Over 30 countries have imposed restrictions on the social media platform.
The High Court of Dominica has overturned a colonial-era law banning same-sex relations between consenting adults after a gay man filed a lawsuit claiming the ban was unconstitutional. The complainant, […]
According to a report, Canada's mail service notified the Trudeau government via a letter that it would not participate in the buyback scheme, citing safety concerns for its employees.
2015 champion In Gee Chun and 2023 champion Allisen Corpuz headline the event
Though touted as a model of environmental preservation, the country has recently signalled a shift from phasing out fossil fuels to boosting the economy. Franz Tattenbach on the tension between green credentials and growth“This country is what the world would like to be but is not,” says Franz Tattenbach, Costa Rica’s minister of environment and energy. The 69-year-old economist is keenly aware of his role as guardian of the country’s reputation for forward-looking biodiversity initiatives and...
Freedom and its fruits always and everywhere run roughshod over propaganda
When President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion foreign aid bill into law on April 24, it started the clock on a nine-month window for TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the app. The president can extend the deadline by three months, and TikTok has indicated that it plans to challenge the law in court. If the law stands and the company fails to sell the app, TikTok will be blocked from any U.S. app store or web-hosting service. This would affect TikTok’s more than 170...
With the death toll mounting in the war in Gaza, protesters are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict.
Former President Donald Trump last year said that if he's elected a second time, he will order the Department of Justice to investigate his political rivals.In an exclusive Tuesday interview with NBC News, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray — who was appointed by Trump — smacked down Trump's order, saying that he will ensure officials follow protocol no matter what.Wray told NBC's Lester Holt "that, as long as he is FBI director, he is 'going to make sure we do the right...
The Palestinian Football Association has called on Fifa to “adopt appropriate sanctions” against their Israeli counterparts.
A key ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X.
The following contains spoilers from the April 26 episode of CBS‘ Fire Country. This week on CBS’ Fire Country — in the wake of inmate Rudy’s escape and the unrelated murders that followed — Three Rock received a most untimely visit from locals who want the nearby prison fire camp shut down. NIMBY! and all. […]