Singer Adele released the new single Easy on Me in the night from Thursday to Friday. The song and music video were released at midnight (local time). The video clip starts in the same location as that of her 2015 hit Hello. However, in Easy on Me, she leaves […]
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US Supreme Court Moves to Death Penalty for Boston Bomber
The US Supreme Court is looking to sentence the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing perpetrator, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, to the death penalty. However, one court judge questioned during a hearing on Wednesday what the consequences would be for Tsarnaev after President Joe Biden had announced that he would no longer carry […]
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IBM and American Airlines Ignore Texas Vaccination Ban
Tech company IBM, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines announced Tuesday (local time) that they would comply with President Joe Biden’s obligation to vaccinate employees against Covid-19. With that decision, they ignored a decree issued Monday by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Instead, it states that nobody can demand a vaccination […]
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Texas Governor Bans Vaccination in His State
The conservative governor of the US state of Texas has issued an order stating that no agency can demand vaccination from its customers or staff. Governor Greg Abbott is responding to what he calls “the bullying” by the US government of Democrat Joe Biden. Biden last month called on […]
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Eurotrader Group Enters the Liquidity Provision Space with Eurocapital
Eurotrader Group has branched out into the liquidity provision space with its latest Prime of Prime offering, Eurocapital October 2021, London: Eurotrader Group has branched out into liquidity provision with its new Prime of Prime offering, Eurocapital. Eurocapital delivers highly bespoke full-circle solutions and secure offerings, with products […]
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EU Extends Sanctions Over Navalny and Skripal Poisoning
The European Union extends sanctions against individuals and organizations involved in chemical weapons attacks for one year until October 2022. There are 15 people and two organizations on the criminal list. According to the EU, they are involved in the poisoning of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the […]
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Media: The US has Discreetly Trained Soldiers in Taiwan
The United States has discreetly sent military personnel to Taiwan to train local ground forces. The island must thus be better prepared for possible aggression by China, reports the newspaper The Wall Street Journal, which relies on anonymous sources from the US. Insiders have also confirmed the report to […]
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas Strict Anti-Abortion Laws
A judge in the US state of Texas has temporarily blocked the strict anti-abortion laws introduced there earlier this month. Judge Robert Pitman ruled on Wednesday that the law cannot be enforced, and women can continue to have abortions while lawsuits over the legislation continue legally. The US Supreme […]
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Boss Facebook: Not True That Profit Comes Before Safety for Us
It’s “just not true” that Facebook would put profits above user safety, says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In a lengthy statement on his Facebook account, he defended himself against recent criticism about Facebook’s influence on the mental health of children and teenagers in particular. On Tuesday, a special hearing […]
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European Commission: Malfunction Teaches Us That We are Too Dependent on Facebook
The hours-long outage of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram shows that the world should not rely on a few large companies, the European Commission believes. “We need alternatives and choices in the tech market,” tweets European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. The problems of Facebook and some other of its apps […]