Yesterday, Kamala Harris, the American vice president, visited the southern border for the first time. She was tasked with tackling the growing influx of migrants crossing the US-Mexico border back in March and has been regularly attacked for not visiting the border before now. Her appointment to this role was …
Read More »Local officials resign in India as filmmaker faces sedition case for comparing government Covid-19 response to ‘bioweapon’
Young filmmaker and actress Aisha Sultana made her comments during a televised five-person debate, in which she accused the authorities of Lakshadweep, an archipelago territory off India’s southwestern coast, of bungling the response to Covid-19. “I can say this clearly that the central government has deployed a bioweapon,” Sultana said …
Read More »‘He’s not an ally’: Democrat Manchin faces ire of liberals after ‘effectively dooming’ election reform bill in new op-ed
In an op-ed published on Sunday in the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Manchin slammed the For the People Act as “partisan legislation.” “The truth, I would argue, is that voting and election reform that is done in a partisan manner will all but ensure partisan divisions continue to deepen,” the senator wrote. …
Read More »Israel faces change of government as anti-Netanyahu opposition announces agreement
Naftali Bennett, former defense minister for Netanyahu, and opposition leader Yair Lapid will lead the opposition parties under this new agreement that would split power in a “unity government.” Bennett would take over as prime minister first, and then Lapid if they are successful in pushing Netanyahu from power. “We …
Read More »Fauci faces drop in confidence from 40% of Americans over past year – poll
When asked whether their confidence in Dr. Fauci has gone up or down over the past year, 42% of respondents said their confidence had either “decreased significantly” or just “decreased.” The past year thrust the infectious disease expert into the national spotlight as he became a leader in the fight …
Read More »Turkey’s crypto mayhem: Vebitcoin exchange faces probe, becomes 2nd platform to go down in days
“Four administrators and personnel of the company were detained on Saturday on allegations of fraud,” Mehmet Nadir Yagci, a prosecutor in the southwestern city of Mugla, said on Saturday, as cited by Reuters. The move was reported shortly after Vebitcoin, one of the top five crypto platforms in Turkey, with …
Read More »Google faces ‘millions’ in fines after Australian court rules in ‘world-first’ case that it misled users about data collection
The federal court sided with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), which sued Google in October 2019, alleging that the tech giant misled consumers about personal location data collected through Android devices between January 2017 and December 2018. According to the complaint, Google allowed users to turn off location …
Read More »‘I used to be great’: UFC wildman Mike Perry faces uncertain future after busting nose, enduring mockery for latest defeat (VIDEO)
Heavy-handed Perry lost by unanimous decision to relative newcomer Rodriguez, taking a beating that left his nose well out of shape and his face a bloody mess as he suffered a fourth defeat in five fights. While Rodriguez claimed that the contest had played out “exactly” as he had expected, …
Read More »‘Woke imperialism strikes again’: CNN faces backlash after it defends keeping US troops in Afghanistan by citing women’s rights
“Concerns mount that US withdrawal from Afghanistan could risk progress on women’s rights,” read the headline on the article published by the cable news channel on Saturday. Citing a chorus of Democratic and Republican lawmakers as well as several Afghan officials, the piece makes a case for keeping American troops …
Read More »Pro-Amazon bots fill Twitter with anti-union rhetoric as company faces first unionized facility in Big Tech history
The last batches of votes from Amazon warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama are being counted to determine whether the facility will be Amazon’s first – and by extension Big Tech’s first – to unionize, a massive milestone that Amazon seems to dread despite its sky-high profit margins. On Monday night, …
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