The Palestinian Liberation Organization has accused US of a new level of pressure and of being ‘spiteful’ after the family of its envoy had their visas annulled following the closure of the PLO office. Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the PLO’s executive committee, said on Sunday that the US “has taken its attempts to pressure […]
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Trump revokes clearance of former CIA chief Brennan
President Donald Trump has revoked the security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan, saying he used his access to classified data to “sow division and chaos” about the Trump administration, the White House has announced. The Trump administration is also looking into revoking the clearances of a number of former officials, including former FBI […]
Aeroflot Revokes Elite Privileges for Pugnacious Passengers
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Mexico revokes Monsanto’s permit to market GMO soy
Published time: 24 Nov, 2017 11:45 The US agrochemical company Monsanto said Mexico’s agriculture sanitation authority SENASICA had revoked its permit to commercialize genetically modified soy in seven states. The company criticized the decision as unjustified. According to Monsanto, the permit had been withdrawn on unwarranted legal and technical grounds. It has warned that it […]
DeVos Revokes Campus Rape Rules
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Friday that she would rescind the Obama administration’s guidelines on campus sexual assault, part of an effort to strengthen protections for accused students. The department will replace the Obama-era directives with new standards that “emphasize the importance of fairness and impartiality,” a senior department official told reporters Friday, echoing a […]
‘Dangerous precedent’? Israel revokes citizenship of Arab-Israeli terrorist for 1st time
Israel has for the first time in its history stripped an Arab-Israeli of his citizenship. The move is in response to a car-ramming and stabbing attack that left four people injured two years ago. Human rights groups were quick to criticize the measure as setting a dangerous precedent. Alaa Raed Ahmad Zayoud’s Israeli citizenship was […]