Giorno: 2 Dicembre 2023

Palestinian Groups to Meta: Address Content Moderation

Several Palestinian advocacy groups are demanding action from Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, to address alleged long-standing content moderation issues that they argue unfairly curtail Palestinian speech, The Hill reported. This call …[#item_full_content]

UN ends political mission in Sudan, where world hasn’t been able to stop bloodshed

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council voted Friday to end its political mission of a few hundred people dedicated to ending the civil war in Sudan. Russia abstained from the unanimous vote to end UNITAMS, the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan. The United States’ and United Kingdom’s ambassadors expressed […]

Electoral magistrates flee Guatemala after being stripped of legal immunity

Three magistrates of Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal left the country early Friday, hours after the Congress opened them up to prosecution by stripping them of their immunity as the losing side in the presidential election continued its efforts to interfere with the results. A spokesperson for Guatemala’s immigration agency confirmed Friday that the jurists had […]

Venezuela’s government and opposition agree on appeal process for candidates banned from running

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuela’s government and a faction of the opposition have agreed on a process through which aspiring presidential candidates who were banned from running for office can attempt to get that decision reversed. The timeline to file an appeal opened Friday. The agreement, released late Thursday by negotiators from each side and […]

Guerra Ucraina – Russia, le news di oggi. Putin ordina: “170mila soldati in più”. Lavrov: “C’era accordo di pace ma Londra si oppose”

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Rio Grande buoys installed by Texas ordered to be removed as overwhelmed Arizona border crossing closes

Texas must remove 1,000 feet of floating barrier along the Rio Grande meant to keep migrants from illegally crossing near Eagle Pass, a U.S. appeals court ruled Friday.  The decision came as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Lukeville, Arizona, southwest of Tucson, decided to close its port of entry after being overwhelmed by migrants […]

Court suspends federal grant policy for abortion providers in Ohio

A federal appeals court has paused enforcement of a federal government regulation that allows abortion providers to receive federal family planning money — but only in Ohio, where state health officials said the policy took money away from them. Since 1981, federal policy has changed several times regarding whether programs receiving family planning funds can […]

California’s new mental health court sees over 100 petitions in 2 months

An alternative mental health court to compel treatment for people with severe mental illness has received more than 100 petitions since launching in seven California counties in October, state officials said Friday. The state believes between 7,000 and 12,000 people statewide will eventually be eligible for “CARE Court,” which launched on a limited basis before […]

Alumni, Donors Furious After YSU Hires GOP Lawmaker

Youngstown State University alumni and donors are unhappy with the university’s hiring of Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, as president – with actor Ed O’Neill calling the decision “disgraceful,” reported Ideastream Public Media.[#item_full_content]

NC Gov. Cooper, healthcare advocates, take victory lap on Medicaid expansion

Gov. Roy Cooper and health care advocates celebrated Friday’s official start of Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, the result of state legislation this year that’s expected to help roughly 600,000 low-income adults obtain the government health insurance. Visiting a Goodwill location in Charlotte that hosted a Medicaid enrollment event, Cooper said that the gathering marked […]