The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday's outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court that has been fortified by three appointees of former President Donald Trump.
The ruling came more than a month after the stunning leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicating the court was prepared to take this momentous step.
It puts the court at odds with a majority of Americans who favored preserving Roe, according to opinion polls.

US Supreme Court strikes down abortion rights

The US Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority. 

It puts the court at odds with a majority of Americans who favored preserving abortion rights, according to opinion polls.

The US Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday's outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court that has been fortified by three appointees of former President Donald Trump.
The ruling came more than a month after the stunning leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicating the court was prepared to take this momentous step.
It puts the court at odds with a majority of Americans who favored preserving Roe, according to opinion polls.
Alito, in the final opinion issued Friday, wrote that Roe and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 decision that reaffirmed the right to abortion, were wrong the day they were decided and must be overturned.
&ldquo;We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision,&rdquo; Alito wrote.
Authority to regulate abortion rests with the political branches, not the courts, Alito wrote.
Joining Alito were Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. The latter three justices are Trump appointees. Thomas first voted to overrule Roe 30 years ago.
Chief Justice John Roberts would have stopped short of ending the abortion right, noting that he would have upheld the Mississippi law at the heart of the case, a ban on abortion after 15 weeks, and said no more.
Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan &mdash; the diminished liberal wing of the court &mdash; were in dissent.
&ldquo;With sorrow&mdash;for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection&mdash;we dissent,&rdquo; they wrote.
The ruling is expected to disproportionately affect minority women who already face limited access to health care, according to statistics analysed by The Associated Press.
Thirteen states, mainly in the South and Midwest, already have laws on the books that ban abortion in the event Roe is overturned. Another half-dozen states have near-total bans or prohibitions after 6 weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.
In roughly a half-dozen other states, the fight will be over dormant abortion bans that were enacted before Roe was decided in 1973 or new proposals to sharply limit when abortions can be performed, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights.
More than 90% of abortions take place in the first 13 weeks of pregnancy, and more than half are now done with pills, not surgery, according to data compiled by Guttmacher.
The decision came against a backdrop of public opinion surveys that find a majority of Americans oppose overturning Roe and handing the question of whether to permit abortion entirely to the states. Polls conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and others also have consistently shown about 1 in 10 Americans want abortion to be illegal in all cases. A majority are in favour of abortion being legal in all or most circumstances, but polls indicate many also support restrictions especially later in pregnancy.
The Biden administration and other defenders of abortion rights have warned that a decision overturning Roe also would threaten other high court decisions in favor of gay rights and even potentially, contraception.
The liberal justices made the same point in their joint dissent: The majority &ldquo;eliminates a 50-year-old constitutional right that safeguards women's freedom and equal station. It breaches a core rule-of-law principle, designed to promote constancy in the law. In doing all of that, it places in jeopardy other rights, from contraception to same-sex intimacy and marriage. And finally, it undermines the Court's legitimacy.&rdquo; But Alito contended that his analysis addresses abortion only. &ldquo;Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion,&rdquo; he wrote.
Whatever the intentions of the person who leaked Alito's draft opinion, the conservatives held firm in overturning Roe and Casey.
In his draft, Alito dismissed the arguments in favor of retaining the two decisions, including that multiple generations of American women have partly relied on the right to abortion to gain economic and political power.
