Month: January 2021

Categories USA

Twitter rejected pleas to remove child porn from platform because it didn’t ‘violate policies,’ lawsuit claims

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A new lawsuit has accused Twitter of turning a blind eye to child pornography on its platform, claiming that it snubbed repeat requests from an underage sex trafficking victim to remove explicit images obtained through blackmail. … Read More >Twitter rejected pleas to remove child porn from platform because it didn’t ‘violate policies,’ lawsuit claims

Categories USA

Dallas County scraps effort to focus vaccine rollout on ‘vulnerable’ black & Latino communities under pressure from Texas govt

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Dallas County, Texas has jettisoned a plan to prioritize its most “vulnerable” neighborhoods in its Covid-19 vaccination drive after the state health department fought the idea, threatening to cut back its supply of the jab. … Read More >Dallas County scraps effort to focus vaccine rollout on ‘vulnerable’ black & Latino communities under pressure from Texas govt

Categories EU

Lockdown extended in Portugal with schools to close for 15 days amid record spike in Covid-19 deaths

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Portugal is to shut all schools and universities from Friday, its prime minister has said, as the more transmissible strain of Covid-19 first detected in the UK takes hold, putting the health service under enormous pressure. … Read More >Lockdown extended in Portugal with schools to close for 15 days amid record spike in Covid-19 deaths

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Politicians among 48 arrested in huge Italian bust on ‘Ndrangheta mafia, hundreds of millions in cash seized

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Anti-mafia police carried out sweeping early-morning raids against Italy’s most powerful mafia, the ‘Ndrangheta, on Thursday, arresting 48 people and placing the leader of a political party under investigation. … Read More >Politicians among 48 arrested in huge Italian bust on ‘Ndrangheta mafia, hundreds of millions in cash seized

Categories EU

France has become ‘a nation of 66 million prosecutors,’ says Macron, rejecting criticism of government’s pandemic response

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French President Emmanuel Macron has defended his government and its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, saying that he laments France’s “incessant hunt for errors,” adding that such criticism is counterproductive during a crisis. … Read More >France has become ‘a nation of 66 million prosecutors,’ says Macron, rejecting criticism of government’s pandemic response

Categories World

‘Very high risk’: ECDC urges tougher Covid-19 measures amid mutant strains from UK, Brazil, and South Africa

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The Covid-19 strains from the UK, Brazil and South Africa pose a very high risk due to their increased transmissibility and must be stamped out with tougher health measures, the EU’s infectious diseases agency has said. … Read More >‘Very high risk’: ECDC urges tougher Covid-19 measures amid mutant strains from UK, Brazil, and South Africa

Categories Business

Silk Road trade on track: Freight train sets off from China to Russia, drastically cutting travel time

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A special China-Europe freight train departed from Dongguan in South China’s Guangdong province to Russia on Wednesday. It will arrive in Moscow within 15 days, cutting the travel time by two-thirds compared with the sea route. … Read More >Silk Road trade on track: Freight train sets off from China to Russia, drastically cutting travel time

Categories Russia

Nine years after Russia banned foreigners from adopting children, Moscow moves to ban them from using surrogate mothers

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A group of MPs is planning to ban single people and foreigners from using Russian surrogate mothers to have children. The legislators claim they are protecting the institution of marriage. … Read More >Nine years after Russia banned foreigners from adopting children, Moscow moves to ban them from using surrogate mothers