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Enlarge / Sen. Hassan urged the ESRB to review “the board’s ratings process and policies as they relate to loot boxes.” (credit: US Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire) Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) sent an open letter to the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) today urging the industry’s self-regulatory body to “review the completeness of […]
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Canadian gymnast Kyle Shewfelt says policies dealing with abuse in sports need to be strengthened to help prevent further incidents of sexual assault and other crimes against young athletes. The Olympic champion said Thursday that it was good that the Larry Nassar case in the United States has raised awareness about abuse but it needs […]
Demonstrators armed with pots and spoons have taken to the streets of Berlin to demand government changes which would benefit small farmers. It coincides with Berlin’s hosting of the world’s largest agricultural fair. Footage posted online by Ruptly showed the protesters marching through the streets carrying banners, some of which featured a photo of a […]
Published time: 1 Jan, 2018 01:42 Edited time: 1 Jan, 2018 02:51 Israel must “rethink” its aggressive “apartheid system” and honor the status of East Jerusalem as the future capital of a Palestinian state, President Mahmoud Abbas said on New Year’s Eve. “We will not accept the status quo. We will not accept the apartheid […]
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The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into the use of race in Harvard University’s admissions practices and has accused the university of failing to cooperate with the probe, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. WSJ.com: What’s News US
(credit: EPA) Researchers studying state-level climate policy in the US confirm what high school teachers already know: if you make an assignment voluntary and offer no incentives for completing it, no one’s gonna do it. In an assessment of 17 climate and energy policies enacted by US states between 1990 and 2014, researchers from Emory […]
Facebook announced new advertising transparency policies today that affect all ads on the network. In addition to letting all Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger users view any ad on a devoted page regardless of whether they’re in a targeted audience, the new policies also specifically target political ads. Facebook hopes to curb election interference like the […]
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Many of the economists and investors who feared Donald Trump’s harsh trade promises during the presidential campaign have taken umbrage at some of the administration’s lack of follow-through on the divisive issue. The president did abandon the long-negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement between 12 Pacific Rim nations, a move seen as deep blow to America’s global leadership, […]
