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Removal from US blacklist shows that suppression moves lack legitimacy

Two more Chinese companies have successfully challenged US authorities' controversial moves to blacklist them, highlighting Washington's growing lack of legitimacy as it seeks to suppress global competitors through unilateral political means, company executives and industry experts said on Thursday. In February, the two companies were added to Washington's list of "Entities Identified as Chinese Military Companies Operating in the US", …

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Removal from US blacklist shows that suppression moves lack legitimacy

China Daily

By Cheng Yu | China Daily | Updated: 2024-12-20 07:21 Two more Chinese companies have successfully challenged US authorities' controversial moves to blacklist them, highlighting Washington's growing lack of legitimacy as it seeks to suppress global competitors through unilateral political means, company executives and industry experts said on Thursday. In February, the two companies were added to Washington's list of …

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Syria’s de facto new leader says it is not a threat to the West

The Independent

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4 days, 18 hours ago

Tata Steel facing a potential 27 million euro fine and withdrawal of its permit

NL Times

Tata Steel must significantly reduce emissions of harmful substances within eight weeks, otherwise the Noord-Holland steel manufacturer will be issued fines that could go up to 27 million euros. The environmental service also reported that it is "considering the step towards withdrawal of the permit" if Tata Steel's coking gas factory 2 still fails to meet the legal requirements in …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

Palestinian freedom cannot rest on the oppression of others

Al Jazeera

When injured Yahya Sinwar hurled a stick at the Zionist war machine, resisting even in the last moments of his life, he embodied the unbreakable Palestinian cause for liberation. Some now claim that Palestine’s cause is weakened by the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, that our struggle for liberation somehow relied on his iron grip over Syria. We know …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

MLC Sashil Namoshi raises fake Anubhava Mantapa painting issue

New Indian Express

BELAGAVI/ BENGALURU: BJP MLC Sashil Namoshi on Tuesday accused Vidhana Soudha authorities of displaying a “fake” painting of social reformer Sri Basavanna in the Anubhava Mantapa on Tuesday morning during Zero Hour. Namoshi revealed to TNIE that he had already written to the authorities, urging them to either obtain permission from Khande Rao or commission a new painting directly. This …

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1 week ago

Cannot Discriminate Against Children Born Out Of Void Marriages While Providing Compassionate Employment: Calcutta High Court

Live Law

The Calcutta High Court has held that in cases for providing compassionate employment, it is 'reprehensible' to consider the source of inception of a child's birth and discriminate against those who may have been born from a void marriage.Justice Ananya Bandopadhyay held: "The objective to grant compassionate appointment to redress financial constraints occasioned in a family in the event of. …

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1 week ago

Facing terror designations and sanctions, Syria’s new rulers push for international legitimacy

CNN

CNN — Syria’s new regime, led by a group with former ties to al Qaeda, is on a mission to gain international legitimacy – and it’s already seeing some success. On Sunday, he secured a meeting in Damascus with Geir Otto Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria, who said the international community will “hopefully see a quick end to …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Philippe Diallo re-elected president of the French Football Federation

The Hindu

Philippe Diallo was comfortably reelected president of the French Football Federation on Saturday. For the first time in France’s largest sports federation which boosts 2.4 million members, the presidents of amateur clubs could vote electronically along with the heads of professional clubs with 11,500 voters compared to fewer than 250 previously. During the campaign, Diallo highlighted his record within the …

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1 week, 3 days ago

More provocations lead to stronger countermeasures: Chinese defense ministry

China Daily

BEIJING -- China's Ministry of National Defense issued a stern warning to the Philippines on Friday, pledging stronger countermeasures against escalating provocations in the South China Sea. "From Ren'ai Jiao to Xianbin Jiao and from Houteng Jiao to Huangyan Dao, such repeated provocations have allowed the international community to see clearly who is undermining peace and stability in the South …

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1 week, 5 days ago

As Syria's rebels turn rulers, world turns HTS 'terrorists' into partners

Firstpost

As Syria’s rebel forces rise to power, the international community is faced with a stark dilemma with once-designated “terrorists” in HTS now being considered potential partners in the country’s future governance In a dramatic turn of events, the Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad collapsed with the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, once an Al Qaeda affiliate, taking control of the country. …

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1 week, 6 days ago

INDIA bloc to move Supreme Court against 'EVM tampering' in Maharashtra

India Today

The INDIA bloc is set to file a petition in the Supreme Court by Friday, challenging alleged irregularities in election procedures and the Standard Operating Procedures for Electronic Voting Machines in Maharashtra. The INDIA bloc's decision to approach the Supreme Court against the Election Commission was announced by Prashant Jagtap, leader of the Sharad Pawar NCP faction, who contested and …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

World Championship match with long series of games: still the best way to crown the king of world chess

The Hindu

A little over a week from now, we will witness the crowning of the World chess champion. Former World champion Garry Kasparov has said that he does not regard this match as the World Championship since the planet’s best player, Magnus Carlsen, is not competing. Kasparov argues that the World Championship is about finding the world’s best player and that …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore: Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh vs defending champion and China’s Ding Liren Game 10

The Hindu

A little over a week from now, we will witness the crowning of the World chess champion. The World title match, which resumes on Saturday after a day’s break, is still in the balance, with the defending champion Ding Liren proving all those top players who wrote him off — citing poor form and his mental health issues — wrong. …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Uttarkashi mosque row: High-level committee to investigate documents amidst escalating tensions

New Indian Express

DEHRADUN: A high-level committee has been constituted by the administration to investigate the documents of a mosque in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, which has been at the center of a controversy surrounding its legitimacy. A committee headed by Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Bhatwari, Mukesh Chand Ramola has been investigating the ownership of the land on which a mosque in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, is built. …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Candace Owens backs Russia against Ukraine's 'homosexual actor' president

