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Saudi human rights commission interviews detainees, including women’s rights activists, over alleged torture, report says
REUTERS/Susan Baaghil Saudi Arabia’s human rights commission is investigating the alleged torture of women’s rights activists including accusations of electrocution and waterboarding, the Wall Street Journal reported. Citing government officials and other people familiar with the activists’ situation, the US publication said Saud al-Qahtani, a close adviser to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), had overseen “some aspects of the torture”, […]
'Shortseller Enrichment Commission’? Musk mocks SEC over fraud probe
While things aren’t on the up-and-up for eccentric entrepreneur Elon Musk, ousted as Tesla chairman and sued by a US agency for fraud over scandalous tweets, he’s now put Twitter in overdrive with an act certain to invite trouble. Musk appears to have run afoul of the $ 20 million settlement he recently reached with […]
Alex Jones’ flagship radio station shut down by Federal Communications Commission
The US communications regulator has shut down Alex Jones’ flagship radio station and slapped it with a $ 15,000 fine. A lawsuit filed in the US District Court in Austin this week accuses Liberty Radio of operating without federal consent since at least 2013, the Austin American-Statesman reports. The Austin-based station has been solely streaming […]
Grand Strategy Gets A Little Dirty In Organized Crime Sim The Commission
The grand strategy genre tends to operate on a big scale: centuries of history, global war and politics, galactic conquest. The Commission is approaching the genre through a smaller lens, instead focusing on a single city and placing you in control of mafia family operations in the 1920s. As the Don of your mob family, […]
Funding NGOs & stirring dissent: Russian special commission exposes election meddling by US
A special commission report on foreign meddling in the 2018 presidential election has been unveiled in Russia’s Upper House. The document highlighted the main methods of the elaborate campaign, spearheaded by the US. The report, presented on Wednesday in Russia’s Upper House (the Senate), was prepared by the Commission for State Sovereignty Protection in cooperation […]
McLaren 570S Spider Canada Commission is for our northern neighbors
McLaren’s MSO custom division seems to stay quite busy. Every few months they seem to have a new special configuration to offer buyers. Sometimes they’re a bit silly or unimpressive, but other times they create something really unique and cool. This McLaren 570S Spider falls into the latter category. It’s called the Canada Commission, and […]
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox HQ in London raided by European Commission
The British headquarters of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox has been raided by investigators from the European Commission (EC) over possible breaches of antitrust rules. The EC confirmed media reports on Tuesday that they carried out an “unannounced inspection” of the company over concerns that they may have violated EU antitrust rules that prohibit cartels. […]
Child advocates want U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate YouTube
Child advocates and consumer groups are asking the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate and impose potentially billions of dollars of penalties on Google for allegedly violating children’s online privacy and allowing ads to target them.
European Commission says still no agreement with Poland over court system overhaul
Frans Timmermans, the first vice-president of the European Commission, said Monday that a change of government in Warsaw has led to better dialogue as the two sides seek to resolve a dispute over an overhaul of the court system in Poland. However, there is still no agreement, according to the official. “For too long we […]
