The Trump administration announced that a framework deal has been established to allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States. It sets the stage for further discussions between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday.The Treasury Secretary confirmed that the two private parties involved have agreed upon the commercial terms of…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand lawmaker who was thrown out of Parliament for calling her opponents spineless during a fiery debate about a Palestinian state was ejected again on Wednesday when she refused to apologize for the remark. Chlöe Swarbrick, co-leader of the left-leaning Green Party and part of the opposition bloc,…
Massachusetts lawmakers and educators are pushing forward with a bill that, if passed into law, would ban cell phones in public schools statewide.”This legislation is not about punishing students, it’s about helping them succeed,” the President of the Framingham Teachers’ Association, Christine Mulroney, said.The ban would be bell-to-bell and would prohibit all cellphones and personal…
Hong Kong authorities have expressed “grave concern” and pledged to conduct a special audit of the maintenance capabilities of the MTR Corporation after services were disrupted two times in three months on the same line due to faults that left engineering trains stranded on the tracks. A lawmaker on Monday also called on the city’s…
An e-commerce industry leader has suggested that Hong Kong should consider allowing a popular quick payment operator to arbitrate online transactions amid the rising trend of internet shopping scams, while also urging buyers not to use bank accounts for purchases. The statement comes after police earlier revealed that the amount of money lost by Hongkongers…
As the stock market began to slide in the wake of President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement, Sen. Bernie Moreno offered a suggestion: Buy the dip. “I would go out and buy stocks today,” the Ohio Republican told reporters the day after Trump announced a 10% baseline tariff and a host of steeper “reciprocal”…
This is *** KCCI editorial. Finally, Iowa lawmakers in both chambers approved *** bill that would ban cell phone use while driving. The only exceptions would be voice activated or hands free use of cell phones. Governor Reynolds signed the bill into law this week. For years, various groups and people have been pushing hard…
Utah just became the first state to pass a law that makes app stores — rather than individual apps — responsible for verifying user ages. Google and Apple, the tech giants behind the two main app stores, have opposed the bill. But Meta, Snap, and X have praised the law, which Utah Gov. Spencer Cox…
Kentucky schools are getting support to keep students off their cellphones while in the classroom.The House unanimously passed House Bill 208, which would require all school districts to adopt a policy that prohibits cellphone use during class, with some exceptions.”We need to get our kids off their phones and into the classroom and fully engaged,”…
OKLAHOMA CITY — A state law keeping cell phones out of the classroom. That’s what one bill filed at the state capitol hopes to become next year. FOX23 told you several schools in Green Country have already adopted some sort of cell phone restriction policy for the school year. The bill wants every school district…