raymondpert

raymondpert, 2 months ago to Mexico

Mexico says it will not accept migrants deported by Texas under new state law

> #Mexico will not accept #migrants deported by Texas, its foreign ministry said after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a controversial law that allows Texas police to arrest people suspected of crossing into the state illegally.

> The foreign ministry issued the statement Tuesday, condemning Texas Senate Bill 4, which makes it a criminal offense to illegally cross in to #Texas
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/03/20/mexico-rejects-Texas-migrant-deporation-law/7351710905416/ #migration

raymondpert, 2 months ago to Israel

Seaborne aid reaches Gaza population

> While 200 metric tons of food have been distributed to #Gaza residents and more is on the way, experts warn it won’t make up for blocked land routes.
https://www.politico.eu/article/aid-sent-via-cyprus-sea-corridor-reaches-gaza-population/ #GazaWar #Israel

raymondpert, 2 months ago to hongkong

Hong Kong passes a new security law that toughens punishment of dissent : NPR

> #HongKong lawmakers have passed new national security legislation that carries severe punishment for a broad range of offenses, including life imprisonment for acts deemed to be insurrection.
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/19/1239403058/hong-kong-new-article-23-national-security-legislation #China

raymondpert, 2 months ago to random

Afghanistan: Top ex-generals blame Biden for Kabul chaos

> The top two #US generals who oversaw the evacuation of #Afghanistan as it fell to the #Taliban in August 2021 blamed the Biden administration for the chaotic departure, telling lawmakers Tuesday that it inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/top-former-u-s-generals-say-failures-of-biden-administration-in-planning-drove-chaotic-fall-of-kabul-1.6813850

raymondpert, 2 months ago to apple

Judge denies Apple's attempt to dismiss a class-action lawsuit over AirTag stalking

> A judge has denied Apple's motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit claiming that stalkers are using its AirTag devices to track victims — and that the tech giant hasn't done enough to prevent them.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/judge-denies-apples-attempt-dismiss-class-action-lawsuit-108284440 #AirTag #Apple #lawsuit #stalking

raymondpert, 2 months ago to random

Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in New York following a statewide order

> Contraceptives will be available without a prescription in #NewYork under an order signed by state health officials on Tuesday. The move is part of New York Gov. #KathyHochul's mission to bolster reproductive rights at a time when its restricted in other parts of the country.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/contraceptives-prescription-new-york-statewide-order-108288533 #reproductiverights #womensrights #contraception #US

raymondpert, 2 months ago to Toronto

Bed bugs in Ontario worst in Canada: Orkin

> Ranked number one for the seventh year in a row: #Toronto.

> The following four cities were all in #Ontario. In second place, #Sudbury moved up from third, followed by #Oshawa, #Hamilton and #Ottawa. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/top-5-worst-places-for-bed-bugs-in-canada-all-located-in-one-province-1.6813329 #Canada #BedBugs

raymondpert, 2 months ago to Philippines

Blinken meets Marcos, stresses ‘ironclad’ support for Philippines in South China Sea

> U.S. Secretary of State #AntonyBlinken spoke about a “new horizon of cooperation” as he met with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Manila on Tuesday to lay the groundwork for a three-way summit next month with leaders of the United States and Japan.
https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/philippine/blinken-in-philippines-pledges-support-for-manila-03192024060020.html #Philippines #SouthChinaSea #China #southeastasia #TootSEA #US

raymondpert, 2 months ago to Israel

Indonesian medics enter Gaza for emergency medical support

> An Indonesian medical team has entered #Gaza as part of an emergency deployment led by the World Health Organization.

> The Indonesian NGO organizing the volunteers said on Tuesday that the team of 11 doctors and nurses is now in #Rafah and will work at a hospital in the city for at least two weeks.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2479241/world #GazaWar #Israel #WHO #Indonesia

raymondpert, 2 months ago to edinburgh

Delta pilot jailed for being over alcohol limit before New York flight

> An American pilot, caught over the alcohol limit before he was due to fly a passenger plane from #Edinburgh to #NewYork, has been jailed for 10 months.

> Lawrence Russell, 63, was searched by airport security officers at about 09:15 on 16 June last year.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-68606629 #alcohol #airlines #pilot #DeltaAirlines

raymondpert, 2 months ago to random

#US - Ex-police officer sentenced to 20 years in Mississippi torture case

> Former #Mississippi police officer Hunter Elward has been sentenced to 20 years for his role in torturing two #black men in their own home.

> Elward is the first of six officers due to be sentenced this week.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68606973

raymondpert, 2 months ago to Japan

Bank of Japan scraps radical policy, makes first rate hike in 17 years

> The Bank of Japan (BOJ) ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy on Tuesday, making a historic shift away from its focus on reflating growth with decades of massive monetary stimulus.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/japan-poised-end-negative-rates-closing-era-radical-policy-2024-03-18/ #Japan #economy

raymondpert, 2 months ago to Volkswagen

Workers at Tennessee Volkswagen factory ask for vote on representation by United Auto Workers union

> #Volkswagen's factory in Chattanooga, #Tennessee, is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers' effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/workers-tennessee-volkswagen-factory-vote-representation-united-auto-108242199 #UAW #unions #labor #unionstrong

raymondpert, 2 months ago to uk

The #UK's contentious plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is close to clearing Parliament

> The British government hopes one last push can revive its stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to #Rwanda. A bill aimed at overcoming a U.K. Supreme Court block on deportation flights returns to the House of Commons on Monday and could be passed into law within days.
https://apnews.com/article/uk-migrants-rwanda-plan-parliament-1e2c218836c865350225ac336c70203f #migration #immigration