Raw Story

While the Supreme Court's job is not to make decisions based on popularity contests, it relies on the other two branches of the federal government to enforce its rulings. "Faced with ethics controversies and a plunge in public trust, they were debating rules for their own conduct, according to people familiar with the process," The Times adds, revealing that "behind …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

SCOTUS ethics code debate split liberal and conservative justices amid ‘legitimacy crisis’

Raw Story

In 2005, President George W. Bush's nominee, John Roberts, became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. "Faced with ethics controversies and a plunge in public trust, they were debating rules for their own conduct, according to people familiar with the process," The Times adds, revealing that "behind the scenes, the court had divided over whether the justices’ new rules could …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Uttarkashi mosque row: Muslim organizations allege threats to mosque's legitimacy

New Indian Express

DEHRADUN: In a new twist in the ongoing campaign led by Hindutva organizations demanding the demolition of a mosque in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district, concerns have emerged from Muslim organizations. Following repeated demands from Hindu organizations, led by the Sanyukt Sanatan Dharma Rakshak Sangh, for the demolition of a 55-year-old mosque in Uttarkashi, Muslim petitioners sought protection from the High Court. …

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3 weeks ago

Malicious Ads in Search Results Are Driving New Generations of Scams

Wired

Malicious digital Instances of malvertising in the US were up 42 percent month-over-month in fall 2023 and increased another 41 percent from July to September of this year, according to data from the security firm Malwarebytes. Jérôme Segura, senior director of threat intelligence at Malwarebytes, emphasizes that a particularly effective place for potential victims to encounter malicious ads is in …

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3 weeks ago

Israel and the ICC: A legal scholar’s response to The Washington Post

Al Jazeera

The ICC’s arrest warrants for Gaza do not demonstrate its ‘bias’; rather, they redeem its legitimacy. There is no ICC “failure” to address crimes committed in Syria; rather, there is a Security Council failure to refer the Syria case to the ICC, as it did with Libya and Sudan. The Post uncritically reproduces a regular Israeli and US talking point: …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Letters to the Editor: Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough met with Trump. Why is that a bad thing?

LA Times

To the editor: I wish to disagree with columnist Lorraine Ali’s assessment, and those by many others, of MSNBC hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski’s decision to visit President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. At least Scarborough and Brzezinski are trying something new. To the editor: I recently tuned in to a CNN segment featuring journalist Dana Bash talking about neo-Nazis …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Saudi Arabia to host UN talks on drought, desertification

New Indian Express

Land degradation disrupts ecosystems and makes land less productive for agriculture, leading to food shortages and spurring migration. UNCCD executive secretary Ibrahim Thiaw told AFP he hoped COP16 would result in an agreement to accelerate land restoration and develop a "proactive" approach to droughts. "With the desertification fight, not necessarily directly contributing to the problem, whereas with climate change, it …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Elected Representatives Not Subordinate To Bureaucrats: Supreme Court Depracates 'Colonial Mindset' Of Administrative Authorities

Live Law

In a case concerning the illegal removal of a woman Sarpanch in Chhattisgarh from her office due to the high-handed actions by State government officers, the Supreme Court called out the "colonial mindset" of the administrative authorities.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that elected representatives cannot be treated as subordinates to bureaucrats. In a case …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Elected Representatives Not Subordinate To Bureaucrats: Supreme Court Depracates 'Colonial Mindset' Of Administrative Authorities

Live Law

In a case concerning the illegal removal of a woman Sarpanch in Chhattisgarh from her office due to the high-handed actions by State government officers, the Supreme Court called out the "colonial mindset" of the administrative authorities.A bench comprising Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that elected representatives cannot be treated as subordinates to bureaucrats. In a case …

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Removal from US blacklist shows that suppression moves lack legitimacy

Removal from US blacklist shows that suppression moves lack legitimacy

Syria’s de facto new leader says it is not a threat to the West

Tata Steel facing a potential 27 million euro fine and withdrawal of its permit

Palestinian freedom cannot rest on the oppression of others

MLC Sashil Namoshi raises fake Anubhava Mantapa painting issue

Cannot Discriminate Against Children Born Out Of Void Marriages While Providing Compassionate Employment: Calcutta High Court

Facing terror designations and sanctions, Syria’s new rulers push for international legitimacy

Philippe Diallo re-elected president of the French Football Federation

More provocations lead to stronger countermeasures: Chinese defense ministry

As Syria's rebels turn rulers, world turns HTS 'terrorists' into partners

INDIA bloc to move Supreme Court against 'EVM tampering' in Maharashtra

World Championship match with long series of games: still the best way to crown the king of world chess

World Chess Championship 2024 in Singapore: Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh vs defending champion and China’s Ding Liren Game 10

Uttarkashi mosque row: High-level committee to investigate documents amidst escalating tensions

Candace Owens backs Russia against Ukraine's 'homosexual actor' president

SCOTUS ethics code debate split liberal and conservative justices amid ‘legitimacy crisis’

Uttarkashi mosque row: Muslim organizations allege threats to mosque's legitimacy

Malicious Ads in Search Results Are Driving New Generations of Scams

Israel and the ICC: A legal scholar’s response to The Washington Post

Letters to the Editor: Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough met with Trump. Why is that a bad thing?

Saudi Arabia to host UN talks on drought, desertification

Elected Representatives Not Subordinate To Bureaucrats: Supreme Court Depracates 'Colonial Mindset' Of Administrative Authorities

Elected Representatives Not Subordinate To Bureaucrats: Supreme Court Depracates 'Colonial Mindset' Of Administrative Authorities