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The UK’s controversial Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) bill is on the verge of becoming law, after MPs again voted overwhelmingly in its favour on 27 January. The legislation grants undercover operatives – both employees of British state agencies and their informants – permission to not only commit crimes up …

The company struck a multi-million-dollar settlement with officials across 47 states, Washington, DC and five US territories, the New York Times reported on Wednesday evening, citing five people “familiar with the negotiations.”  The company will be required to pay out $478 million of the settlement within 60 days, much of …

Thunberg took to Twitter on Wednesday with a lengthy document – apparently created by activists but whose origin is unclear – outlining ways to contribute to the pro-farmer protests, including stock messages and hashtags to disseminate on social media, as well as advice on organizing rallies. Within hours, the “toolkit” …

Varadkar criticized the EU’s immunization efforts at a Fine Gael party meeting on Wednesday, arguing the European Medicines Agency has been too slow to authorize vaccines and that the European Commission favored “cost over speed,” according to the Irish Independent. He added that while the EU had reached some favorable vaccine …

In one of his most poignant performances, back in October, CNN thespian Don Lemon blasted Trump for bragging about the expert care he had received from a team of 14 doctors during his own bout with Covid-19. Lemon accused Trump of “dancing on the graves” of 215,000 dead Americans and …

The hashtag #AlexandriaOcasioSmollett trended on Wednesday, following a fact-check of AOC’s (D-New York) Instagram livestream two days prior by OAN journalist Jack Posobiec. During her emotional 1.5-hour-long talk, Ocasio-Cortez admitted she was not in the Capitol building during the riot to begin with, but continued to claim that she experienced …

The ACLU posted a series of Twitter messages on Wednesday, taking on various beliefs about transgender athletes that it called “myths.” The group said those beliefs, such as transgender girls having physiological advantages over biological girls, have been “debunked.” “Trans athletes vary in athletic ability, just like cisgender athletes,” the …

The formula has been at the center of a fierce information war, with a number of commentators casting aspersions on the evidence that underpinned Russia’s decision to urgently register it in August last year. However, it appears that the final word on subject lies with the scientists who published their …

“We’re eagerly waiting for [the European Medicines Agency] to register [the Russian vaccine against the coronavirus],” Fallico said on Wednesday. Moscow lodged its application with the EU watchdog in late January. Earlier, Undersecretary of Italy’s Health Ministry Sandra Zampa confirmed that the country will use Sputnik V in its vaccination …

“Certain Navy ship names have been highlighted by Congress and in the media for connections to confederate or white supremacist ideologies,” Task Force One Navy said in its report, published on Wednesday. The 141-page report called for a review to “identify assets honoring those associated with the Confederacy and identify …