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Explainer-What is the International Criminal Court?

By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - South African judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, who was awarded the Nobel peace prize on Friday, has been a judge on several international courts, including the International Criminal Court. Here are some facts about this

Why Does Gavin Newsom Keep Helping the Oligarchs?

This year Gavin Newsom has shown that he would be a billionaire-friendly president. Which means he shouldn’t be president at all. In short order, we will all have a huge field of Democratic presidential hopefuls to keep up with, but Newsom has done us a favor and disqualified

The SEC Just Opened the Floodgates to Fraud

If you doubt that President Donald Trump is successfully trashing the administrative state, consider a rule change that the Securities and Exchange Commission announced with little fanfare that took effect on October 2. Under the new rule, the SEC, which effectively until now

Barbara Ward’s vision

She was among the first to argue that prosperity, equality and the protection of nature are inseparable planetary goals - by Or Rosenboim Read on Aeon

Former ICC judge Navi Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

By Gwladys Fouche and Nora Buli OSLO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday "for her efforts to promote peace and international law". This year's Nobel