Giorno: 20 Giugno 2023

Billionaire Ackman Joins Calls for COVID Vaccine Debate

Billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman joined the fracas over a COVID-19 vaccine debate that’s engulfed podcaster Joe Rogan, tech billionaire Elon Musk, vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. and vaccine researcher Dr. Peter Hotez.

US Military Offers Expedited Citizenship to Boost Recruitment

Struggling with recruitment problems, the U.S. military is turning to immigrants and offering them citizenship.The Army reestablished a program last October for legal permanent residents to apply for accelerated naturalization once they get to basic training…

Shaky Families Can Cause Headaches for a White House

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden whose plea deal on federal tax and gun charges was made public Tuesday, is by no means the first presidential relative whose personal troubles have brought unwelcome headlines and headaches for a White House.

Kansas 5 Weeks From Enforcing Medication Abortion Law

Kansas officials have agreed not to enforce a new restriction on medication abortions for at least five weeks before a state court judge decides whether to put it on hold until he decides a lawsuit challenging it and other existing rules.

Judge Strikes Down Ark. Ban on Gender Care for Minors

A federal judge struck down Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for children as unconstitutional Tuesday, the first ruling to overturn such a prohibition as a growing number of Republican-led states adopt similar restrictions.U.S. District Judge Jay…

Neuschwanstein Castle attack victims identified as Illinois tech grads

A U.S. hiker who fell to her death during a savage attack in Germany and a friend who tried to protect her had just graduated together from the University of Illinois with computer degrees. Authorities haven’t released the names of anyone involved in the June 14 incident due to German privacy rules. But the Rev. […]

Taliban carries out second public execution in Afghanistan since seizing power

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Tuesday carried out what is believed to be the second confirmed public execution since the religious group took power in 2021, according to the country’s Supreme Court. The court had sentenced to death a man identified only as Ajmal from the capital Kabul who was found guilty of murdering five people in […]

Mali authorities to prosecute those behind UN report on human rights violations

Malian authorities will launch an espionage prosecution against the people behind a U.N. report that accused the country’s military of committing human rights violations alongside Russian mercenaries, Mali’s public prosecutor said. The announcement comes amid growing uncertainty about the future of the U.N.’s peacekeeping mission in Mali after Foreign Affairs Minister Abdoulaye Diop recently made […]