Category: forced
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Shein’s London float in jeopardy as MPs denounce ‘disrespect’ over forced labour questions
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Shen’s ambitions to list on the London Stock Exchange have come under renewed doubt after the fast-fashion giant came under fire by MPs for repeatedly failing to address concerns about its cotton sourcing and alleged forced labor in Xinjiang. The China-founded retailer, which hopes to secure a UK flotation this…
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Mark Cuban Calls Healthcare Pricing ‘Horrific’– Says Hospitals and Doctors Are ‘Sub Prime Lenders’ Forced To Raise Prices To Cover Losses
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Mark Cuban calls health care prices ‘horrible’ — and says hospitals and doctors are ‘prime lenders’ — but suggests a way to fix things Mark Cuban doesn’t hold back when it comes to his thoughts on the US health care system. On Bluesky, on December 10, he explained exactly why…
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TikTok appeals to US Supreme Court in last-ditch attempt to halt forced sell-off or ban
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TikTok has filed a final appeal with the US Supreme Court in a last-ditch effort to block the implementation of a new US law that could force the platform’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell the popular video app or face a nationwide ban. ByteDance and TikTok filed an emergency…
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Venezuela’s Gonzalez says he was forced to sign letter accepting court ruling of Maduro victory By Reuters
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CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, who ran against President Nicolas Maduro in July’s election, said on Wednesday he was forced to sign a letter accepting a ruling from the country’s highest court that recognized Maduro’s victory. “Either I sign or I face the consequences,” he said in…
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Your rights in forced land acquisition by State for public plans
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Kenyan law allows public bodies to compulsorily purchase private land for public purposes including roads, airports, schools and public utilities such as electricity and water. Although the ability to compulsorily purchase land for basic infrastructure is undoubtedly a crucial development tool for the state, this ability is not absolute. It…
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Jasper National Park fire forced 25,000 to flee to safety
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A fast-moving wildfire in the Canadian Rockies that has forced 25,000 people to flee raged through the nearly deserted town of Jasper overnight, officials said Thursday, with flames rising above treetops and destroying up to half of its structures. There were no immediate reports of injuries, after a mass evacuation…
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Russian duo confess to cyber heist that forced $500 million in ransom payments
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Two Russian nationals have pleaded guilty to their roles in ransomware attacks in the United States, Asia, Europe and Africa on behalf of the notorious hacking gang known as LockBit. Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov And Mikhail Vasiliev They admitted to helping spread the ransomware variant, which first appeared in 2020. It…
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Heathrow forced into bigger cut of passenger landing fees
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Heathrow Airport has been forced to cut the landing fees it charges airlines after the competition regulator intervened. The Civil Aviation Authority has announced that the maximum landing fee will be set at around £23.73 per passenger next year and £23.71 in 2026, about 6% lower than initially expected. In…
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink forced a pregnant employee to work with herpes-infected monkeys: lawsuit
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Elon Musk’s brain-implant startup Neuralink Corp. forced an employee to work with monkeys carrying the herpes B virus in conditions where the animals scratched her bare skin, according to a complaint filed Friday in California state court. Employee Lindsay Short said that once she moved to the company’s Fremont, California,…
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Easy Life band forced to rebrand following legal battle with EasyGroup
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The band formerly known as Easy Life was rebranded as Hard Life after a legal dispute with EasyGroup, owners of the airline brand EasyJet. The Leicester-based indie band, which was founded in 2017, made the announcement to coincide with the release of their new single “Tears”. Frontman Murray Matravers expressed…