BRUSSELS—The European Commission announced draft rules on Thursday to give many workers such as couriers for online platform companies including Uber and Deliveroo employee benefits, a move which labour unions say is overdue but some companies argue will lead to job losses. The proposal, a global first that needs to be thrashed out with EU…
France Detains British Trawler Amid Fishing Rights Dispute
French authorities have detained a British trawler for fishing in their territorial waters without a licence, amid an ongoing tussle for post-Brexit fishing rights. The detention of the vessel came on the day that French authorities announced further retaliatory measures over Britain’s refusal to license more French trawlers to fish in its waters. French authorities…
What Is American Citizenship?
Commentary These days, the idea of citizenship immediately calls to mind the idea of rights: we have rights because we are citizens of a rights-protecting nation. Behind this idea is the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims that all men are created equal and are endowed by their creator with certain “unalienable” rights. Yet the Constitution…
Spike Cohen: Culture of Fear Led to Massive Infringements of Our Rights
Across the United States, there’s a grassroots movement on personal liberty. To learn more about this and its significance for the United States, we sat down for an interview with Spike Cohen, former vice presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party. He argues that a culture of fear during the pandemic led to a historical violation…
EasyJet Reports 93 Percent Take-Up of $1.6 Billion Rights Issue
LONDON—British airline easyJet said its investors had bought 93 percent of the new shares on offer in its 1.2 billion pound ($1.64 billion) rights issue, designed to help fund its recovery from the pandemic. The airline announced the cash call, its second during 18 months of COVID-19, earlier this month, at the same time as…
Mandatory Vaccination: Disturbing Precedents Being Set in Election Campaign
Commentary Issues such as health care, education, and foreign policy typically dominate the discourse at the beginning of a federal election campaign. We are not in a typical campaign, however. As we near the two-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, it isn’t surprising yet still remains odd that an issue such as mandatory vaccinations would…
Biden to Press Putin on Respecting Human Rights in Geneva
May 31, 2021
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WILMINGTON, Delaware—President Joe Biden on Sunday said that he will press Russian President Vladimir Putin to respect human rights when the two leaders meet in June. During a speech honoring the Memorial Day holiday, Biden said, “I’m meeting with President Putin in a couple weeks in Geneva making it clear we will not, we will…
Constitution Hangs in Balance With New Legal Cases—Interview With Rick Green
Constitutional rights for Americans are under threat from many directions, which include pushes to restrict Second Amendment rights, Big Tech censorship, and the closing of churches in lockdowns and the impact on freedom to worship. To learn more about the situation, we sat down for an interview with Rick Green, America’s Constitution Coach and the…
West and Rights Groups Accuse China of Massive Uyghur Crimes
May 13, 2021
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UNITED NATIONS—Human rights groups and Western nations led by the United States, Britain, and Germany accused China of massive crimes against the Uyghur minority and demanded unimpeded access for U.N. experts at a virtual meeting on Wednesday denounced by China as “politically motivated” and based on “lies.” China’s U.N. Mission sent notes to many of…
COVID Response Hastens Canada’s Shift Toward Collectivism
Commentary Sometimes change happens so incrementally that most of us barely notice. Canada’s steady march toward a collectivist and authoritarian mindset over the course of a decade has been that kind of change. But the events of the last year have made the culture shift undeniable. Group rights are in. Individual rights are out. A…
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