Changing the composition of the court has been central to the anti-abortion side's strategy. Mississippi and its allies made increasingly aggressive arguments as the case developed, and two high-court defenders of abortion rights retired or died. The state initially argued that its law could be upheld without overruling the court's abortion precedents.
Then-Gov. Phil Bryant signed the 15-week measure into law in March 2018, when Justices Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg were still members of a five-justice majority that was mainly protective of abortion rights.
By early summer, Kennedy had retired and was replaced by Justice Brett Kavanaugh a few months later. The Mississippi law was blocked in lower federal courts.
But the state always was headed to the nation's highest court. It did not even ask for a hearing before a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ultimately held the law invalid in December 2019.
By early September 2020, the Supreme Court was ready to consider the state's appeal.
The court scheduled the case for consideration at the justices' private conference on Sept. 29. But in the intervening weeks, Ginsburg died and Barrett was quickly nominated and confirmed without a single Democratic vote.
The stage now was set, although it took the court another half year to agree to hear the case.
By the time Mississippi filed its main written argument with the court in the summer, the thrust of its argument had changed and it was now calling for the wholesale overruling of Roe and Casey.
The first sign that the court might be receptive to wiping away the constitutional right to abortion came in late summer, when the justices divided 5-4 in allowing Texas to enforce a ban on the procedure at roughly six weeks, before some women even know they are pregnant. That dispute turned on the unique structure of the law, including its enforcement by private citizens rather than by state officials, and how it can be challenged in court.
But Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted in a searing dissent for the three liberal justices that their conservative colleagues refused to block &ldquo;a flagrantly unconstitutional law&rdquo; that &ldquo;flouts nearly 50 years of federal precedents.&rdquo; Roberts was also among the dissenters.
Then in December, after hearing additional arguments over whether to block the Texas law known as S.B. 8, the court again declined to do so, also by a 5-4 vote. &ldquo;The clear purpose and actual effect of S. B. 8 has been to nullify this Court's rulings,&rdquo; Roberts wrote, in a partial dissent.
In their Senate hearings, Trump's three high-court picks carefully skirted questions about how they would vote in any cases, including about abortion.
But even as Democrats and abortion rights supporters predicted Kavanaugh and Gorsuch would vote to upend abortion rights if confirmed, the two left at least one Republican senator with a different impression. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine predicted Gorsuch and Kavanaugh wouldn't support overturning the abortion cases, based on private conversations she had with them when they were nominees to the Supreme Court.
Barrett was perhaps the most vocal opponent of abortion in her time as a law professor, before becoming a federal judge in 2017. She was a member of anti-abortion groups at Notre Dame University, where she taught law, and she signed a newspaper ad opposing &ldquo;abortion on demand&rdquo; and defending &ldquo;the right to life from fertilisation to natural death.&rdquo; She promised to set aside her personal views when judging cases.
Trump, meanwhile, had predicted as a candidate that whoever he named to the court would &ldquo;automatically&rdquo; vote to overrule Roe.&nbsp;
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India has flown emergency relief assistance and a technical team to Kabul to help the people of eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake that killed 1,150 people.
Residents in the hardest-hit areas appeared to largely be on their own in trying to survive, with the Taliban-led government and the international aid community struggling to bring in help.
The 27 tons of relief assistance in two flights are comprised of essential items, including family ridge tents, sleeping bags, blankets and sleeping mats, an Indian government statement said.
The relief consignment will be handed over to the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Afghan Red Crescent Society in Kabul.
A technical team has been deployed to India's embassy in the Afghan capital to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance, the statement said.
India was left with no diplomatic presence in Kabul after it evacuated its staff ahead of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last year.

