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Judge Rules Starbucks Illegally Fired Workers After Unionizing

On Wednesday, US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) judge Michael Rosas ruled that Starbucks had illegally fired seven workers in New York in an alleged retaliation against unions and ordered the former employees' reinstatement....

Metaculus

India: Court Orders Bipartisan Panel to Select Election Officers

India's Supreme Court has ordered the creation of an independent panel to appoint members of the Election Commission. It will include the prime minister, chief justice, and either the leader of the opposition in the lower house of parliament or the opposition party with the highest number of hous...

Politics

Report: Half of Sri Lankan Families Are Reducing Children's Food Intake

Child rights charity Save the Children published a report on Thursday urging the Sri Lankan government and the international community to immediately take action to prevent the country's children from 'becoming a lost generation.' It found that half of the nation's families have had to reduce chi...

Economic conditions & trends

NFL: Judge Allows Brian Flores' Lawsuit to Proceed

The National Football League (NFL) and three of its teams must face trial after a judge rejected the option of arbitration to settle former head coach and current Vikings’ defensive coordinator Brian Flores’ accusation of discriminatory hiring practices....

Metaculus

Finland Building Fence on Russian Border

On Tuesday, Finland — worried about a surge in Russians fleeing the country — started construction of a 124-mile (200 km), 10-foot (3 m) tall barbed-wire fence along its land border with Russia, covering 'riskier areas' such as border crossings....

Politics

New York City to Pay Millions to George Floyd Protesters

New York City has agreed to pay $21.5K to at least 200 protesters who were detained, arrested, or met with force by police during a June 4, 2020 demonstration protesting the death of George Floyd. It will pay another $21.5k each to cover legal costs, and $2.5k to defendants given court tickets, t...

United States of America

UK Navy Intercepts 'Iran Missiles' Likely Headed for Yemen

The British Royal Navy said on Thursday that it had seized anti-tank missiles and fins for ballistic missile assemblies during a raid on a small boat heading from Iran. It added that the boat was likely headed to Yemen in the Gulf of Oman when it was raided on Feb. 23....

Yemen

US House Panel Approves Bill Allowing Biden to Ban TikTok

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted 24 to 16 on Wednesday to give Pres. Joe Biden the power to ban TikTok, the social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance....

China

FAA Nominee Washington Receives Senate Hearing

Phil Washington — the current CEO of Denver International Airport — has testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation almost eight months after Pres. Joe Biden nominated him to head up the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The delay in the hearing has lef...

Politics

Pakistan: Top Court Orders Elections in Two Provinces

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that assembly elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces must be held within the next 90 days....

Pakistan

Dominion Lawsuit: Murdoch Says Fox Hosts Endorsed False Election Claims

Fox News' controlling owner, Rupert Murdoch, admitted that some of the network's broadcasters endorsed false claims regarding the 2020 Election results. Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox for $1.6B claiming the network made false allegations about the ballot technology company that hurt their b...

Lawsuits

US Marshals Service Hit With Ransomware Attack

The United States Marshals Service announced it was hit with a ransomware attack on Feb. 17. The agency called the attack — in which malware locks up computer systems until a ransom is paid — a “major incident.”...

Air travel

Supreme Court Skeptical of Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan

The conservative-majority US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Tuesday voiced skepticism over whether it’s within Pres. Joe Biden’s authority to implement his plan for student loan forgiveness by treating it as part of the COVID emergency.

Politics

Russia Launches Rescue Ship to International Space Station

Russia's unmanned 'rescue' spacecraft, which launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Thursday, has arrived in orbit on its mission to return one American and two Russian astronauts from the International Space Station. They were originally intended to ride Soyuz MS-22 back to Earth...

Russia

Australia Plans to Limit Early Access to Retirement Funds, Cut Tax Breaks

On Thursday, Australia's center-left Labor Party government announced plans to change superannuation rules, reportedly including restricting early access to funds and limiting tax breaks for high-earners. The changes come as pressure continues to mount on the federal budget....

Money

Israel Airstrikes Follow Gaza Rockets After West Bank Raid

A day after an Israeli raid in the West Bank resulted in at least 11 Palestinians being killed and over 100 injured on Wednesday, militants in Gaza fired rockets into Israel. In response, Israel's military conducted airstrikes reportedly targeting a weapons manufacturing site belonging to Hamas.

Military

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner Subpoenaed by Special Counsel

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, the daughter and son-in-law of former Pres. Donald Trump, have reportedly been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith as part of his investigation into the Jan. 6 riots and the days leading up to that day.

Politics

App Designed to Protect Children Online Gets £1.8M EU Funding

The development of a new app intended to work in real-time — using artificial intelligence to identify potential child sexual abuse material online and stop users from seeing it — has received £1.8M ($2.16M) of funding from the EU.

World

BOE: Brexit Has Cost UK Economy $29B in Lost Investment

Bank of England (BoE) policy maker Jonathan Haskel said Monday that Brexit has cost the UK £29B ($35B US) — or £1K per household — in lost investment. The assessment came in an interview about Britain's position as an "extreme outlier" in terms of productivity.

Money

China Says it Recently Detected US Spy Balloons

China on Monday accused the US of flying high-altitude balloons over PRC airspace without permission at least 10 times since early last year. Wang Wenbin, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said, "It is nothing rare for U.S. balloons to illegally enter other countries’ airspace."

Military

Israel Legalizes Nine West Bank Settlement Outposts

The new Israeli government on Sunday approved the legalization of nine Jewish settlements in the West Bank that had previously been considered unauthorized outposts. Tel Aviv also announced plans to build new settlement homes.

Politics

12 Al-Shabaab Fighters Killed in Airstrike, US Military Says

The US military said Sunday that it killed 12 al-Shabaab fighters in a "collective self-defense" airstrike in central Somalia amid the federal government's efforts to recapture territories from the Islamist militants.

Military

Day 354: Ukraine Says Russian Soldier Death Rate Highest Since First Week of War

After Ukraine reported ‘massive’ shelling from Russian forces on Friday and continuing into Saturday, Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, ruled out peace talks with Russia, saying they’re ‘out of the question.’

Ukraine-Russia

FBI Finds Another Classified Document at Pence's Home

After he delivered two boxes of classified material to the bureau more than three weeks ago, the FBI on Friday discovered one additional classified document and six unclassified records at the home of former VP Mike Pence.

Politics

Turkey Earthquake: Death Toll Surpasses 7K

One of the largest earthquakes to hit the region in nearly a century — with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale — has killed thousands of people, destroyed infrastructure, and leveled thousands of buildings after striking early Monday morning in southern Turkey and northern Syria.

World