The National Football League (NFL) has pledged to halt the use of “race-norming” – a process that assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive functioning – when deciding whether to provide retired players with compensation for brain injury claims. The standards were designed in […]
Opinion of legislators and the US public had already begun to shift before the 11-day bombardment of Gaza. Article source: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2021/6/2/is-israel-us-friction-over-iran-a-warning-or-an-empty-threat
Nearly 200 Facebook employees have signed a letter urging the company’s executives to address concerns that pro-Palestine voices on the social media site are being suppressed by content moderation systems. The letter, first reported on by the Financial Times (FT), urges Facebook’s leadership to introduce […]
Santiago, Chile – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera began his last address to the nation this week by apologising to families hit by an economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. “Many people feel anger and frustration because they did not always receive the help they […]
United States President Joe Biden has announced a month-long effort aimed at getting 70 percent of Americans vaccinated by July 4, the nation’s Independence Day. Speaking during a news conference at the White House on Wednesday, Biden said his administration would work with local governments, […]
JBS SA is starting to at least partially reopen most idled beef plants across North America and Australia after a cyberattack forced the world’s largest meat producer to halt operations. The Brazilian food giant said late Tuesday that it had made “significant progress” to resolve […]
Sudan’s military chief has said the country is reviewing an agreement to host a Russian naval base on its Red Sea coast, which was reached under former President Omar al-Bashir who was overthrown two years ago after nearly 30 years in power. “This deal was […]
AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. is really leaning into this whole meme-stock phenomenon. On Wednesday, the movie-theater chain announced that it would reward small-time investors, who have been instrumental in AMC’s wild, logic-defying 1,400% share rally this year, with goodies such as special screenings and free […]
Coronavirus infections are back on the rise in much of the Americas region after weeks of plateauing and decreasing in figures, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said on Wednesday. While the United States, Canada and Mexico are reporting an overall decline in cases and […]
Flights between Germany and Russia have resumed after a several-hour interruption, airline companies said, after each country blocked the other’s incoming flights. “Russian authorities granted permission for Lufthansa to carry out flights to Russia in June. This means that Lufthansa flights to Moscow and Saint […]