Afghanistan earthquake: India air force plane carrying aid lands in Kabul | On camera

India was left with no diplomatic presence in Kabul after it evacuated its staff ahead of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last year.

India has flown emergency relief assistance and a technical team to Kabul to help the people of eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake that killed 1,150 people.
Residents in the hardest-hit areas appeared to largely be on their own in trying to survive, with the Taliban-led government and the international aid community struggling to bring in help.
The 27 tons of relief assistance in two flights are comprised of essential items, including family ridge tents, sleeping bags, blankets and sleeping mats, an Indian government statement said.
The relief consignment will be handed over to the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the Afghan Red Crescent Society in Kabul.
A technical team has been deployed to India's embassy in the Afghan capital to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance, the statement said.
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India was left with no diplomatic presence in Kabul after it evacuated its staff ahead of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan last year.

Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.
Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye.
The thin white filament, approximately the size of a human eyelash, is “by far the largest bacterium known to date”, said Jean-Marie Volland, a marine biologist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and co-author of a paper announcing the discovery Thursday in the journal Science.
Olivier Gros, a co-author and biologist at the University of the French West Indies and Guiana, found the first example of this bacterium — named Thiomargarita magnifica, or “magnificent sulfur pearl” — clinging to sunken mangrove leaves in the archipelago of Guadeloupe in 2009.
But he didn't immediately know it was a bacterium because of its surprisingly large size, just over a third of an inch (0.9 centimeters) long. Only later genetic analysis revealed the organism to be a single bacterial cell.
“It's an amazing discovery,” said Petra Levin, a microbiologist at Washington University in St Louis, who was not involved in the study.
“It opens up the question of how many of these giant bacteria are out there — and reminds us we should never, ever underestimate bacteria.” Gros also found the bacterium attached to oyster shells, rocks and glass bottles in the swamp.
Scientists have not yet been able to grow it in lab culture, but the researchers' say the cell has a structure that's unusual for bacteria. One key difference: It has a large central compartment, or vacuole, that allows some cell functions to happen in that controlled environment instead of throughout the cell.
“The acquisition of this large central vacuole definitely helps a cell to bypass physical limitations ... on how big a cell can be,” said Manuel Campos, a biologist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, who was not involved in the study.
The researchers said they aren't certain why the bacterium is so large, but co-author Volland hypothesised it may be an adaptation to help it avoid being eaten by smaller organisms.

Biologists find world's biggest bacterium in Caribbean mangrove swamp

The thin white filament, which is approximately the size of a human eyelash, is &ldquo;by far the largest bacterium known to date&rdquo;

Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.
Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye.
The thin white filament, approximately the size of a human eyelash, is &ldquo;by far the largest bacterium known to date&rdquo;, said Jean-Marie Volland, a marine biologist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and co-author of a paper announcing the discovery Thursday in the journal Science.
Olivier Gros, a co-author and biologist at the University of the French West Indies and Guiana, found the first example of this bacterium &mdash; named Thiomargarita magnifica, or &ldquo;magnificent sulfur pearl&rdquo; &mdash; clinging to sunken mangrove leaves in the archipelago of Guadeloupe in 2009.
But he didn't immediately know it was a bacterium because of its surprisingly large size, just over a third of an inch (0.9 centimeters) long. Only later genetic analysis revealed the organism to be a single bacterial cell.
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&ldquo;It's an amazing discovery,&rdquo; said Petra Levin, a microbiologist at Washington University in St Louis, who was not involved in the study.
&ldquo;It opens up the question of how many of these giant bacteria are out there &mdash; and reminds us we should never, ever underestimate bacteria.&rdquo; Gros also found the bacterium attached to oyster shells, rocks and glass bottles in the swamp.
Scientists have not yet been able to grow it in lab culture, but the researchers' say the cell has a structure that's unusual for bacteria. One key difference: It has a large central compartment, or vacuole, that allows some cell functions to happen in that controlled environment instead of throughout the cell.
&ldquo;The acquisition of this large central vacuole definitely helps a cell to bypass physical limitations ... on how big a cell can be,&rdquo; said Manuel Campos, a biologist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, who was not involved in the study.
The researchers said they aren't certain why the bacterium is so large, but co-author Volland hypothesised it may be an adaptation to help it avoid being eaten by smaller organisms.

Protesters interrupted China's Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian during his speech in Sydney on Friday.
Xiao was just starting an address to the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI) on the state of relations between Australia and China when protesters got up with "Free Tibet" and "Hong Kong Independence" signs.
The two protesters were whisked away by security before another protester with a hat and flag also left while shouting "What a disgrace. How about freedom of speech in China?"
Xiao then resumed his speech saying that " I think it's a good opportunity that we have different views, but they should be expressed in a way that is appropriate."
He has been in office in Australia since January this year.

Watch: protesters disrupt Chinese Ambassador's speech in Sydney 

The two protesters were whisked away by security before another protester with a hat and flag also left while shouting "What a disgrace. How about freedom of speech in China?"
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Protesters interrupted China's Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian during his speech in Sydney on Friday.
Xiao was just starting an address to the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI) on the state of relations between Australia and China when protesters got up with "Free Tibet" and "Hong Kong Independence" signs.
The two protesters were whisked away by security before another protester with a hat and flag also left while shouting "What a disgrace. How about freedom of speech in China?"
Xiao then resumed his speech saying that " I think it's a good opportunity that we have different views, but they should be expressed in a way that is appropriate."
He has been in office in Australia since January this year.
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Chinese electric car marker Nio says two text drivers were killed in a crash which took place when a test car plunged several stories to the ground.   The incident took place on Wednesday. The people that died were inside the vehicle as it fell from the third storey of the building. Nio says it immediately started an investigation into the incident in co-operation with government officials. A preliminary investigation suggested the crash was an accident and had nothing to do with the vehicle itself, Nio said in a statement on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging site, about four hours after the incident.  

