauli hiyo imetolewa na Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Kahama Anamringi Macha wakati akizungumza na Waandishi wa habari ofisini kwake baada ya kuongezeka kwa matukio hayo na kusema kuwa wataweka walinzi maalum katika eneo hilo ili kuwabaini watu wanaotekeleza vitendo hivyo.Amesema mbali na kufanya vitendo hivyo ambavyo havifai kwenye jamii wahusika wamekuwa wakiharibu barabara na mazingira kwa kutupa vitu mbalimbali katika eneo hilo pindi wanapomaliza kufanya kafara zao kama vile nazi,kuku,mbuzi hali ambayo haitaweza kuvumilika.Amefafanua kuwa jamii inapaswa kuachana na vitendo hivyo vya upigaji wa ramli chonganishi hivyo ni budi wakafanya kazi halali za kuwapatia vipato halali na kuachana na imani potofu za kishirikina zinazofanywa na waganga wakienyeji katika eneo hilo.
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Waziri Mkuu Amjulia Hali Mkuu Wa Wilaya Ya Chemba Simon Odunga
Waziri Mkuu Kassim Majaliwa, akiakimjulia hali Mkuu wa Wilaya ya Chemba, Simon Odunga, aliyelazwa, katika Hospitali ya Mkoa, jijini Dodoma, Juni 24.2019. (Picha na Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu)
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European Court Asks Italy for Information on Vessel Filled with Rescued Migrants
The European Court of Human Rights has asked Italy to provide information on the case of Sea Watch 3, a ship off the island of Lampedusa carrying rescued migrants who Italy has refused to allow to disembark. Italy's interior minister has said he will hold the Netherlands and the European Union “responsible” for the fate of the 36 migrants on board.Italy has refused to allow the Sea Watch 3 into its territorial waters and the port of the southern island of Lampedusa. Only a small group of migrants on board the ship, including two pregnant women, were allowed to disembark.The Dutch-flagged vessel, representing an German organization that rescues migrants at sea, picked up the migrants from an inflatable raft in the Mediterranean 12 days ago. The crew has refused to return them to Libya, saying Tripoli is not a safe port.Deteriorating situationThe spokeswoman of Sea Watch Italy, Giorgia Linardi said the situation on board the Sea Watch 3 is deteriorating every day and described the Italian authorities' treatment of these migrants as “inhumane and degrading."“The partial disembarkation of ten people, now almost a week ago, destabilized even further the situation on board. The remaining people are asking why they do not have a right to disembark,” said Linardi.The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has now requested the Italian government and Sea Watch provide it with information about the ship, in order to allow the migrants to disembark in Italy.Linardi said single individuals on board asked the European Court to intervene with so that urgent provisional measures are adopted to guarantee their rights.Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has been operating a “closed ports” policy in Italy. He said he will hold the Netherlands and the European Union responsible for the fate of the migrants, adding that he has written to his counterpart in the Netherlands.Salvini said vessels that are illegal will not come to Italy. He said reception is guaranteed for those truly fleeing war, adding that his figures indicate only small percentage of recent arrivals were fleeing conflict. Migrant arrivals in Italy have dropped significantly since Salvini took office last year, down more than 80 percent in 2018, and because of this the interior minister’s popularity has soared.The Italian government has imposed a policy that effectively stops NGO ships with rescued migrants from entering Italian waters.Vessels that fail to respect the ban face fines of up to $56,000.
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Iraqi Official: Parliament Approves 3 Key Cabinet Ministers
Iraq's deputy parliament speaker says the legislature has approved three Cabinet ministers whose posts have been vacant since the formation of the government in October.
Hassan al-Kaabi told The Associated Press that the parliament approved Najah al-Shammari for defense minister, Yassin al-Yassiri as interior minister and Farouq Amin Othman for the post of justice minister. The three were sworn in on Monday.
Al-Kaabi said election of education minister has been postponed as the current candidate didn't get enough votes.
In October, Iraq's parliament voted to confirm Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi's new government while leaving the four Cabinet posts unfilled, underscoring the discord plaguing Iraqi politics.
Abdul-Mahdi had earlier proposed others for the posts but his proposals were rejected by other groups until an agreement on the new names was reached.
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India orders probe into 'brain fever' child deaths
An encephalitis outbreak in India's Bihar state has killed more than 150 children so far. Public anger over the crisis has been growing, with both the state and federal government accused of "negligence and inaction."
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Kazakhstan munitions depot blows up
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated after a military depot blew up in Kazakhstan. A series of blasts rocked the Soviet-era facility.
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Wadau waombwa kusaidia taulo za kike kwa watoto yatima
SERIKALI na wadau mbalimbali wameombwa kutoa msaada taulo za kike (pedi) kwa mabinti waliopo kwenye vituo vya kulelea watoto yatima na walemavu kufuatia watoto hao kutokuwa na uhakika wa kuzipata. Anaripoti Christina Haule, Morogoro … (endelea). Mkurugenzi mwanzilishi wa kituo cha vijana wenye ulemavu wa akili (MEHAYO), Linda Ngido alisema hayo jana wakati akipokea msaada ...
