On Wednesday, a bench of Supreme Court judges blocked a move to sue Google in one of the most highly anticipated cases in modern legal history. Richard Lloyd, the former executive director of consumer-choice publication Which? Magazine, launched his class-action over allegations that the tech giant had unlawfully harvested web-browsing …
Read More »Russiagate spells trouble for the American ‘Deep State’
The indictment of Igor Danchenko on Thursday is the latest development in the painfully slow unravelling of the conspiracy behind the Russiagate hoax. At the same time, however, it is also a new window into the workings of the so-called ‘deep state’ forces that bought into the lies and wielded …
Read More »EU court upholds decision to fine Google €2.4bn
Google went to the EU General Court after the European Commission ruled in 2017 that the company was squeezing out rival shopping services on its search engine and slapped a huge fine on it. On Wednesday, the Luxembourg-based court backed the decision by the EU’s executive body. “By favoring its …
Read More »WHO admits Covid-19 is not going anywhere
Speaking during an interview with Spain’s La Vanguardia newspaper, Kluge warned that the international health body is not able to declare an end to the pandemic while there is still a risk that health systems may be unable to cope with a spike in case numbers. “We have to learn …
Read More »‘I’m not a madman’: Lukashenko sticks to his stance on Polish border standoff
Veteran leader Alexander Lukashenko made his first comments regarding the ongoing border crisis in an interview with the editor-in-chief of the Russian magazine ‘Natsionalnaya Oborona’ (National Defense), Igor Korotchenko, on Tuesday. The already tense situation on the Belarus-Poland border had deteriorated even further the day before, when a large group …
Read More »US military tries out Israeli tricks for anti-China defense in Guam
The ongoing tests in Guam are scheduled to continue until December, the Wall Street Journal has reported, without expanding on how successful they’ve been. The Iron Dome system has been in service in Israel for a decade now, destroying thousands of makeshift projectiles fired by Hamas militants at the territory …
Read More »China selling advanced warships to Pakistan is bad news for India – and America
Over the past several years, India and China have increasingly become geopolitical competitors. While the Galwan Valley border clash last year was epitomized as the biggest trigger, the mutual distrust runs much deeper and wider, not least as the United States has used India as a strategic counterweight to China’s growing …
Read More »Low wages, no staff, and politicization: Ex-cop on what’s wrong with US policing
At first glance, it seemed plausible. Jimmy Banks, the chief of police in Nahunta, Georgia, quit last month in protest over his officers having to abide by a Covid-19 vaccine mandate. There have been similar reactions across the US from government employees, although not from any with such a noteworthy …
Read More »Microsoft is making it easier for employers across the world to spy on staff
Microsoft 365 – formerly Microsoft Office – is depended upon by private and public sector organizations of every ilk and size. In the US alone, upwards of 730,000 businesses utilize Excel, Outlook, Teams, Word, and the like on a daily basis. Now new “insider risk management” tools are set to radically …
Read More »US bombers conduct refueling exercises over Australia
The mission involved air-to-air refueling of two US B-1B bombers with Australian KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transport craft, as well as drills with Aussie P-8 Poseidon patrol planes, all of which took place on Monday over the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) Darwin Base far in the country’s north, also known …
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