Chinese electric car falls from 3rd floor of Shanghai office, 2 dead

The incident took place on Wednesday. The people that died were inside the vehicle as it fell from the third storey of the building.&nbsp;

Chinese electric car marker Nio says two text drivers were killed in a crash which took place when a test car plunged several stories to the ground. &nbsp; &nbsp; The incident took place on Wednesday. The people that died were inside the vehicle as it fell from the third storey of the building.&nbsp; Nio says it immediately started an investigation into the incident in co-operation with government officials.&nbsp; A preliminary investigation suggested the crash was an accident and had nothing to do with the vehicle itself, Nio said in a statement on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging site, about four hours after the incident.&nbsp;
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India on Thursday resumed its diplomatic presence in Kabul by deploying a team in its embassy in the Afghan capital, over 10 months after it pulled out its officials from the mission following the Taliban's capture of power.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement, said an Indian technical team has reached Kabul on Thursday and has been deployed in the embassy there.
The reopening of the embassy came three weeks after an Indian team led by JP Singh, the MEA's point person for Afghanistan, visited Kabul and met acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and some other members of the Taliban dispensation.
It is learnt that the Taliban side had assured the Indian team that adequate security will be provided if India sends its officials to the embassy in Kabul.
"In order to closely monitor and coordinate the efforts of various stakeholders for the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance and in continuation of our engagement with the Afghan people, an Indian technical team has reached Kabul today and has been deployed in our embassy there," the MEA said.
The MEA has been maintaining that the embassy was not shut as only India-based officials were brought back home and that the local staff continued to function at the mission.
"Recently, another Indian team visited Kabul to oversee the delivery operations of our humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and met with senior members of the Taliban," it said, referring to the visit to Kabul by the Singh-led team.
In the statement, the MEA said an assessment of the security situation was also carried out during the visit of that team.
"Our longstanding links with Afghan society and our development partnership including humanitarian assistance for the people of Afghanistan, will continue to guide our approach going forward," the MEA said.
It said India has a historical and civilizational relationship with the people of Afghanistan.
People familiar with the development said India decided to re-establish its diplomatic presence in Kabul considering its strategic interests.
When the team led by Singh visited Kabul, it was sad that the aim was to oversee the delivery of India's humanitarian aid and meet with senior members of the Taliban.
After the team's meeting with Muttaqi on June 2, Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi said Muttaqi stressed on India's diplomatic presence as well as provision of consular services to Afghans.
The acting foreign minister welcomed the delegation to Kabul, "calling it a good beginning" in ties between the two sides.
The people cited above said the Taliban had been giving signals to India that its diplomatic presence would be welcomed.
In September last year, after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, India's envoy to Qatar, Deepak Mittal, met senior Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai at the Indian embassy in Doha.
In a related development, India on Thursday sent relief materials to the earthquake-hit people of Afghanistan.
The aid was sent a day after India said it is committed to provide assistance and support to Afghanistan in its "hour of need" after the war-torn country was hit by a powerful earthquake that killed around 1,000 people.
"First consignment of India's earthquake relief assistance for the people of Afghanistan reaches Kabul. Being handed over by the Indian team there. Further consignment follows," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
In the last few months, India supplied several consignments of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
India has been pitching for providing unimpeded humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to address the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the country.
It has not yet recognised the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
Concerned over developments in Afghanistan, India hosted a regional dialogue on the situation in the country last November that was attended by NSAs of Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The participating countries vowed to work towards ensuring that Afghanistan does not become a safe haven for global terrorism and called for the formation of an "open and truly inclusive" government in Kabul with representation from all sections of Afghan society.

Indian reestablishes diplomatic presence in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan

The development comes over 10 months after New Delhi pulled out its officials from the mission following the Taliban's capture of power.

