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More than 60 Labour MPs urge PM to ban social media for under-16s
More than 60 Labour MPs have called on the prime minister to impose a ban on under-16s access to social media platforms.In a open letter to Sir Keir Starmer...
Ban for teacher who criticised colleague to parent
A teacher has been struck off after a panel found she suggested to a parent that colleagues were targeting their child.Erin Dempsey taught the pupil history at Furze Platt...
US lifts import ban on Malaysian palm oil firm FGV Holdings
[KUALA LUMPUR] The United States has lifted a ban on Malaysian palm oil firm FGV Holdings, after finding that the company had taken sufficient action to address allegations of...
EU chief urges Iran to free imprisoned protesters, lift internet ban
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday called for the release of all imprisoned protesters in Iran and for full restoration of internet access in the country."Tehran's...
Wyoming Supreme Court Overturns Country’s First Abortion Pill Ban
March 12, 2025: Greenland’s parliamentary elections result in a massive win for the pro-independence movement. The center-right Demokraatit Party, which supports a local business-driven approach to gaining independence, wins...
Australia introduces social media ban for young people
Australia has become the first country in the world to introduce a social media ban for children and young people under the age of 16.They are no longer allowed...
Trump Plans to Use Travel Ban for Chilling New Immigration Rule
The countries named in the ban were Afghanistan, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. Partial restrictions were placed on...
China suspends ban on exports of gallium, germanium, antimony to US
[BEIJING] China has suspended a ban on approving exports of “dual-use items” related to gallium, germanium, antimony and super-hard materials to the US, the commerce ministry said on Sunday...
Leading AI company to ban kids from long chats with its bots amid growing concern about the technology
Character.AI, a platform for creating and chatting with artificial intelligence chatbots, plans to start blocking minors from having “open-ended” conversations with its virtual characters.The major change comes as the...
When a Crackdown Involving the I.R.A. Backfired, Comically, in “The Ban”
In Dublin in 1981, at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis—an annual convention for what was widely regarded as the Irish Republican Army’s political wing—Danny Morrison, who had become Sinn...