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Senior Facebook Executive Says it Would Favor Regulation
A senior Facebook executive says the social media site is in favor of regulation to address some of the dark problems of the internet.
Nick Clegg, the former leader of the U.K. Liberal Democrat party who now heads global affairs for Facebook, says it is not ``for private companies'' to decide how to balance free speech versus public harm.
Clegg told the BBC on Monday that companies like Facebook are not ``shunning'' government intervention but advocating a ``sensible way'' forward in addressing issues such as cyberbullying or fake news.
Lawmakers have been pushing tech companies to take down offensive content more quickly and to do more in general to halt internet harm. But Clegg says it is up to ``democratic politicians in the democratic world'' to set the rules.
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Alleged Mastermind of Ethiopia State Coup Shot and Killed
The alleged leader of Saturday's coup attempt in Ethiopia's northern Amhara state has been shot and killed.A reporter in the state capital, Bahir Dar, told VOA's Horn of Africa service that General Asamnew Tsige was killed in the capital Monday while trying to escape from security forces.Meanwhile, an official wounded during Saturday's coup attempt, regional prosecutor Migbaru Kebede, has passed away from his injuries, according to a state media report.Gunmen broke into a meeting in Bahir Dar on Saturday, killing regional president Ambachew Mekonnen and one of his senior advisors. State media named General Asamnew, Amhara state's head of security, as the leader of the coup attempt.Hours later, Ethiopia's army chief of staff was killed by his bodyguard at his home in Addis Ababa. Officials have said the two attacks are linked.The ultimate motive for the attacks remains unclear. Analysts said Asamnew was an Amhara nationalist who was likely facing the loss of his job because of efforts to form a militia.He was released from prison just last year, after receiving an amnesty from a 2009 coup attempt.The U.S. embassy in Addis Ababa expressed shock and sadness over the attacks. "The attacks on these men were also an attack on the institutions and nation they served. The United States remains steadfast in its support for Ethiopia, as it pursues political and economic reforms that represent the surest path to Ethiopia’s prosperity, political inclusiveness, and stability," said a statement issued Sunday.
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Taliban Warns Afghan Media Against Airing Anti-Insurgency Ads
The Taliban has given radio stations and television channels in Afghanistan one week to stop broadcasting government-funded advertisements against the Islamist insurgent group.In a statement issued Monday, the Taliban warned media groups that refuse to cease the “propaganda” campaign will be considered “military targets” and not independent news and journalists as well as other staff working for them will not be safe.The advertisements call on Afghans to inform authorities if they see any suspicious Taliban activities.A local media advocacy group, Nai, denounced the insurgent threat as a violation of human and freedom rights, demanding the Afghan government take urgent steps to ensure security of media groups and their staff.The Taliban has previously staged deadly attacks against media groups in Afghanistan, a country which remains one of the deadliest in the world for journalists.Afghan media organizations are celebrated as one of the success stories since a U.S.-led military coalition ousted the Taliban from power 17 years ago for sheltering al-Qaida leaders accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, attacks on America.Dozens of private television and radio stations have since emerged in the country and many Afghan journalists have died covering the war and in suicide bombings.The Taliban’s threat comes as it prepares to hold the next round of nearly yearlong peace negotiations with the United States later this week aimed at finding a political solution to the Afghan war.Critics have been urging Washington to seek guarantees from the insurgents that the Taliban would not undermine gains Afghanistan has made in recent years, particularly the rights of women, freedom of speech and education for all.The Islamist group had banned female education while they were ruling the country before being ousted.
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Asasi za kiraia Tanzania zapinga mabadiliko ya sheria
Asasi za Kiraia nchini Tanzania (Azaki) zimesema muswada wa mabadiliko ya sheria mbalimbali uliowasilishwa bungeni utakwenda kuua Azaki nchini humo kutokana na baadhi ya vifungu kuminya uhuru wa asasi hizo.
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China kunoa kwa vitendo wahitimu UDSM
Serikali ya Jamhuri ya watu wa China imezindua darasa la mafunzo ya vitendo kwa wanafunzi na wahitimu katika fani za uhandisi, teknolojia na ubunifu nchini Tanzania liitwalo Lu Ban Workshop, ikiwa ni sehemu ya kuenzi jina la Mchina Lu Ban, aliyeeneza teknolojia ya viwanda China.
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Wachezaji Manchester United wataka Pogba auzwe tu
Mwacheni aende. Mastaa wa Manchester United wanaamini ili klabu itulie msimu ujao ni lazima mwenzao, Paul Pogba auzwe katika dirisha hili la uhamisho.
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