India on Thursday resumed its diplomatic presence in Kabul by deploying a team in its embassy in the Afghan capital, over 10 months after it pulled out its officials from the mission following the Taliban's capture of power.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in a statement, said an Indian technical team has reached Kabul on Thursday and has been deployed in the embassy there.
The reopening of the embassy came three weeks after an Indian team led by JP Singh, the MEA's point person for Afghanistan, visited Kabul and met acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and some other members of the Taliban dispensation.
It is learnt that the Taliban side had assured the Indian team that adequate security will be provided if India sends its officials to the embassy in Kabul.
"In order to closely monitor and coordinate the efforts of various stakeholders for the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance and in continuation of our engagement with the Afghan people, an Indian technical team has reached Kabul today and has been deployed in our embassy there," the MEA said.
The MEA has been maintaining that the embassy was not shut as only India-based officials were brought back home and that the local staff continued to function at the mission.
"Recently, another Indian team visited Kabul to oversee the delivery operations of our humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan and met with senior members of the Taliban," it said, referring to the visit to Kabul by the Singh-led team.
In the statement, the MEA said an assessment of the security situation was also carried out during the visit of that team.
"Our longstanding links with Afghan society and our development partnership including humanitarian assistance for the people of Afghanistan, will continue to guide our approach going forward," the MEA said.
It said India has a historical and civilizational relationship with the people of Afghanistan.
People familiar with the development said India decided to re-establish its diplomatic presence in Kabul considering its strategic interests.
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When the team led by Singh visited Kabul, it was sad that the aim was to oversee the delivery of India's humanitarian aid and meet with senior members of the Taliban.
After the team's meeting with Muttaqi on June 2, Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi said Muttaqi stressed on India's diplomatic presence as well as provision of consular services to Afghans.
The acting foreign minister welcomed the delegation to Kabul, "calling it a good beginning" in ties between the two sides.
The people cited above said the Taliban had been giving signals to India that its diplomatic presence would be welcomed.
In September last year, after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, India's envoy to Qatar, Deepak Mittal, met senior Taliban leader Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai at the Indian embassy in Doha.
In a related development, India on Thursday sent relief materials to the earthquake-hit people of Afghanistan.
The aid was sent a day after India said it is committed to provide assistance and support to Afghanistan in its "hour of need" after the war-torn country was hit by a powerful earthquake that killed around 1,000 people.
"First consignment of India's earthquake relief assistance for the people of Afghanistan reaches Kabul. Being handed over by the Indian team there. Further consignment follows," External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted.
In the last few months, India supplied several consignments of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.
India has been pitching for providing unimpeded humanitarian aid to Afghanistan to address the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the country.
It has not yet recognised the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
Concerned over developments in Afghanistan, India hosted a regional dialogue on the situation in the country last November that was attended by NSAs of Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The participating countries vowed to work towards ensuring that Afghanistan does not become a safe haven for global terrorism and called for the formation of an "open and truly inclusive" government in Kabul with representation from all sections of Afghan society.

US President Biden is back making headlines and once again it is for a social gaffe. This time he was up on the podium and was about to describe America in a single word. What followed was a mid-speech fumble and Twitterati exploding asking what 'Asufutimaehaehfutbw' is. The short clip starts with Biden explaining that he had a single word that would describe America perfectly. But, he was seen forgetting the word and fumbling mid-speech. This is not a first faux pas for the President, a few days ago while addressing the Americans during 'Equal Pay Day', Biden had called Kamala Harris the 'first lady'. “There's been a little change in the arrangement of who is on the stage because of the first lady's husband contracting COVID-19,” President Biden had said. 

Viral Video: Biden describes America as 'Asufutimaehaehfutbw'

The short clip starts with Biden explaining that he had a single word that would describe America perfectly. But, he was seen forgetting the word and fumbling mid-speech. 

&nbsp;In the middle of his speech, the US President said, "America is a nation that can be defined in a single word."&nbsp;

US President Biden is back making headlines and once again it is for a social gaffe. This time he was up on the podium and was about to describe America in a single word. What followed was a mid-speech fumble and Twitterati exploding asking what 'Asufutimaehaehfutbw' is.&nbsp; The short clip starts with Biden explaining that he had a single word that would describe America perfectly. But, he was seen forgetting the word and fumbling mid-speech.&nbsp; This is not a first faux pas for the President, a few days ago while addressing the Americans during 'Equal Pay Day', Biden had called Kamala Harris the 'first lady'. &ldquo;There's been a little change in the arrangement of who is on the stage because of the first lady's husband contracting COVID-19,&rdquo; President Biden had said.&nbsp;
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Ukrainian rescuers removed a 500-kilogram air-dropped bomb from the roof of a residential building in Kharkiv on Thursday.
The bomb was dropped on the building in the neighbourhood of Saltiv three months ago.
Deminers had removed the detonator of the bomb the day after it was dropped, but continuous shelling in the region made the removal of the shell impossible until now.
"When there was shelling and a direct war in Kharkiv city these works were usually not done by anyone," head of humanitarian demining unit Ihor Ovcharuk said.

