The cryptocurrency is still significantly off from its record high of $64,829.14 that was reached in April. The bill that has been passed in El Salvador will mandate all businesses to accept bitcoin for goods or services, but the government will act as a backstop for entities that aren’t willing …
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Lawyers for Byron ‘Tanner’ Cross, a gym teacher at Leesburg Elementary School, filed suit against the Loudoun County School Board and two of the district’s top executives on Tuesday, alleging that he suffered “content and viewpoint-based retaliation” after openly opposing the pronoun rule at a board meeting last month. According …
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A 46-page draft titled “DHS Plan to Restore Trust in Our Legal Immigration System” outlines numerous initiatives designed to reduce processing time, costs and security-related red tape for those seeking to relocate to the US. The changes aim to assist more people who wish to immigrate, including high-skilled workers, trafficking …
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Twitter’s offices in the cities of Delhi and Gurgaon were visited by police on Monday, just days after the US tech company flagged tweets by Indian politicians as “manipulated media.” In a statement on Thursday, Twitter said it was “concerned by recent events regarding our employees in India and the …
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It’s about time that men be removed from the equation and reduced to the status of sperm donor, right ladies? “My body, my choice”? Great, then let’s foot the entire bill for our own decisions, like the strong, independent women that we are. This new legislative leap places a glaring …
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European officials told Reuters that the new legal action, launched on Tuesday by the European Commission, concerned the merits of the case against AstraZeneca and would allow the European Union to pursue financial penalties. Yesterday, a spokesman for the European Commission said “the merits [of the proposed lawsuit] will be …
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“We will work with our affiliates to ensure courageous athletes who take a stand for human rights are properly supported, including through legal and other means,” World Players Association executive director Brendan Schwab said on Thursday. The move came in response to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decision, announced on …
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Amid the uproar surrounding the jailing of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, the Independent, like many western media outlets, has sided with Navalny’s associates in demanding punitive sanctions on Moscow. Yet in its fervor to boost the protest leader, the liberal newspaper has fallen foul of the law. In an …
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I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been to jail – as a visitor, that is. Whether interviewing terrorists languishing at ‘her majesty’s pleasure,’ interrogating war criminals in Sierra Leone or hopping on a gurney inside Mississippi State Penitentiary’s lethal injection chamber, I’ve seen enough of the global …
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“I am not saying that there is a problem but if there is a problem and that [they] have favored other destinations, other countries – for example the UK – over us then we will defend our interests,” France’s Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune told the French …
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