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Hong Kong activist loses legal fight over prison shorts ban for female inmates

A jailed activist has lost a judicial review against a Hong Kong Correctional Services Department rule that prohibits female inmates from wearing shorts in summer, with the court ruling that the women...

Jan 13South China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Philadelphia sues over removal of slavery exhibit

Outraged critics are accusing President Donald Trump of “whitewashing history” after the National Park Service removed an exhibit on slavery at Philadelphia’s Independence National H...

3dABC NewsPoliticsImpact

Japan's PM dissolves parliament after three months in office, setting up snap election

The move by Sanae Takaichi is an attempt to capitalise on her popularity to help her governing party regain ground after major losses in recent years....

4dEuronewsPoliticsImpact

America could have $4 lunch bowls like Japan but for zoning laws

Article URL: https://abio.substack.com/p/america-could-have-4-lunch-bowls Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646970 Points: 24 # Comments: 4...

Jan 16Hacker NewseconomicsImpact

Scaramucci says stablecoin yield prohibition undermines US dollar

The expanded prohibition on stablecoin yield in the CLARITY Act makes the US dollar less competitive than the Digital Yuan, Scaramucci said....

Jan 18CoinTelegraphcryptocurrencyImpact

Magnetic Press Transforms Planet of the Apes Into a Tabletop RPG

The Planet of the Apes franchise is one with a rich history and sci-fi lore all its own, which makes it a natural choice to be adapted into a tabletop role-playing game. That's exactly what Magnetic P...

11hIGNSportsImpact

Greenland: Trump falsely claims the US 'gave back' territory to Denmark

In his lengthy speech at Davos, Donald Trump falsely claimed the US 'gave back' Greenland to Denmark after World War II. In reality, Greenland has never been America's to give back at all. Vedika Bahl...

5dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

DHS launches 'Operation Catch of the Day' enforcement action in Maine

The Department of Homeland Security has launched an operation targeting criminal illegal migrants in the state of Maine, according to a DHS spokesperson....

5dABC NewsPoliticsImpact

Can the EU keep up with Trump in a trade war?

While the US president fires off social media posts increasing tariffs, the bloc has to overcome political divisions to retaliate...

6dFinancial TimesPoliticsImpact

WEF in Davos: Is Greenland the wake-up call Europe needed?

Europe faces waning influence amid wars, trade tensions, climate inaction and a US administration quick to hurl insults at its oldest allies. In Davos, leaders discuss how Europe can regain its mojo....

6dDeutsche WellePolitics

How the Greenland deployment of a few European troops enraged Trump

Military exercise was ostensibly to show support for Arctic security, but US president saw it as a provocation...

Jan 20Financial TimesPoliticsImpact

Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands,Norway,Sweden,UK

Article URL: https://www.presidentti.fi/statement-by-denmark-finland-france-germany-the-netherlands-norway-sweden-and-the-united-kingdom-englanniksi/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id...

Jan 18Hacker NewsPoliticsImpact

'Elite': The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid

Article URL: https://werd.io/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46637127 Points: 35 # Comments: 6...

Jan 15Hacker NewsPoliticsImpact

US sanctions Iranian officials accused of repressing protests against the government

The Treasury announcement comes a day after Trump that he’d been told "on good authority" that plans for executions in Iran have stopped....

Jan 15EuronewsPoliticsImpact

DHS: ICE officers in Minneapolis shoot Venezuelan man in the leg

The Department of Homeland Security says the shooting happened after the agent came under attack. Protestors have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, clashing with federal agents, after Renee Macklin...

Jan 15NPR NewscrimeImpact

Boeing beats Airbus order numbers for the first time this decade

Demand from countries rushing to buy US aircraft to curry favour with Trump administration boosts aviation group...

Jan 13Financial TimeseconomicsImpact

Kurdish granted national language status in Syria

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of good will towards the minority following clashes in recent days. The decre...

Jan 17France 24Politics

US to suspend visa processing for 75 countries starting next week

The State Department is freezing immigrant visa processing for 75 countries in an effort to clamp down on applicants it deems likely to become a public charge....

Jan 14ABC NewsPolitics

Microsoft’s latest AI chip goes head-to-head with Amazon and Google

Microsoft is announcing a successor to its first in-house AI chip today, the Maia 200. Built on TSMC's 3nm process, Microsoft says its Maia 200 AI accelerator "delivers 3 times the FP4 performance of ...

19hThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Ukraine's Zelensky laments EU lack of 'political will' in dealing with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday criticised what he called the EU’s lack of “political will” towards his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at Davos. Meanwhile, Denmark said NATO chi...

4dFrance 24PoliticsImpact
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