Watch: rescuers remove 500 kgs bomb from rooftop in Kharkiv

The bomb was dropped on the building in the neighbourhood of Saltiv three months ago.
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Ukrainian rescuers removed a 500-kilogram air-dropped bomb from the roof of a residential building in Kharkiv on Thursday.
The bomb was dropped on the building in the neighbourhood of Saltiv three months ago.
Deminers had removed the detonator of the bomb the day after it was dropped, but continuous shelling in the region made the removal of the shell impossible until now.
"When there was shelling and a direct war in Kharkiv city these works were usually not done by anyone," head of humanitarian demining unit Ihor Ovcharuk said.
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In a major expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, a ruling likely to lead to more people legally armed in cities and beyond.
The ruling came with recent mass shootings fresh in the nation's mind and gun control being debated in Congress and states.
About a quarter of the U.S. population lives in states expected to be affected by the ruling, which struck down a New York gun law. The high court's first major gun decision in more than a decade came on a 6-3 split with the court's conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent.
California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island all have laws similar to New York's.
The court's decision struck down a New York law requiring people to demonstrate a particular need for carrying a gun in order to get a license to carry one in public. The justices said that requirement violates the Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms."

US Supreme Court strikes down New York's recent gun control law

The court's decision struck down a New York law requiring people to demonstrate a particular need for carrying a gun in order to get a license to carry one in public.

In a major expansion of gun rights, the Supreme Court said Thursday that Americans have a right to carry firearms in public for self-defense, a ruling likely to lead to more people legally armed in cities and beyond.
The ruling came with recent mass shootings fresh in the nation's mind and gun control being debated in Congress and states.
About a quarter of the U.S. population lives in states expected to be affected by the ruling, which struck down a New York gun law. The high court's first major gun decision in more than a decade came on a 6-3 split with the court's conservatives in the majority and liberals in dissent.
California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island all have laws similar to New York's.
The court's decision struck down a New York law requiring people to demonstrate a particular need for carrying a gun in order to get a license to carry one in public. The justices said that requirement violates the Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms."
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With no concrete roof over their heads after a devastating earthquake jolted Afghanistan on Wednesday, Afghans in the remote Bermal district in the easterm province of Paktika are now living under the open skies. Some who are lucky have managed to make-shift tents. 
There are stones, iron rods, debris , death and destruction as far as the eyes go. 
Hungry children hold on to the food and water that has been delivered to them as aid while adults try to rebuild their lives one brick at a time. 
Aid, however, did not come easy. Desperate rescuers battled against the clock and heavy rain Thursday to reach cut-off areas in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and left thousands more homeless.
The earthquake struck areas that were already suffering the effects of heavy rain, causing rockfalls and mudslides that wiped out hamlets perched precariously on mountain slopes.
Many foreign countries have pledged aid but till it reaches the remote areas, all Afghans living there have are hope and prayers. 
(with AFP inputs)

Afghans forced to survive in tents after deadly earthquake destroys houses

With no concrete roof over their heads after a devastating earthquake jolted Afghanistan on Wednesday, Afghans in the remote Bermal district in the easterm province of Paktika are now living under the open skies

Desperate rescuers battled against the clock and heavy rain Thursday to reach cut-off areas in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and left thousands more homeless.

