In the immediate aftermath of last month’s shocking assassination attempt on US presidential candidate Donald Trump, search engine giant Google found itself in hot water. The reason? A technical issue with its auto-complete function. Search terms relating to the assassination attempt appeared to be omitted from automated suggestions in Google’s search bar. Conservative social media users were quick to pile on, accusing the tech giant of political bias and active censorship. These claims turned out to be unfounded – a content moderation feature was to blame – but they were hardly new. Many tech companies, including Google, have long been…
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Hansen had long been the Grand Duchy’s choice for the role, but the Socialists had hoped that outgoing commissioner Nicolas Schmit — who was the center-left’s lead candidate in the EU election — might have been able to stay on. Hansen, an EPP politician who won election to the European Parliament in June, had been floated as a potential candidate for the agriculture portfolio, and also linked to trade. “I am a farmer’s son and brother,” he told POLITICO earlier this summer when asked if he would be interested in the EU farm chief post. Hansen took up a seat in the…
“We now have five million people in Haiti that are acutely food insecure, of which 1.6 million are classified as facing emergency food insecurity conditions,” said WFP Country Director Jean-Martin Bauer, speaking via videolink to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York. “These are the highest numbers on record. These are the highest numbers we’ve had since the 2010 earthquake,” he added. Feeding displaced people Mr. Bauer’s briefing took place just hours after WFP and sister UN agency the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published their latest hunger hotspots report, calling for action to save lives and prevent starvation in…
The move is widely seen as political payback for the EU’s investigation into Chinese EVs and follows earlier Chinese probes into imports of EU pork (announced on June 17 and worth nearly €3 billion last year) and brandies (on January 5 and worth €1.6 billion). In June, Beijing had threatened inquiries into dairy (€1.8 billion) and wine (€1.2 billion) as well. The brandy investigation hit France, the most vocal promoter of the Commission’s EV probe, which accounts for 99 percent of EU brandy exports to China. The pork probe upped the stakes, gutting Spain — another China critic — which…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced an initial award of more than $1.1 million in emergency grant funding to support employment and training of workers for cleanup and recovery activities after storms in north and south Florida in May and June 2024 spawned five tornadoes and flooded 17 counties. The National Dislocated Worker Grant of up to $3.36 million allows the Florida Department of Commerce to provide people with temporary cleanup and recovery jobs in these areas. On May 10, 2024, storms affected major interstates, roadways, airports, schools, businesses and other critical infrastructure in north Florida. Many businesses were…
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racism (CERD) voiced concern over persistent hate crimes, hate speech and xenophobic incidents on various platforms, including by politicians and public figures. It was particularly concerned about recurring racist acts and violence by extremist far-right and white supremacist individuals and groups targeting ethnic and ethno-religious minorities, migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers. Southport stabbing attack This includes violent acts committed in late July and early August this year when riots broke out across the UK following a stabbing attack at a dance class in Southport that left three young girls dead and 10 other people…
There are estimated to be some 400 of these criminal enterprises in the Philippines alone. They are almost always operated clandestinely and illegally alongside licensed and legal online gaming operations. The proliferation of online scam farms targeting victims across the world is a relatively new phenomenon that exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Philippines Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) has raided and shut down dozens of the operations in recent years and is collaborating with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to look at ways of working with other countries to disrupt and dismantle the scam farms in…
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Labor officials and representatives from the Mexican Embassy and other diplomatic missions joined today to mark Labor Rights Week 2024 with an event promoting migrant workers’ rights and how the department is safeguarding these rights. Co-sponsored by the Embassy of Mexico, the event included remarks from department leaders, U.S. government officials, Mexican Ambassador Esteban Moctezuma, and Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Chief Officer for North America Roberto Velasco Alvarez.At the event, the department commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Consular Partnership Program by renewing its agreement with Mexico. The program began in 2004 to educate Mexicans working in the…
“The needs are huge in Sudan; we are talking about people dying of hunger, we have conflict, we have protection issues, we have displacements on a daily basis; the needs are just huge,” compounded by several weeks of heavy rainfall, said Kristine Hambrouck, UNHCR Representative in Sudan. Famine ‘ongoing’ In addition to cholera, famine is still “ongoing” in Zamzam camp near El Fasher town, according to the UN World Health Organization (WHO). It said that 658 cases have been reported since the latest outbreak was declared on 12 August, with 28 deaths. The last outbreak of cholera in May saw…
Hey there, fellow roadtrippers and wanderlusters, welcome to the wild and wonderful world of boondocking! If you’ve ever dreamed of living life on the open road, and sleeping under the starlit sky, this post is for you. We’re going to take you on a trip through the ins and outs of boondocking, sharing insights based on our experiences with #vanlife thus far. So buckle up and prepare to learn Everything You Need to Know About Boondocking. What Is Boondocking? Let’s start with the basics. Boondocking, a.k.a. “dispersed camping,” “wild camping,” “dry camping,” is the art of camping without the comforts…