British Columbia abruptly drops drug decriminalization after backlash (www.theguardian.com)
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The EU is set to launch formal proceedings against Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, amid concerns it is not doing enough to counter disinformation before the EU elections in June, according to reports....
The International Red Cross movement has decided not to suspend membership of the Russian Red Cross (RRC), despite potential breaches of neutrality regulations brought to light by an investigation by a group of international media outlets, including the Guardian....
Coming soon to a battlefield near you. If it can bypass the export controls, that is.
Governor Ron DeSantis’s challenging of a ‘continuous eligibility’ rule has booted over 22,000 children off insurance since January...
In a powerful and rousing live address to students at the City University of New York (CUNY) on Friday night, the incarcerated Black political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal praised the pro-Palestinian movement growing at US colleges as being on the right side of history....
As Donald Trump’s hush-money trial enters its second week, jurors will be asked to focus on the testimony of his former Mr Fixit – the disbarred lawyer Michael Cohen....
Russia has consolidated recent battlefield gains in the east of Ukraine, and is attempting to break through Ukrainian defensive lines before a long-awaited package of US military assistance arrives at the frontline....
Taiwan has reported that a dozen Chinese warplanes flew sorties close to the island on Saturday, in a sudden surge of military activity just hours after the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, left Beijing following talks with President Xi Jinping and top Chinese officials.
The university’s response was likely the quickest show of police force in response to a divestment protest among the dozens nationwide that have occurred in recent weeks. It was also probably the only one where pepper balls, stun guns and rubber bullets were used against students, faculty and community members – at one of...
Researchers are calling for the retraction of misleading anti-abortion studies that could influence judges in critical cases...
Researchers are calling for the retraction of misleading anti-abortion studies that could influence judges in critical cases...
Pursuit of ‘non-stop executions’ causing psychological distress to corrections staff as states urged to widen gap between executions...
Amendments to anti-prostitution law also enable courts to sentence trans people to three years in prison...
Study confirms Altria, Philip Morris International, Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are worst offenders...
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US defence secretary announces aid as Zelenskiy pleads with west for more Patriot systems to defend Ukrainian cities...
Officials say unidentified man killed influencer who had previously been imprisoned over dancing videos...