Third-party ‘spoiler’ candidate Cornel West says Democratic Party is ‘beyond redemption’
Green Party presidential candidate Cornel West came out swinging against the Democratic Party establishment and progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for endorsing President Biden. West – a high-profile racial activist and academic who Democrats worry may spoil Biden’s re-election bid in 2024 – remarked that the Democratic Party is “beyond redemption,” during an interview Tuesday […]
HHS Official Calls to Lower Marijuana on Drug List
A top official at the Department of Health and Human Services is calling to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug, which would reduce the restrictions on its sale, Bloomberg reports.[#item_full_content]
AOC Considers Leaving Social Media Platform X
Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform X is forcing her to consider closing her account.[#item_full_content]
Ex-Cardinal McCarrick Unfit to Stand Trial in Abuse Case
Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s sexual abuse case was dismissed Wednesday after a judge in Massachusetts ruled the 93-year-old was not competent to stand trial, reports The Hill.[#item_full_content]
Bankman-Fried FTX Fraud Trial Could Be Delayed
A U.S. judge said on Wednesday he would consider delaying Sam Bankman-Fried’s Oct. 3 criminal fraud trial, after the jailed FTX founder’s lawyers complained he did not have enough time to review millions of pages of evidence to help build his case.[#item_full_content]
Son of Israel’s Netanyahu ordered to pay $40K to a woman following defamation lawsuit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son must compensate a woman who sued him after he implied she was having an affair with his father’s chief political opponent, a court ruled Wednesday. The court ordered Netanyahu’s eldest son, Yair Netanyahu, to pay over $34,000 in compensation and $6,000 in legal costs to Dana Cassidy. Cassidy sued […]
India, Malaysia reject China’s new territorial map that claims disputed land as its own
Malaysia on Wednesday joined India in protesting a new Chinese map that lays claim to India’s territory and Malaysia’s maritime areas near Borneo island ahead of next week’s Group of 20 summit in New Delhi. This has exacerbated the tensions between China and India, which are embroiled in a three-year military standoff along their shared […]
Baidu receives green light to launch AI Ernie Bot for general public, leading China’s AI revolution
Tech giant Baidu on Wednesday received approval by Chinese authorities to launch its artificial intelligence Ernie Bot to the general public starting Aug. 31, a spokesperson told Reuters. Baidu became the first company to receive such approval after regulatory setbacks and is also set to launch a suite of new AI-native apps. The company has […]
Intel to invest $1.2 billion in Costa Rica over next 2 years
Intel will invest $1.2 billion in Costa Rica over the next two years, the company said in a press release on Wednesday. The announcement comes after the U.S. State Department said in July that it would partner with Costa Rica’s government to support the Costa Rican semiconductor sector through the 2022 Chips and Science Act. […]
England accelerates vaccine programs due to new COVID variant
England will bring forward the start of its autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccination programmes as a precautionary step after the identification of highly mutated COVID variant BA.2.86, which has been found in Britain. Scientists have said BA.2.86, an offshoot of the Omicron variant, was unlikely to cause a devastating wave of severe disease and death, […]
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