The G7 countries will not be able to trick the world into believing that Beijing is undermining global stability, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said on Monday. In a series of posts on Twitter, Hua blasted such a stance, writing: “Some G7 members called China ‘the biggest threat to …
Read More »West fails to label Russian gems as ‘blood diamonds’ – media
Russia, the world’s biggest producer of diamonds, has managed to foil a Western-backed attempt to prevent the country’s gems from being sold on the global market, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing newly published letters. The proposal, which was supported by Ukraine, the EU, Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States, …
Read More »‘Green’ label for nuclear & gas ‘absolutely wrong,’ German minister says
Proposals by the European Commission to label some natural gas and nuclear energy projects as ‘green’ have been heavily criticized in Germany. The country’s environment minister called them “absolutely wrong.” The draft regulation, which may be officially proposed later this month, suggests labeling natural gas as ‘transitional energy’ if it produces …
Read More »EU proposes green label for nuclear & gas
Brussels has drawn up plans to label some natural gas and nuclear energy projects as ‘green’ investments as part of a landmark EU classification scheme to help financial markets decide which investments are truly climate-friendly. The EC may propose the regulation as soon as sometime in January, deciding whether gas …
Read More »Trans man slams nurses for ‘mother’ label after giving birth
In a recent interview with The Daily Mail, Bennett Kaspar-Williams, 37, from Los Angeles, described the traumatic experience of being labeled as a “mother” having given birth to a healthy baby boy named Hudson in October 2020. Kaspar-Williams, who began transitioning in 2014 and had his breasts removed in 2015, …
Read More »Social media influencers must explicitly label paid posts as advertising, top German court rules
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice reached the landmark ruling on social media advertising on Thursday. The decision, which was portrayed in some German media as a win for social media savvy celebrities and other influencers, allows content-creators to forgo advertising labels even if they tag companies in their posts as …
Read More »‘Harmful Language Alert’: National Archives puts WARNING LABEL on US Constitution and Declaration of Independence
“Harmful Language Alert” labels can be found on pages displaying the scanned versions of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, as well as the first ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights. The addition has caught the eye of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), who pointed it out on …
Read More »Facebook apologizes after its AI put ‘primates’ label on video about black men
“We apologize to anyone who may have seen these offensive recommendations,” Facebook said in a statement to the media, adding that the entire topic recommendation feature has been disabled. The video, uploaded by UK tabloid the Daily Mail in June 2020, contained clips of two separate incidents in the US …
Read More »WHO proposes using Greek Alphabet to label Covid-19 strains to avoid ‘stigmatizing’ countries with namesake variants
The new labels would not substitute “scientific names” of the variants – typically an intricate succession of characters and numbers – but rather “help in public discussion” of the new Covid-19 strains, Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s Covid-19 technical lead, announced on Monday. Per WHO’s proposal, the Covid-19 mutation known …
Read More »‘Epidemic’ label and disdain for Constitution show Biden’s gun crusade isn’t about safety – but about power
In announcing a series of “commonsense” [sic] executive measures, and the nomination of a former ATF agent turned gun-grabbing activist on Thursday, the White House said they were meant to address a “gun violence public health epidemic.” This comes after a year of unprecedented government infringement on civil rights in …
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