With no concrete roof over their heads after a devastating earthquake jolted Afghanistan on Wednesday, Afghans in the remote Bermal district in the easterm province of Paktika are now living under the open skies. Some who are lucky have managed to make-shift tents.&nbsp;
There are stones, iron rods, debris , death and destruction as far as the eyes go.&nbsp;
Hungry children hold on to the food and water that has been delivered to them as aid while adults try to rebuild their lives one brick at a time.&nbsp;
Aid, however, did not come easy. Desperate rescuers battled against the clock and heavy rain Thursday to reach cut-off areas in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and left thousands more homeless.
The earthquake struck areas that were already suffering the effects of heavy rain, causing rockfalls and mudslides that wiped out hamlets perched precariously on mountain slopes.
Also watch: <a href="https://www.editorji.com/world-news/afghanistan-earthquake-how-and-whether-taliban-will-allow-the-world-to-offer-aid-1655977919912">Afghanistan earthquake: how and whether Taliban will allow the world to offer aid</a>
Many foreign countries have pledged aid but till it reaches the remote areas, all Afghans living there have are hope and prayers.&nbsp;
(with AFP inputs)

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But he said, "this decision must not be the final word."
Biden urged Americans to elect more leaders that will protect womens' rights and the rights to privacy. He said until then, "I will do all in my power to protect a woman's right in states where they will face the consequences of today's decision."
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A competing faction demonstrated in favor of the ruling, holding signs saying "the future is anti-abortion″ and “dismember Roe.”
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The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years.
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A crowd of abortion supporters swelled to the hundreds after the ruling was issued. One chanted into a bullhorn, that both the ruling and the court were "illegitimate."
Araceli Herrera said she had traveled from San Antonio, Texas to be at the Supreme Court. Reflecting on her personal situation, Herrera said she had been raped when she was young and forced to have a child. Now, Herrera said she was "really sad," with the decision and described it as "slavery for the women of our country."
A competing faction demonstrated in favor of the ruling, holding signs saying "the future is anti-abortion&Prime; and &ldquo;dismember Roe.&rdquo;
Lydia Taylor, with the Students for Life group, said she was "was crying tears of joy," when she found out. "We still have a ton of work to do to get all the states to ban abortion," she said. "But this is a huge step."
The ruling came more than a month after the stunning leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicating the court was prepared to take this momentous step.
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The court's conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday. The decision is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
Three of the court's liberal justices wrote in a joint dissent that the decision would bring &ldquo;sorrow&rdquo; for the many millions of American women who will be losing a &ldquo;fundamental constitutional protection&rdquo;.
The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years.
The decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states. The ruling came more than a month after the stunning leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicating the court was prepared to take this momentous step.

President Joe Biden made his first public comments from the White House on Friday about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Biden called the Supreme Court abortion ruling a "sad day for the court and for the country." He also said the Supreme Court "took" the right away.
The remarks outlined his approach to this new phase of the fight over abortion access.
The White House has been preparing for this moment since a draft of the decision leaked in May. Officials have been huddling with state leaders, advocates, health care professionals and others to prepare for a future without Roe v. Wade.
Now Biden's plans will be tested in terms of politics and policy.
Biden and other Democrats hope to use outrage over the court decision to rally voters in November's midterm elections. Although nationwide legislation ensuring access to abortion appears out of reach, more Democratic victories at the state level could limit Republican efforts to ban the practice.
Many Republican-controlled states are poised to severely restrict abortion, or even ban it outright.
The White House has been exploring options for Biden to take executive action to safeguard abortion rights, but his options are limited.

WATCH | US President Joe Biden's first remarks on Supreme Court ending abortion rights

US President Joe Biden called the Supreme Court abortion ruling a "sad day for the court and for the country." He also said the Supreme Court "took" the right away.

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President Joe Biden made his first public comments from the White House on Friday about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalised abortion nationwide.

President Joe Biden made his first public comments from the White House on Friday about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Biden called the Supreme Court abortion ruling a "sad day for the court and for the country." He also said the Supreme Court "took" the right away.
The remarks outlined his approach to this new phase of the fight over abortion access.
The White House has been preparing for this moment since a draft of the decision leaked in May. Officials have been huddling with state leaders, advocates, health care professionals and others to prepare for a future without Roe v. Wade.
Now Biden's plans will be tested in terms of politics and policy.
Biden and other Democrats hope to use outrage over the court decision to rally voters in November's midterm elections. Although nationwide legislation ensuring access to abortion appears out of reach, more Democratic victories at the state level could limit Republican efforts to ban the practice.
Many Republican-controlled states are poised to severely restrict abortion, or even ban it outright.
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The White House has been exploring options for Biden to take executive action to safeguard abortion rights, but his options are limited.

