American Music Fairness Act is Back in Congress
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Algeria arrests relatives of wanted dissident: rights group
Algerian authorities have arrested the mother and sister of wanted activist Amira Bouraoui days after she left for France, a rights group and a radio reported on Sunday. Bouraoui, a French-Algerian doctor by training, had been arrested in Tunisia last week and risked being deported to Algeria, but she was finally able to board a …
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Twelve civilians killed in Burkina unrest
At least 12 civilian died and six were injured in an attack by suspected jihadists in northwestern Burkina Faso, near the border with Mali, locals told AFP on Sunday. “Several dozen men on motorbikes attacked the village of Sanakadougou” in Kossi province overnight Thursday and Friday, a resident told AFP, requesting anonymity. Residents said at …
Texans of Chinese descent fret that ‘dreams have been smashed’
By Moisés ÁVILA CORRECTS paragraph 11 to read eight years sted 18 With his hat, big belt buckle and cowboy boots, Ly looks the part of a Texan and even speaks with a twang. He’s served in the US Navy but on Saturday, he was doing battle on a different front — against a proposed …
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Corporate greenwashing ‘bad and getting worse’
By Marlowe HOOD An in-depth analysis published Monday of the climate action claims made by 24 multinationals with a combined income of $3 trillion shows that almost all are falling far short on their green promises. “Corporate greenwashing is a serious problem, and a growing one,” Gilles Dufrasne, co-author of the 2023 Corporate Climate Responsiblity …
US has had contacts with China over ‘spy balloon’: Pentagon
The United States has communicated with Beijing on the alleged Chinese surveillance balloon shot down on February 4, after Pentagon overtures were rebuffed for days, a defense official said Sunday. “There have been contacts made with the PRC on the high altitude balloon,” Assistant Secretary of Defense Melissa Dalton told reporters, referring to the People’s …
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Asian markets take fresh hit on rate hike worries
Asian equities fell again Monday on growing expectations that US interest rates will go much higher and for longer than previously thought. While inflation has been trending down for several months, data showing the jobs market remained very tight in January indicated the world’s top economy was still robust. The employment reading led a number …
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Israeli air strike hits Hamas complex in Gaza: military
Israel hit Gaza with air strikes on Monday in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave at the weekend, the army said, as unrest persisted in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent said one person was killed in a pre-dawn Israeli army raid in Nablus in the northern West Bank, the …
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