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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...

3dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

New Zealand central bank chief told to ‘stay in her lane’ after backing US Fed’s Powell

New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters rebuked the country’s new Reserve Bank governor, Anna Breman, for wading into US domestic politics after she signed a statement with other global ce...

2dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Polish president slams EU as a 'fading star' while warning of Russian imperialism

One of Russia's goals, in addition to persecuting its own citizens, "is territorial expansion, mass murder and attacks on civilian targets, including hospitals and schools," the Polish president said....

8hEuronewsPoliticsImpact

Indonesian comic hit with blasphemy complaints over Netflix jokes

A police complaint against one of Indonesia’s best-known comedians has reignited debate over satire, blasphemy and free expression in the world’s third-largest democracy. The case involves 46-year-old...

2dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Crane collapses on train in Thailand, killing at least 22

A train travelling from Thailand’s ‌capital to the country’s ‍northeast was derailed on Wednesday after a construction crane fell on ⁠top of one of its carriages, killing at least 22 people and injuri...

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The world's central bankers are rallying around Fed chair Jerome Powell in his fight with Trump

Powell typically abstains from directly engaging with Trump's personal attacks. Al Drago/Getty Images The world's most senior bankers have rallied around embattled Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell....

3dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Trump's sweeping proposals for credit cards and student debt could be a big deal for other lenders

Proposed policy changes could lead more consumers to turn to private or personal loans. Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images New caps on student-loan borrowing could prompt more Americans to turn to private...

2dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Democratic congressman Ro Khanna wants creators to have their own 'bill of rights'

US House Rep. Ro Khanna. The Washington Post/Getty Images Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna plans to introduce a resolution Thursday called the "Creator Bill of Rights." The progressive congressman is...

1dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t

Following the proliferation of the nonconsensual sexual deepfakes on X, the platform has detailed changes to the Grok account's ability to edit images of real people. They match the changes reported o...

1dThe VergeTechnologyImpact

Student-loan borrowers behind on payments are getting a major break, the US education secretary says

Education Sec. Linda McMahon said that wage garnishments for defaulted student-loan borrowers are on pause. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Education Sec. Linda McMahon said that wage garnishments for d...

5hBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

Nvidia is staffing up as it draws heightened scrutiny. These are the key leaders it gained and lost last year.

Jensen Huang Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Nvidia has added key marketing, policy, and HR executives over the past year. Several senior software acqui-hires came via startup deals. Executiv...

1dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Why AI is becoming the hottest cost-cutting tool in corporate legal departments

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI In-house legal teams are moving faster with artificial intelligence. Teams now have access to tools that draft legal documents and compare terms across deals. The efficiency ...

2dBusiness InsiderTechnology

How 911 calls actually work, according to a former emergency dispatcher

Ricardo Martinez II spent more than a decade as a 911 dispatcher, handling thousands of emergencies as US 911 centers face a nationwide staffing and funding crisis. Across the country, emergency call ...

1dBusiness InsidersocietyImpact

Verizon outage hits users across US

Some Verizon customers are experiencing service outages. Smith Collection/Gado/Gado via Getty Images A service outage on Monday hit tens of thousands of Verizon users. Verizon said the outage is affec...

2dBusiness InsiderTechnologyImpact

Bilt unveils credit cards with 10% interest rate for first year after Trump calls for cap

Bilt Rewards CEO Ankur Jain Taylor Hill/Getty Images Trump has called for a 10% cap on credit card interest rates. Bilt is rolling out a new suite of 3 credit cards offering 10% interest for the first...

2dBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Powell criminal probe upends Trump's search for a new Fed chair

White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett (left) and former Fed Gov. Kevin Warsh are leading prediction market odds for the likehood of becoming President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Federal Rese...

3dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

The Baseus BP1 Pro True Wireless Noise Canceling Earbuds Drop to $19 (Lower Than Black Friday)

The brand new Apple AirPods Pro 3 might be one of the best noise canceling earbuds , but $250 is a steep price to pay. You might be better off saving that money and getting these Baseus Bass BP1 Pro w...

2dIGNTechnology

I'm a federal attorney. I've leveraged my White House experience into a side hustle that makes $70,000 annually.

Jennifer Clinchy worked at the White House for nine years. Courtesy of Jennifer Clinchy Jennifer Clinchy is a federal attorney who worked at the White House for 9 years. She started a résumé writing s...

10hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Sen. Mark Kelly is suing the Pentagon. Legal experts say veterans' rights are at stake.

Sen. Mark Kelly said his lawsuit is about fighting back on the Pentagon's crackdown on speech. Heather Diehl/Getty Images Senator Mark Kelly sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Pentagon's spe...

1dBusiness InsiderPoliticsImpact

2 military influencers say they never planned to have an online following, but standard recruiting efforts weren't working

Tyler Butterworth (left) and John Howell (right) have built a following on social media as military influencers. Jake Gabbard / Business Insider Army soldiers Tyler Butterworth and John Howell use soc...

1dBusiness InsidersocietyImpact
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