SpaceX forced workers to sign illegal severance agreements, US agency claims (www.reuters.com)
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been accused by a U.S. labor agency of requiring employees who were laid off or fired from the rocket and satellite maker to sign unlawful agreements barring them from disparaging the company and joining class-action lawsuits against it....
World Health Organization says only more land crossings into Gaza can prevent famine (www.reuters.com)
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that only an expansion of land crossings into Gaza could help prevent famine in the densely populated Palestinian enclave.
Launch aborted of Russian Soyuz spacecraft seconds before blast-off (www.reuters.com)
Alabama governor signs law banning diversity programs in schools (www.reuters.com)
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law on Wednesday a ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs in public schools, making the state one of a few to enact broad measures against what she and other Republicans call a leftward tilt in U.S. education....
Exclusive: CapOne tells regulators Discover deal will boost competition and stability (www.reuters.com)
Capital One’s $35.3 billion merger with Discover Financial will boost competition and be good for financial stability, the bank said in its regulatory application filed overnight, according to people familiar with the matter....
New York notifies suburban county of Trump fraud judgment as possible seizures loom (www.reuters.com)
New York state Attorney General Letitia James this month made an official notification of the civil fraud court award against Donald Trump in suburban Westchester County, where he owns property, according to county clerk records, in what could be a preliminary step toward seizures in the case....
Russia warns United States: use of SpaceX for spying makes its satellites a target (www.reuters.com)
Trump can appeal ruling that kept Georgia prosecutor on case, judge says (www.reuters.com)
A Georgia judge on Wednesday said Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and eight of his co-defendants in the state’s criminal election subversion case could appeal a ruling that let lead prosecutor Fani Willis remain on the case....
Russia says it is pushing Ukrainian forces back, will create two new armies (www.reuters.com)
Legal spending by Trump group accelerated in February -disclosures (www.reuters.com)
A fundraising group run by Donald Trump, who is facing four criminal trials as he seeks the U.S. presidency, stepped up spending on legal fees last month, further draining money from efforts to return him to the White House, financial disclosures showed on Wednesday....
West decries reelection of Putin, China, India vows closer ties. (www.reuters.com)
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Trump urges US Supreme Court to endorse 'absolute immunity' for ex-presidents (www.reuters.com)
Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a U.S. Supreme Court brief in his bid for criminal immunity for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, arguing that a former president enjoys “absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts.”...
No bidders present at Myanmar auction for $90 million sale of Suu Kyi's home (www.reuters.com)
US Supreme Court lets Texas border enforcement law take effect (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let a Republican-backed Texas law take effect allowing state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, rejecting a request by President Joe Biden’s administration....
In Gaza, starving children fill hospital wards as famine looms (www.reuters.com)
Reuters saw 10 badly malnourished children during a visit last week to the al-Awda health centre in Rafah, arranged with nursing staff who gave the news agency unimpeded access to the ward.
Texas border enforcement law again blocked in legal whiplash (www.reuters.com)
A Republican-backed Texas law that would allow state law enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border was blocked again by an appeals court on Wednesday, just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court had cleared the way for it to go into effect....
In Gaza, starving children fill hospital wards as famine looms (www.reuters.com)
Reuters saw 10 badly malnourished children during a visit last week to the al-Awda health centre in Rafah, arranged with nursing staff who gave the news agency unimpeded access to the ward.
Social media platforms must face lawsuits claiming they enabled Buffalo mass shooter (www.reuters.com)
Several social media companies were ordered by a New York state judge to face four lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for helping enable the avowed white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in 2022 at a Buffalo, New York grocery store....
Germany arrests two over suspected Islamist plot on Swedish parliament (www.reuters.com)
Brazil's Bolsonaro indicted for suspected fraud on vaccine records (www.reuters.com)
West decries Russia's reelection of Putin, China, India vow closer ties (www.reuters.com)
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West decries Russia's reelection of Putin, China, India vow closer ties (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/21905961...
West decries Russia's reelection of Putin, China, India vow closer ties (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/21905961...
West decries Russia's reelection of Putin, China, India vow closer ties (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: lemy.lol/post/21905961...