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24 сюжетовTrump signs order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily allowing off-road red-dyed diesel to be used for highway driving and deferring the federal excise tax on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties.…
Верховный суд заслушал климатический иск Боулдера, судьи задали вопросы обеим сторонам
В понедельник Верховный суд заслушал почти два часа аргументов по вопросу о том, может ли город и округ Боулдер, штат Колорадо, подать в суд штата на Exxon Mobil и Suncor Energy для возмещения расходов, связанных с изменением климата. Судьи…
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia back in court as US seeks deportation to Liberia
Kilmar Ábrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March 2025, was due back in federal court in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Tuesday in his fight against deportation to Liberia. The government is asking U.S…
Министерство транспорта Японии устанавливает четыре уровня риска затопления для подземных переходов
Министерство земли, инфраструктуры, транспорта и туризма Японии 6 октября опубликовало руководящие указания, классифицирующие подземные переходы по всей стране по четырём уровням риска затопления и призывающие к установке дистанционно управ…
Trump says he is considering suspending federal gas tax ahead of midterms
President Donald Trump said Tuesday his administration is considering suspending the federal gas tax, as pump prices remain far above last year's levels a month before the midterm elections. Any suspension would require Congress, which is n…
ABC asks federal judge to block FCC's early review of its broadcast licenses
Disney's ABC asked a federal judge in Washington, D.C. to block the FCC from conducting an early review of its broadcast licenses, arguing the proceeding was launched to retaliate over content that offended the Trump administration. The FCC…
Армейское исследование показало, что электрошоковые перчатки ICE вызывают боль, покорность и страх, сообщает AP
Ранее не публиковавшееся армейское исследование показало, что электрошоковые перчатки, которые сейчас закупает Иммиграционная и таможенная полиция США (ICE), вызывали сильную боль, немедленную покорность и страх повторных ударов током во вр…
Justice Department files denaturalization actions against 40 people
The U.S. Department of Justice said it filed denaturalization actions in multiple federal district courts against 40 individuals accused of serious offenses, including acting as an agent for a foreign government, voluntary manslaughter and …
ABC asks federal judge to block FCC early review of its broadcast licenses
ABC asked a federal judge in Washington on Tuesday to block the FCC from conducting an early review of its broadcast licenses, calling it retaliation for content President Trump dislikes. U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan did not rule immed…
Japan approves ¥3.2bn from reserves to fight invasive beetle damaging cherry trees
Japan's government decided on 6 October to spend 3.2 billion yen from fiscal 2026 reserve funds to control the red-necked longhorn beetle, an invasive species that damages cherry, plum and peach trees. The money is meant to promote and supp…
Japan audit finds ¥14.9bn in road repair subsidies used for ineligible work
Japan's Board of Audit found that about ¥14.9 billion in state subsidies for bridge and tunnel repairs went to work outside the subsidy programme's scope, in 469 contracts at 88 municipalities, according to Asahi Shimbun, Nishi-Nippon Shimb…
Shizuoka to charge for off-season Mt. Fuji helicopter rescues, aligning with Yamanashi
Shizuoka Prefecture will make climbers rescued by prefectural disaster helicopters during Mount Fuji's closed season pay for the rescue, Gov. Suzuki Yasutomo formally announced at the prefectural assembly. An ordinance is to be enacted with…
Верховный суд открывает новый срок слушаниями по климатическому делу Боулдера
Верховный суд открыл свой новый девятимесячный срок в понедельник, 5 октября, заслушав аргументы по иску города и округа Боулдер, штат Колорадо, который добивается привлечения ExxonMobil и Suncor Energy к ответственности за местные издержки…
Комитет Японии рекомендовал гору Тёкай и Тобисима в качестве глобального геопарка ЮНЕСКО
Японский комитет по геопаркам 5 октября принял решение рекомендовать «гору Тёкай и Тобисима» — территорию, охватывающую префектуры Акита и Ямагата, — для присвоения статуса глобального геопарка ЮНЕСКО, сообщает Nikkei. Ожидается, что ЮНЕСКО…
Fukushima's Futaba to lift evacuation order for two districts in December
Two districts in Fukushima Prefecture's Futaba Town are expected to have their evacuation orders lifted around December, which would let residents live there again after about 15 years and 9 months. It would be the first lifting in a “speci…
LDP approves bill to cut food consumption tax to 1% for two years
Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved a bill at its general council on Oct 6 to cut the consumption tax on food to 1% for two years from next April, according to TBS NEWS DIG and NHK. The bill also includes an income-linked benef…
Japan minister: two Futaba districts may see evacuation orders lifted by December
Reconstruction Minister Hosono said on October 6 that the government will work with relevant ministries so that evacuation orders can be lifted in two districts of Futaba town, Fukushima Prefecture, possibly within December. The districts a…
US deports Nicaraguan torture survivor, who is jailed again in Managua
Jeffrey Jarquín, a 35-year-old Nicaraguan who was tortured after protesting against President Daniel Ortega's government, was deported from the United States last week and taken straight back to El Modelo prison in Managua, relatives and hi…
Supreme Court opens new term with climate liability case first
The U.S. Supreme Court began its new term on Monday, with more than 20 cases agreed so far, UPI reported. The first case, Suncor Energy Inc. vs. County Commissioners of Boulder County, asks whether federal law takes precedence over state la…
Верховный суд отказался рассматривать апелляцию по запрету школьных свитшотов «Let’s Go Brandon»
Верховный суд в понедельник отказался принять апелляцию двух братьев из Мичигана, которым в 2022 году велели снять свитшоты «Let’s Go Brandon» в школе, оставив в силе решение нижестоящего суда о том, что округ мог запретить этот лозунг как …