Pro-life vs Pro-choice. It's a debate that has been a part of US society for decades. It's features prominently in all presidential polls. A candidate's stand on whether abortion is a right or it is immoral could swing a lot of votes.   
US is a federal country, so all its states have the right to form their own laws but in January 1973, the country's Supreme Court ruled on the woman's right to abortion in the 'Roe vs Wade' case that had huge ramification on federal laws.   
In 1970, Jane Roe, a false identity for single mother Norma McCorvey, sued Dallas district attorney Henry Wade over Texas' abortion laws. Roe was pregnant for the third time and wanted to terminate the pregnancy but Texas laws made abortion criminal except in cases of rape, incest or when mother's life was in danger.   
In January 1972, The Supreme Court of the United States overturned the Texas laws and ruled that 'the right of privacy is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.'  
 It ruled that to exempt only a lifesaving procedure on behalf of the mother from criminality with regard to pregnancy stage or without recognises other interests violates the 14th amendment or the civil rights granted by the country's Constitution.   
However, the US top court put in a rider. It said that the right to privacy with regard to pregancy 'is not abolsute and is subject to some limitations.' It added that 'at some point the state interests as to protection of health, medical standards and prenatal life become dominant'.   
The Supreme Court effectively allowed abortions before a foetus would be viable outside the womb, that is between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy.   
The Roe vs Wade judgment has faced several challenges since. The latest one being from the state of Missisipi. In 2018, the state banned most abortion after 15 weeks, much before foetal viability and sooner then allowed by the Roe judgement. A year later, the state went ahead and banned abortions once foetal heartbeat could be heard, which is 6 weeks.   
The US Supreme Court has now ended the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy provided by the Roe vs Wade verdict allowing states to ban abortion.  

Explained: the 'Roe vs Wade' abortion rights verdict that US Supreme Court has overturned

The US Supreme Court has now ended the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy provided by the Roe vs Wade verdict allowing states to ban abortion.  

Pro-life vs Pro-choice. It's a debate that has been a part of US society for decades. It's features prominently in all presidential polls.

Pro-life vs Pro-choice. It's a debate that has been a part of US society for decades. It's features prominently in all presidential polls. A candidate's stand on whether abortion is a right or it is immoral could swing a lot of votes. &nbsp;&nbsp;
US is a federal country, so all its states have the right to form their own laws but in January 1973, the country's Supreme Court ruled on the woman's right to abortion in the 'Roe vs Wade' case that had huge ramification on federal laws. &nbsp;&nbsp;
In 1970, Jane Roe, a false identity for single mother Norma McCorvey, sued Dallas district attorney Henry Wade over Texas' abortion laws. Roe was pregnant for the third time and wanted to terminate the pregnancy but Texas laws made abortion criminal except in cases of rape, incest or when mother's life was in danger. &nbsp;&nbsp;
In January 1972, The Supreme Court of the United States overturned the Texas laws and ruled that 'the right of privacy is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.' &nbsp;
&nbsp;It ruled that to exempt only a lifesaving procedure on behalf of the mother from criminality with regard to pregnancy stage or without recognises other interests violates the 14th amendment or the civil rights granted by the country's Constitution. &nbsp;&nbsp;
However, the US top court put in a rider. It said that the right to privacy with regard to pregancy 'is not abolsute and is subject to some limitations.' It added that 'at some point the state interests as to protection of health, medical standards and prenatal life become dominant'. &nbsp;&nbsp;
The Supreme Court effectively allowed abortions before a foetus would be viable outside the womb, that is between 24 and 28 weeks of pregnancy. &nbsp;&nbsp;
The Roe vs Wade judgment has faced several challenges since. The latest one being from the state of Missisipi. In 2018, the state banned most abortion after 15 weeks, much before foetal viability and sooner then allowed by the Roe judgement. A year later, the state went ahead and banned abortions once foetal heartbeat could be heard, which is 6 weeks. &nbsp;&nbsp;
The US Supreme Court has now ended the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy provided by the Roe vs Wade verdict allowing states to ban abortion.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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