China’s slave fishermen
101 East investigates alleged human rights violations in China’s seafood industry. Fish caught by Chinese vessels and processed in Chinese factories end up on dinner plates around the world. China’s seafood industry is the world’s biggest, accounting for a fifth of international fishing trade. But onboard China’s ships and in its processing plants, alleged human Read More
Kenya police use tear gas, water cannon as hundreds protest over tax hikes
Controversial but watered-down finance bill that many fear will up cost of living is due to be debated in parliament. Police in Kenya have fired tear gas and used water cannon to disperse protesters gathering near parliament in the capital to demonstrate against planned tax hikes that many fear will worsen the cost-of-living crisis. Tense Read More
Ted Cruz leads Colin Allred by double digits in latest UT poll
The poll also showed House Speaker Dade Phelan with low approval rating among Texans after a heated primary battle.
Texas electricity demand could nearly double in six years, grid operator predicts
The prediction by ERCOT reflects a new way of counting future demand and a spike in requests to connect to the grid from large power users.
Biden donors put up $10 million in effort to compete with Trump campaign’s viral videos: report
President Biden’s allies have donated at least $10 million in an effort to compete against the Trump campaign’s prolific use of social media, according to a new report. Leaders at Biden’s top re-election super PAC, Future Forward USA Action, fear that the current president is losing the viral video war to Trump and his allies, Read More
NEET-UG 2024 row: SC issues notice to Centre, NTA, Opposition says reason behind paper leak is…
Supreme Court also stayed further proceedings on some pleas on NEET UG 2024 examination pending before different high courts in the country.
Big blow to CM Nitish Kumar as Patna HC overturns Bihar’s 65% quota increase for Dalits, Backward Classes, Tribals
The Patna High Court invalidated the Bihar government’s decision to increase quotas for Dalits, backward classes, and tribals.
Biden’s latest border order may embolden migrants to flout immigration laws, commit marriage fraud
Top immigration experts are hammering the Biden administration over its plan to establish so-called “parole-in-place” qualifications for illegal immigrant spouses of U.S. citizens. The idea of parole-in-place stemmed from a memo crafted by President Bill Clinton in 1998 and has been used since 2016 to categorize non-citizen immediate family members of U.S. service members. A Read More
White House ‘cheap fakes’ response to Biden videos part of push for social media censorship: expert
As the general election season nears, White House officials are dismissing as “cheap fakes” a series of viral videos circulating on social media that purport to show President Biden in declining mental acuity. But a conservative tech expert counters that the videos are genuinely troubling and that the Biden shop’s pushback is part of an Read More
‘Life and death’: House GOP faces mounting pressure to target DEI in medical schools
FIRST ON FOX: More than 50 conservative groups are urging the House of Representatives to vote on a bill to block medical schools from weighing diversity as an admissions factor. “Prioritizing the teaching of the political and social ideology at the heart of DEI, to the exclusion or expense of academic excellence, has life and Read More