Month: March 2023

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Read More Parents and civil rights groups sue medical officials and Ron DeSantis’s surgeon general Parents and civil rights groups sue medical officials and Ron DeSantis’s surgeon general

Read More At a congressional hearing, TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew faced questions on topics from election misinformation to the platform’s impact on the mental health of young people. At a congressional hearing, TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew faced questions on topics from election misinformation to the platform’s impact on the mental health…

Read More Ohio officers, who conducted a botched raid of rapper’s home, are suing for invasion of privacy and emotional distress Police officers who conducted a botched armed raid of rapper Afroman’s home last year have filed a lawsuit against him for invasion of privacy and emotional distress after he used footage of it in…

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Read More Exclusive: Report says 435,000 hectares have been degraded through logging since 2000, affecting 244 threatened species Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast More than half of the forests and woodland in New South Wales that existed before…

Read More Largely peaceful protests are marred by outbreaks of violence as city hall set alight in Bordeaux Emmanuel Macron felt the full force of French anger on Thursday as protesters gathered across the country to demonstrate their opposition to the pension age being raised from 62 to 64. Unions claimed 3.5 million people turned…

Read More Independent senator was pulled to the ground by Australian federal police in front of Parliament House Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney, says an incident in which senator Lidia Thorpe…

Read More Lawmakers grilled the social media app’s CEO over its relationship with China and protections for young users The first appearance in Congress for TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew stretched more than five hours, with contentious questioning targeting the app’s relationship with China and protections for its youngest users. Chew’s appearance comes at a…

Read More Report also suggests migration could help ensure UK has necessary skills to meet government’s 2050 net zero target New climate visas should be created to allow victims of natural disasters to come to the UK, and to bring in skilled workers needed for the transition to net zero, a Conservative thinktank has argued.…

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Read MoreUS prosecutors say Riley June Williams acted as an ‘accelerant’ who ‘exacerbated the mayhem’ on January 6, 2021.US prosecutors say Riley June Williams acted as an ‘accelerant’ who ‘exacerbated the mayhem’ on January 6, 2021.

Read More Switzerland struggles to explain how Mowag vehicles got to the front, after photo evidence emerges The government in Bern is trying to figure out who violated export control laws after Mowag-made Eagle armored cars were photographed in Ukrainian-held territory, the newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung (NZZ) reported on Wednesday. Switzerland’s War Materiel Act explicitly…

Read MoreFire engulfs the building’s front as violence flares in several cities during pension reform protests.Fire engulfs the building’s front as violence flares in several cities during pension reform protests.

Read More Car chases in India, violent protests in the U.S. and U.K. — over a popular Sikh preacher on the run. India and its diaspora have been captivated by a manhunt for a charismatic separatist leader. Car chases in India, violent protests in the U.S. and U.K. — over a popular Sikh preacher on…

Read More Canberra had tried but failed to prevent the violent criminal with deep neo-Nazi ties from traveling to Ukraine, local media report Daniel Newman, a far-right extremist and a violent criminal, has flown from Australia to Ukraine to join the fight against Russian troops, Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) newspaper reported on Thursday, citing…

Read MoreRape and murder of 16-year-old girl has fuelled a movement across Latin America demanding end to violence against women.Rape and murder of 16-year-old girl has fuelled a movement across Latin America demanding end to violence against women.

Read More Polly Sanderson-Grasham said seeing her father’s state after the incident was like ‘a slap in the face’ The daughter of the man who collided with Gwyneth Paltrow on a ski slope, has said seeing her father’s state after the incident was like “a slap in the face”. Polly Sanderson-Grasham said that following the…

Read MoreThe TikTok CEO, a former Goldman Sachs banker and Harvard grad, is on the hot seat as lawmakers consider banning the app.The TikTok CEO, a former Goldman Sachs banker and Harvard grad, is on the hot seat as lawmakers consider banning the app.

Read More Dr Alina Fong said Terry Sanderson had complied with a “bootcamp treatment” but he still struggles with the aftermath of his skiing collision injuries Dr Alina Fong said Terry Sanderson had complied with a “bootcamp treatment” but he still struggles with the aftermath of his skiing collision injuries

Read MoreNew rules will also make it difficult for athletes like two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya to compete.New rules will also make it difficult for athletes like two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya to compete.

Read More Animal, which is thought to have broken out of its zoo enclosure, was tranquillised after being on the loose in South Korean capital A young zebra walked, trotted and galloped for hours through the busy streets of Seoul before emergency workers tranquillised the animal and brought it back to a zoo. The zebra…

Read MoreIsrael has scrapped parts of a law barring settlements from some areas of the occupied West Bank.Israel has scrapped parts of a law barring settlements from some areas of the occupied West Bank.

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Read More Opposition leader demands yet more detail on the proposed constitutional reforms; NSW Labor pushing to get over the line in key seats Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Roundup of reads on the Indigenous voice to parliament There was plenty of emotion at yesterday’s announcement of…

Read MoreRussian missiles struck an apartment building in Zaporizhia on Wednesday, killing at least one civilian, while in a town south of the capital Kyiv, a drone attack on a high school and two dormitories and a college left at least nine people dead and seven injured. Ramy Inocencio reports.Russian missiles struck an apartment building…

Read More The only guaranteed way to prevent Long COVID is to avoid getting infected by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Recently, however, researchers have found promising signs that certain drugs may reduce the risk of developing Long COVID if they’re taken shortly after infection. Those studies are preliminary, but they raise an intriguing…

Read More On Monday, news broke that the Treasury Department is studying how to officially raise the nation’s deposit guarantee above $250,000 in response to the ongoing banking crisis. The news comes on the heels of the decision by the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to guarantee all uninsured deposits at…

Read More The court determined the mass shooting was ‘foreseeable’ based on Ethan Crumbley’s prior actions The court determined the mass shooting was ‘foreseeable’ based on Ethan Crumbley’s prior actions

Read More For six consecutive days, authorities in India have been on a nationwide hunt for Amritpal Singh, a hardline Sikh leader from the northwestern state of Punjab who rose to prominence for supporting the Khalistan movement, which calls for the creation of an independent Sikh homeland. 30-year-old Singh has been on the run since…

Read More At least 75 people held across country on ‘day of disruption’ as Knesset approves law designed to protect Netanyahu Israel’s two-month-old protest movement took to the streets for a “day of disruption” as the parliament passed the first part of the hardline government’s controversial judicial changes into law. The legislation, designed to protect…

Read More One-fifth of UK population was in relative poverty after first year of pandemic, when support measures scrapped Families including 800,000 children were forced to turn to food banks to feed themselves as poverty levels started to rise again after the first year of the pandemic, the first official figures on UK food bank…

Read MoreRaymond Vincent Ashcroft was last seen at Guatemala’s famed cultural site on Feb. 3, authorities said.Raymond Vincent Ashcroft was last seen at Guatemala’s famed cultural site on Feb. 3, authorities said.

Read More SLED opened a new investigation into Stephen Smith’s death in June 2021 – days after Alex Murdaugh murdered his wife and son SLED opened a new investigation into Stephen Smith’s death in June 2021 – days after Alex Murdaugh murdered his wife and son

Read More Shou Zi Chew attempts to play down concerns over data and privacy as lawmakers call for ban on Chinese-owned app The chief executive of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, was forced to defend his company’s relationship to China, as well as the protections for its youngest users, at a testy congressional hearing on Thursday…