LONDON (AP) — Britain’s agreement to hand Mauritius the Chagos Islands that are home to a strategic U.K.-American military base is on indefinite hold because U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has withdrawn its support for the deal. The British government acknowledged Saturday that legislation to ratify the agreement for the islands in the Indian Ocean…
Hong Kong authorities have repealed a law requiring bus passengers to wear seat belts through subsidiary legislation, after discovering it only applied to vehicles registered since late January. The government gazetted the Road Traffic (Safety Equipment) (Amendment) Regulation 2026 on Friday, which repeals section 8D requiring passengers to wear seat belts. Section 8D stipulated that…
The focus on Shein — and to a lesser extent, Temu — creates a false binary, Ufodiama continues. “In reality, fashion brands at all parts of the pricing spectrum operate with pretty much the same models. The legacy high street retailers were once celebrated for their design-to-shop floor two-week cycles, then the digital disruptors came in the…
Did you know that making one cotton t-shirt uses around 2,700 liters of water, around the amount that a person drinks in three years? Fast fashion may offer cheap, on-trend clothes, but it also generates an annual 12kg of textile waste per person in Europe, only 1 percent of which is recycled to make new garments. The…
SCHOFIELD (WSAW) — After passing the state Senate, a bill to ban cell phone use in school districts across the state is headed to Governor Tony Evers. The bill would require school boards across the state to implement new cell phone policies. If signed by Gov. Evers, the policy would ban non-educational wireless devices like…
It’s a little after 9:30 a.m. on a recent weekday, and hair-netted workers at the Alhambra Unified School District’s central production kitchen are boxing up the last of 350 handmade sushi rolls for the city’s three high schools. The spicy tuna rolls, redolent of cooked fish blended with sriracha and mayonnaise, are a popular lunch…
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Hundreds of AI apps and sites can now easily make fake pornography from photos of anyone, including children. Three women in Minneapolis tell CNBC how a close friend made explicit imagery of them using a “nudify” tool. Often marketed as simple face-swappers,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — An emerging TikTok deal with China will ensure that U.S. companies control the algorithm that powers the app’s video feed and Americans will hold a majority of seats on a board overseeing U.S. operations, the White House said Saturday. A central question to the tug of war between Washington and Beijing has…
When Jefferson County students return to school next week, they will no longer be allowed access to their cell phones and other personal electronic devices during the school day. To comply with a new state law, the county’s school districts have implemented bans on student cell phone use throughout the school day. Gov. Mike Kehoe…
Halfpoint Images | Moment | Getty Images Consumers are racing to buy electric vehicles before a fast-approaching deadline to claim tax credits worth up to $7,500, according to auto analysts. Legislation championed by Republicans on Capitol Hill and signed by President Donald Trump in July eliminates the tax breaks — available for new, used and…