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‘Beyond disappointed’: Hollywood reacts to Harvey Weinstein ruling 2024-04-26
Independent online (SA)

Hollywood stars, including multiple actresses who have accused Harvey Weinstein of assault, reacted with shock and outrage on Thursday after the former movie producer's New York sex crimes conviction was overturned. Rosanna Arquette, Ashley Judd and Mira Sorvino were among those to speak out as...

photo: AP / Seth Wenig, File

Why is Elon Musk feuding with Australia and Brazil over free speech? 2024-04-26
Al Jazeera

Elon Musk, the self-proclaimed free speech absolutist and CEO of X, Tesla, and SpaceX, is once again at the centre of a heated debate about free speech and censorship. Since buying X, the platform formally known as Twitter, in 2022, Musk has sparred with governments and public figures around the...

photo: AP / Patrick Pleul

Malaysia’s ex-PM Mahathir faces anticorruption probe 2024-04-26
Al Jazeera

Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is being investigated in connection with a corruption probe involving his sons, the country’s anticorruption agency has confirmed. Azam Baki, chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), said on Thursday that Mahathir was...

photo: AP / Vincent Thian

New EU trade rules ‘green squeeze’ the Global South 2024-04-25
Asiatimes

The EU parliament has just approved sweeping new rules that will require companies to avoid and mitigate human rights and environmental abuses in their supply chains. These are noble aims. They have been a long time coming. But without careful design and more proactive support for business and...

photo: © European Union 2024 - Source : EP / © European Union 2024 - Source : EP

US, Niger to discuss withdrawal of American troops: Pentagon 2024-04-25
Anadolu Agency

US officials will meet Thursday with members of Niger's government on the withdrawal of American troops from the African country, said a Pentagon spokesman. "Per the U.S. State Department, U.S. Ambassador to Niger Kathleen FitzGibbon and...

photo: US Army / Sgt. 1st Class Mary S. Katzenberger, 3rd Special Forces Group

Israeli council considers issuing international arrest warrant for Netanyahu: Report 2024-04-25
Anadolu Agency

The Israeli National Security Council held secret discussions on the possibility of issuing international arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, a local media outlet reported Wednesday. Israel's Channel 13 reported...

photo: AP / Ariel Schalit

‘Waiting for Trump’: Viktor Orbán hopes US election will change his political fortunes 2024-04-25
AOL

Europe’s most isolated leader was beaming. Standing in a hallway in Brussels, Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister, spoke excitedly about the politician he hopes will change his political fortunes – Donald Trump. The longtime leader, who has been widely criticised for undermining Hungary’s...

photo: Creative Commons / Vlada Republike Slovenije https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en

China ‘gravely concerned’ over EU raids on security equipment company 2024-04-25
Al Jazeera

China has expressed “grave concern” over raids carried out by European officials on a Chinese company that manufactures security equipment. EU competition regulators on Tuesday raided offices of Chinese company Nuctech in the Netherlands and Poland as part of a probe into unfair state subsidies.Keep...

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How TikTok’s Chinese parent company will rely on an American right to keep the app alive 2024-04-25
CNN

TikTok’s expected legal challenge to a law signed Wednesday by President Joe Biden forcing the popular app’s parent company to spin off its US operations could be a seminal moment in First Amendment law in what is shaping up to be a year of defining cases. The new law gives TikTok’s parent company...

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Will Rwanda save Sunak – or sink him? 2024-04-25
The Spectator

When the Rwanda Bill had its second reading in the House of Commons just before Christmas, there was a revolt on the right of the Tory party. A group of legal experts, with the self-appointed ‘Star Chamber’ title, were convened by Eurosceptic MPs. They declared that Rishi Sunak’s plan was not...

photo: AP / Kin Cheung