Australia's High Court rejects Russia's bid to halt embassy eviction.

Australia's High Court has dismissed Russia's request for an injunction to halt the eviction of its embassy from a site in Canberra. The court described Russia's challenge of a law terminating the lease as weak. Parliament passed emergency legislation on June 15 that terminated Russia's lease on the largely empty block on security grounds because the new embassy would have been too close to Parliament House. The legal wrangle over the site is a new low point in strained relations between Russia and one of Ukraine's most generous supporters outside NATO.