LONDON—TikTok, the wildly popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions of pounds in London’s High Court over allegations they illegally harvested the private data of millions of European children. Anne Longfield, the former Children’s Commissioner for England and so-called “litigation friend,” or public face, of an anonymous…
Why Is Alibaba ‘Full of Gratitude’ for Record $2.8 Billion Fine Imposed by Beijing?
Commentary China’s Alibaba Group found itself under the spotlight following a record antitrust fine slapped on the tech giant, yet it openly expressed its gratitude to the Chinese regime. On April 10, the world’s biggest e-commerce company was fined 18.2 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) by Chinese regulators for anti-competitive tactics, as the ruling Chinese Communist…
Major Opposition Parties Call on German Government to Boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
April 21, 2021
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Major opposition parties in the German government—the Bundestag are urging the parliament to boycott the Beijing Olympic Winter Games in 2022, due to the Chinese regime’s human rights abuses; meanwhile, a former EU parliament vice-president is calling on politicians around the world to boycott the Olympics. On April 18, in regard to the persecution of…
Beijing Asks People to Call Hotline to Report Netizens Making ‘Illegal’ History Comments
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is asking citizens to snitch on online internet users who fail to toe Beijing’s line when commenting on Chinese history, according to a recent announcement by China’s cyber regulator. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), in an announcement on April 9, said that its long-existing hotline 12377—which allows people to…
Democrats Reintroduce Green New Deal; GOP Denounces Plan as ‘Socialist Super-Package’
Progressive Democrats reintroduced their signature climate change-fighting blueprint, this time in the form of a Senate resolution, with Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) proclaiming in Washington on April 20 that “the Green New Deal isn’t just a resolution, it is a revolution,” while Republicans denounced it as a “socialist super-package.” First introduced in 2019 in the form of…
Green New Deal Gets a Reboot: Democrats Say ‘It Is a Revolution’ While GOP Blasts It as ‘Socialist Super-Package’
Progressive Democrats on Tuesday re-introduced their signature climate change fighting blueprint, this time in the form of a Senate resolution, with Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) proclaiming at a press event in Washington that “the Green New Deal isn’t just a resolution, it is a revolution,” while Republicans denounced it as a “socialist super-package.” First introduced in 2019…
Ontario Premier Doug Ford Tests Negative After Staff Member Tests Positive for COVID-19
TORONTO—Ontario Premier Doug Ford is isolating in Toronto after a member of his staff who was in close contact with him tested positive for COVID-19. A statement from Ford’s office late Tuesday says the premier has tested negative. It says Ford will follow all public health advice for close contacts. The statement says members of…
General: US Withdrawing From Afghanistan Makes Terror Fight Harder
The United States completely withdrawing from Afghanistan will make fighting terror more difficult, a top general said on Tuesday. Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, told members of Congress in Washington that conducting counterterrorism requires finding targets, locating them, and eliminating them. “If you’re out of the country, and you don’t have the…
George Floyd’s Family: ‘We Got the Verdict We Wanted’
Siblings of George Floyd said Tuesday that they were grateful for the jury convicting former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of three charges including second-degree murder. “We got the verdict we wanted,” Terrence Floyd, one of Floyd’s brothers, told a press conference in Minnesota. “My brother’s not here. I’m grateful and I’m proud of him,”…
Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine May Trigger Shingles in Certain Patients: Study
The mRNA Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may trigger herpes zoster—or shingles—in certain patients after just one dose, a new study suggests.
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