Tuesday will see the next stage in the legal fight against President Donald Trump’s travel ban. With hundreds of companies and CEOs submitting additional arguments at a circuit court due to hear the appeal today, the US Government has publicly stated its support for the ban. Ultimately, if the appeal goes awry for Trump today, the matter could head to the Supreme Court. 

A recent Amnesty International report has indicated that at least 13,000 prisoners in a Damascus prison were executed by hanging during the Assad regime. As many as 50 inmates, many of whom were opponents of Assad, were arbitrarily tortured, tried on trumped-up charges and executed, all while blindfolded. 

Israel’s parliament has passed legislation authorising the settlement of new homes on private Palestinian land. The far-right Jewish Home Party thanked Donald Trump for his election, without which the new law would not have been possible. Regardless, the Supreme Court of Israel stands a good chance of striking down the law, which many Israeli lawmakers consider rather illegal.

A new study has indicated that rising temperatures could overpower and ultimately end the United States’s ability to provide enough power during peak times. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published its findings late on Monday, and suggested that the cost of ensuring the additional power burden may be as high as $180-billion.

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