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Ground control to major lawsuit? Dubai launches ‘space court’ to settle celestial corporate disputes

While lawyers themselves won’t actually be floating around in zero gravity, the new court, launched under the auspices of the…

3 years ago

Brazil launches probe into health minister amid allegations he botched Covid response in virus-ravaged city

Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lewandowski approved the probe on Monday, which will focus on Pazuello’s handling of a deadly…

3 years ago

‘Hall monitors’ for social media? Twitter launches new ‘Birdwatch’ program, enlisting users to help hunt down ‘misleading’ speech

"We believe this approach has the potential to respond quickly when misleading information spreads, adding context that people trust and…

3 years ago

Commandos & paratroopers: Iranian army launches massive drills near mouth of Persian Gulf (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

The exercise, dubbed ‘Eqtedar 99’ (‘Power 99’) kicked off in southern Iran close to the mouth of the Gulf early…

3 years ago

BoJo gets an earful from fed-up Brits as UK govt launches ad campaign urging compliance with 3rd national lockdown

The British prime minister on Saturday implored his countrymen to comply with the measures, claiming that the NHS was under…

3 years ago

CDC launches probe after ‘very healthy’ Miami doctor dies 2 weeks after taking Pfizer’s Covid-19 jab

Dr. Gregory Michael – a 56-year-old obstetrician-gynecologist who ran his own practice at Miami Beach’s Mount Sinai Medical Center for…

3 years ago

FBI launches probe after voice message picked up by air controllers threatens to FLY PLANE into US Capitol to ‘avenge Soleimani’

“We are flying a plane into the Capitol Wednesday. Soleimani will be avenged,” the mysterious message said, first received by…

3 years ago

VaccinEUnity? European bloc launches Covid jab program – but Germany, Hungary & Slovakia already started ahead of schedule

The beginning of the vaccination program, scheduled for December 27, 28 and 29, is “a touching moment of unity,” EU…

3 years ago

Alibaba stock plunges after China launches anti-monopoly probe into online retailer

The probe was announced on Thursday by the country’s top market watchdog, the State Administration for Market Regulation. In a…

3 years ago

Singapore Airlines launches ‘Covid-19 passport,’ describing digital health ID as part of the ‘new normal’

It announced on Wednesday that it had started the world’s first trials of a “health verification process” developed by a…

3 years ago