Pittsburgh , The year 2026 has been an expensive one for social media platforms. Can social media bans protect young people’s mental health? Research suggests bans aren’t the answer Since March, YouTube and Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, have settled or paid out in multiple lawsuits to the tune of more than … Read more
Britain’s Northern Ireland Secretary on Friday banned a contentious Protestant parade through a mostly Irish nationalist and Catholic district after a nearly two-week standoff. UK bans Protestant march in N. Ireland Catholic district The Parades Commission, Northern Ireland’s independent body regulating contentious processions, had authorised 35 Orangemen to march silently along the mostly Irish nationalist … Read more
US House bill proposes raising serious H-1B violation fines from $35,000 to $250,000 and extending employer bans from at least 3 years to 10 years as Washington’s visa crackdown intensifies. A Republican lawmaker in the US House has introduced legislation that would significantly increase the penalties facing employers found to have committed serious violations of … Read more
A homeowner in Parkville, a suburb of Baltimore, opened her mail one day to find an unexpected check for $234,368.25 (£176,000) made out to her. It was not a lottery prize or a bank mistake. Instead, it was a tactic used by a potential buyer who wanted to purchase her home without putting it on … Read more
Oregon student who went to South Korea on an exchange program was jailed there on charges of theft. His family seeks his release as South Korea bars his exit. A 20-year-old engineering student from Portland, Oregon, remained stuck in South Korea months after he was arrested during what his family described as a mental health … Read more
Trump said the outlets were banned over what he described as their repeated “FAKE NEWS” reporting about him and his administration. US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was banning 3 news outlets – CNN, MS NOW and Politico – from the White House, accusing them of repeatedly publishing what he called “FAKE NEWS”.Trump … Read more
Guinea’s media regulator banned French media outlet France 24 from broadcasting Thursday after a presenter called the country’s leader a “putschist president”. Guinea bans French TV outlet over ‘putschist president’ label The west African nation is ruled with an iron fist by President Mamady Doumbouya who first came to power via a coup, and dissenting … Read more
This Australian man is banned from Bali for 10 years after he was caught having sex in public. An Australian tourist has been deported from Bali and banned from entering Indonesia for 10 years after he was allegedly caught on CCTV engaging in a sex act with a woman outside a residential property in North … Read more
