Facebook has allowed a state-backed harassment campaign targeting independent news outlets and opposition politicians in Azerbaijan to return to its platform, less than six months after it banned the troll network. A Guardian investigation has revealed how Facebook allowed an arm of Azerbaijan’s ruling party, the YAP, to carry out […]
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US officials: report on oil and gas sale ban due by summer
FILE – In this Jan. 14, 2015, file photo, oil pump jacks are seen in McKenzie County, in western North Dakota. The Biden administration said Tuesday, March 9, 2021, that it will deliver an interim report on its suspension of oil and gas sales from federal lands and waters by […]
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California bill would ban boy and girl sections at retailers
California’s large retailers would have to do away with boy and girl signage for toys and child care aisles, under a bill being considered by state lawmakers. Assembly Bill 1084 would require retailers with 500 or more employees “to maintain undivided areas of its sales floor where the majority of […]
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Ban on local housing rules pushed by Indiana homebuilder
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A proposed ban on Indiana cities and counties adopting local housing design standards is being pushed by a state lawmaker who owns a homebuilding company. Ethics experts maintain Republican Rep. Doug Miller’s involvement in the legislation is inappropriate because of his ownership of Elkhart-based Tailor Made Homes […]
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Judge: Trump’s lifting of mining ban in US West was wrong
FILE – In this April 22, 2015, file photo, a male sage grouse struts in the early morning hours outside Baggs, Wyo. A federal judge has overturned a Trump administration action that would have allowed mining and other development in parts of areas spanning six western states that are considered […]
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‘I hope we’ll see a nationwide ban on foie gras. We should know better by now’
The news that luxury department store Fortnum & Mason will be removing foie gras from its shelves after continued pressure from campaigners has been described as a huge step forward by chef Alexis Gauthier. The French chef used to sell 20kg of foie gras a week at his London restaurant, Gauthier Soho, until […]
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Biden drilling ban forces Democratic-led New Mexico to reckon with oil dependence
By Nichola Groom, Valerie Volcovici and Jennifer Hiller (Reuters) – When Stan Rounds heard about U.S. President Joe Biden’s plans to suspend new drilling on federal lands to fight climate change, he worried about the education budget. Rounds heads a state association of school administrators. He knows that New Mexico […]
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Newsom urges UK travel ban as CA monitors for new COVID strain
As a new strain of COVID-19 continues to spread in southern England, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday called on the federal government to take action to prevent it from reaching the United States. The governor delivered his remarks from quarantine, after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19 on […]
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France Alarms Rights Defenders With Proposed Ban on Police Images
Police patrol the streets as the curfew starts in Paris on Oct. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly) PARIS (AP) — France’s lower house of parliament is opening debate Tuesday on a security bill that would permit the imprisonment of people who publish images of police officers with intent to cause […]
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France mulls ban on police images, alarming rights defenders
France’s lower house of parliament is opening debate Tuesday on a security bill that would permit the imprisonment of people who publish images of police officers with intent to cause them harm. Critics, including France’s human rights ombudsman, say the measure would hurt press freedoms. Offenders would face up to […]
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CA attorney general weighs in on flavor tobacco ban lawsuit
Xavier Becerra.(AP Photo/Ben Margot) Ben Margot AP Good morning and happy Monday! Let’s get right into the news with the latest election update! WHAT WE KNOW The Associated Press has called the following races: In Assembly District 36, incumbent Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, has won with 55.1% of the vote, […]
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Australia’s travel ban is inspiring city-dwellers to explore the Outback, with deadly consequences
Australia’s ongoing international border closure has sparked an unprecedented domestic tourism boom to remote, dangerous destinations including a giant monolith which has claimed three lives in six weeks. It is twice as big as Ayers Rock, is one of the country’s most spectacular natural attractions, and is key to Indigenous […]
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OVERNIGHT ENERGY: EPA finalizes rule allowing some major polluters to follow weaker emissions standards | Trump executive order seeks to use Defense Production Act to bolster mining | Asbestos ban stalls in Congress amid partisan fight
HAPPY THURSDAY! Welcome to Overnight Energy, The Hill’s roundup of the latest energy and environment news. Please send tips and comments to Rebecca Beitsch at [email protected] Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccabeitsch. Reach Rachel Frazin at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin. CLICK HERE to subscribe to our newsletter. ONE […]
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Trump’s EPA criticizes Newsom’s California gas car ban
The Trump administration on Monday asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to back down from the executive order he announced last week that would phase out the sale of gas-powered passenger vehicles by 2035, arguing California’s power grid can’t handle a surge in demand from battery-powered vehicles. The letter, written by Environmental […]
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The UK might bring its ban on gas-powered cars forward to 2030
Rumors and speculation have been mounting for a while now, but it looks like the UK is set to bring its proposed ban on the sale of new gasoline vehicles forward again. According to The Guardian, the country’s government will bring the ban forward to 2030, which means you won’t […]
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What TikTok’s Ban Means for Retail
With the U.S. Department of Commerce’s bombshell announcement on Friday, ordering app stores to remove ByteDance’s TikTok and Tencent’s WeChat on Sunday, it looks like time’s running out for the apps. And for the partners that rely on them. The essential details in the latest techno-political drama: Current users won’t […]
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After PUBG ban, Indian gamers can soon turn to a patriotic replacement called FAU-G
Earlier this week, India banned popular battle royale game PlayerUnknown’s BattleGround (PUBG) Mobile along with 118 other Chinese apps. Days after this move, an Indian startup, nCore Games, has already announced a multiplayer game named FAU-G: Fearless And United Guards. nCore describes the title as “a new multiplayer mid-core” game […]
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Trump’s TikTok and WeChat Ban Could Backfire Inside China
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily Beast/Getty HONG KONG—As Donald Trump moves to ban transactions with WeChat and ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, people in China are wondering if they’ll need to ditch their iPhones to keep their favorite app, and noting that the White House’s splinternet rhetoric is […]