Tag: Law and Justice

Categories USA

Battle lines are being drawn as 44 US states pick sides in Texas-led Supreme Court election showdown

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After 18 Republican-led states backed Texas in challenging presidential election procedures in four swing states, 22 jurisdictions led by Democrats sided with the defendants and social media buzzed about a second US ‘civil war.’ … Read More >Battle lines are being drawn as 44 US states pick sides in Texas-led Supreme Court election showdown

Categories Asia & Pacific

Beijing slams Washington’s ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ as US Treasury sanctions Chinese companies shipping North Korean coal

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China’s Foreign Ministry has blasted Washington for its decision to blacklist Chinese companies allegedly involved in shipping of North Korean coal, saying it firmly opposes US interference in domestic affairs. … Read More >Beijing slams Washington’s ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ as US Treasury sanctions Chinese companies shipping North Korean coal

Categories World

Money talks: Pornhub reveals major changes as payment partners recoil after reports site is ‘infested’ with child abuse

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Pornhub has announced major changes, including only accepting uploads from verified accounts and banning downloads, following reports that the adult content platform was “infested” with child abuse and rape videos. … Read More >Money talks: Pornhub reveals major changes as payment partners recoil after reports site is ‘infested’ with child abuse

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Pfizer seen as ‘putting profits ahead of dead Mexicans’ – but taxpayer-funded Covid jabs should belong to everyone, Oxfam tells RT

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Covid-19 vaccines created using public funds should not be used to fuel obscene private profits, a senior Oxfam official told RT, amid growing concern that poor nations can’t afford to inoculate their populations. … Read More >Pfizer seen as ‘putting profits ahead of dead Mexicans’ – but taxpayer-funded Covid jabs should belong to everyone, Oxfam tells RT

Categories USA

Facebook faces TWO antitrust lawsuits, as FTC and 48 US states & territories mount parallel challenges

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The Federal Trade Commission and a coalition of almost all state attorneys-general have sued Facebook for violation of the Sherman and Clayton antitrust acts over its ownership of WhatsApp and Instagram. … Read More >Facebook faces TWO antitrust lawsuits, as FTC and 48 US states & territories mount parallel challenges

Categories USA

US Treasury Sanctions Chinese Organized Crime Boss ‘Broken Tooth’

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The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has also imposed sanctions on Liberian Senator Harry Varney Gboto-Nambi Sherman over bribery allegations, and former Kyrgyz Republic Customs Service official Raimbek Matraimov for his alleged role in laundering some $700 million. … Read More >US Treasury Sanctions Chinese Organized Crime Boss ‘Broken Tooth’