Door knocks and DNA tests: How the Trump administration plans to keep tabs on 450,000 migrant kids
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is conducting a nationwide, multi-agency review of 450,000 migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border without their parents during President Joe Biden’s term. Trump officials say they want...
Teary-eyed accuser rips into Harvey Weinstein at rape retrial
MANHATTAN (CN) — Miriam “Mimi” Haley, a former TV production assistant accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, tore into the disgraced Hollywood film mogul on the witness stand Friday during cross-examination at Weinstein’s New York rape retrial. “Don’t...
Gulf of TBD: The crusade to change a 500-year-old name
(CN) — What’s in a name? Sometimes, a whole lot of bureaucratic and diplomatic headaches. Look no further than President Donald Trump’s first-day executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico, which has caused a wave of aftershocks both domestically and...
Lawyers probe ‘dire’ conditions for Meta content moderators in Ghana
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) — Lawyers are probing “dire” workplace conditions for Meta content moderators in Ghana, attorneys involved in the investigation told AFP, in what could turn into the latest dispute over the social media giant’s labor practices in...
Israel condemned at ICJ over Gaza, accused of drone attack on aid ship near Malta
(CN) — International condemnation of Israel mounted on Friday after a humanitarian vessel carrying aid and activists heading to the besieged Gaza Strip was attacked by drones and disabled off the coast of Malta. The attack on the Conscience, a vessel operated by...
Trump taps Tennessee state attorney for Sixth Circuit in first judicial appointment
WASHINGTON (CN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he had nominated Whitney Hermandorfer, a Tennessee state attorney and former Supreme Court clerk, to become a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The nomination, which...
‘Alarming deterioration’ of US press freedom under Trump, says Reporters Without Borders
PARIS (AFP) — Media rights group Reporters Without Borders warned Friday about “an alarming deterioration in press freedom” in the United States under President Donald Trump as well as “unprecedented” difficulties for independent journalists...
TikTok fined $600 million in EU over China data transfer
DUBLIN (AFP) — TikTok was hit with a massive EU fine of 530 million euros ($600 million) Friday, accused of sending personal data of Europeans to China and failing to guarantee it was shielded from access by Chinese authorities. The Chinese-owned social media giant,...
UK court rejects Prince Harry’s security appeal
LONDON (AFP) — Prince Harry on Friday lost his appeal to restore his full U.K. police protection when visiting Britain — a blow to the estranged royal, who had said that the safety of his family was at risk. King Charles III’s youngest son, also known as the...