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Washington — A federal appeals court upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the U.S. in the coming months if its Chinese parent company doesn’t sell its stake in the app, dealing another setback to the widely popular video-sharing service in its battle with the federal government. A panel of three judges from the […]
A United States federal appeals court has upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest itself of its popular short video app TikTok in the US by early next year or face a ban. The decision is a complete win for the Department of Justice and opponents of the app and a devastating blow to […]
A federal court in Washington, D.C., upheld a law requiring the sale or ban of TikTok today after the social media company filed a lawsuit against the federal government. In the lawsuit, TikTok argued that a bill Congress passed in April, which included a potential ban on the popular app, was a violation of First […]
For decades, South Korea has been one of the most important U.S. allies in Asia — not only because nearly 30,000 American troops are stationed there, but also because it stands as a beacon of democracy in a region where powerful authoritarian nations vie with democratic ones. President Biden has put a special emphasis on […]
Gold futures rise as the market digests the latest U.S. economic data and its consequences for interest-rate cuts. Futures rise 0.5% to $2,671.00 a troy ounce. Futures had initially pared gains after the release of the latest job openings and labor turnover survey, or Jolts, before recouping most losses. The report showed job openings in […]
Several federal and state agencies in the United States are investigating how racist mass texts were sent to Black people across the country in the wake of the presidential election this week. The text messages invoking slavery were sent to Black men, women and children, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other law enforcement departments. […]
WASHINGTON — Federal and state authorities are investigating racist text messages sent anonymously to Black Americans across the country this week telling them they should be enslaved, prompting widespread condemnations as well as warnings. The NAACP civil rights group said the messages urged recipients in multiple states, including Alabama, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia, to […]
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC said on Friday that it was a law abiding company and committed to complying with laws and regulations, including export controls, following a media report the U.S. government was probing their dealings with China’s Huawei. “If we have any reason to believe there are potential issues, we will take […]
[Alexander Hinton (@AlexLHinton) is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University. He is author or editor of sixteen books, including It Can Happen Here (NYU, 2021), The Justice Facade (Oxford, 2018), and the forthcoming Anthropological Witness: Lessons from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Cornell, 2022)] On 17 August 1946, as the […]
Crowds of Houthi supporters rallied in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, to condemn the attack by U.S. and U.K. forces, and to underscore their continued support for Palestinians. (NBC News) As the White House and 10 Downing Street deny genocide in Gaza, both imperialist states bomb Yemen, the most impoverished country in the West Asia region. Originally published […]