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A Paris labor court ruled December 16, 2025 that Paris Saint-Germain must pay Kylian Mbappé approximately €61 million ($71.8 million) in unpaid wages and bonuses. The Conseil de prud’hommes de Paris found that PSG withheld €55 million in unpaid salary and approximately €6 million in holiday payments covering the final three months of Mbappé’s contract…
What Is the Latest Update on the National Trust for Historic Preservation Lawsuit? The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a federal lawsuit on December 13, 2025, against President Donald Trump and his administration to halt construction of a planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom on the White House grounds. The case has been assigned to U.S. District…
Critical Alert: USCIS is reviewing 3.3 million green card holders from 19 designated countries, with 180,000 Biden-era refugees facing mandatory review and potential deportation. Nearly 50% of detained individuals in 2025 have no criminal record, marking a dramatic shift in enforcement priorities. Legal permanent residents now face deportation for minor offenses that previously wouldn’t trigger…
No, same-sex marriage is not legal in Japan. Despite multiple high court rulings declaring the ban unconstitutional, Japan’s national government does not recognize same-sex marriages. Japan remains one of only two G7 nations to not formally recognize same-sex marriage, alongside Italy. However, over 459 municipalities covering 85% of Japan’s population now issue partnership certificates providing…
Horse meat is technically legal to eat in most US states, but you cannot legally buy it commercially because federal funding restrictions have banned USDA inspections of horse slaughterhouses since 2007. Without federal inspection, horse meat cannot be sold for human consumption under the Federal Meat Inspection Act. Seven states—California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey,…
Merck withdrew the blockbuster painkiller Vioxx in 2004 after studies confirmed it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes—but not before 20 million Americans took the drug. The pharmaceutical giant faced 60,000 lawsuits and ultimately paid $4.85 billion to settle claims that it hid cardiovascular dangers for years. Individual victims who suffered heart attacks…
The Zantac lawsuit suffered a devastating blow in July 2025 when the Delaware Supreme Court unanimously ruled that plaintiffs in nearly 75,000 pending cases cannot rely on expert testimony linking ranitidine to cancer unless it meets stringent scientific reliability standards. This mirrored the federal court’s 2022 dismissal and followed GSK’s October 2024 settlement of 80,000…
Yes, alcohol is legal in Abu Dhabi, but heavily regulated. Tourists can drink in licensed hotels, restaurants, and bars without permits. Residents need no license to buy alcohol from retail stores like African + Eastern since 2020. You must be 21+, non-Muslim, and follow strict rules: no public drinking, zero-tolerance drunk driving (fines up to…
Every US state has incest laws, but New Jersey and Rhode Island do not criminalize sexual relations between consenting adults (age 18+ in NJ, 16+ in RI)—though incestuous marriage remains illegal in both states. Ohio restricts incest prosecutions to parent-child relationships only. All other 47 states criminalize incest between adults regardless of consent. Definitions vary:…