A Virginia resident is suing Amazon for privacy violations after the e-commerce company’s Ring video doorbell camera allegedly used facial recognition technology to record and store images of his face without his consent. Charles Sigwalt, who filed a lawsuit on Monday in Seattle federal court, where Amazon has one of its headquarters, alleges that Ring’s …
WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on Tuesday that the Trump administration does not want to force Afghans currently stranded in Qatar to return to Afghanistan and has spoken with at least five countries who are open to receiving them. More than 1,100 people have been held at …
June 2 (Reuters) – The United States issued new Iran-related sanctions on Tuesday, targeting individuals and crypto exchanges, a notice on the Treasury Department website showed. The U.S. sanctioned four Iranian nationals and four Iran-based digital asset exchanges Nobitex, Bitpin, Ramzinex and Wallex, the Treasury said. Foreign financial institutions and individuals may also be sanctioned if …
Remote work, once seen largely as a pandemic-era perk, is hurting young workers’ employment prospects, economists say. Work-from-home arrangements account for 64% of the jump in unemployment among young college graduates since the pandemic, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. It’s harder for managers to train and mentor young workers when …
June 2 (Reuters) – Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno said on Tuesday the country intends to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and will present its application on Wednesday in Paris. The CPTPP is a free trade accord among 12 countries. It was first established in 2018 among Australia, Brunei, Canada, …
June 2 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian forces could again launch a massive attack on Ukraine on Tuesday evening. “According to our intelligence, another large-scale attack may occur tonight,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address after overnight attacks by Russia’s military killed 22 people across the country. “Please, I strongly urge …
MEXICO CITY, June 2 (Reuters) – Mexican authorities have arrested an alleged cartel figure tied to the killing of workers at Canadian miner Vizsla Silver early this year, officials said on Tuesday, a case that highlighted security risks facing mine workers and foreign mining companies operating in Mexico. • Mexico’s defense ministry said the suspect, …
A flesh-eating New World screwworm was recently detected in Mexico just 25 miles from the United States border, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The encounter was the closest to U.S. soil since at least last September, federal data shows. The screwworm was found in a 5-year-old goat on Thursday in Mexico’s Coahuila state, …
Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston has to create a detransition clinic for transgender patients by this summer and keep a list of “potential” gender affirming care patients, according to new details released Monday by the Texas Attorney General’s Office. According to a 10-page list of settlement terms, requested by The Texas Tribune, Texas Children’s has …
LONDON (AP) — The fatal stabbing of a British teenager who was handcuffed by police while his killer stood nearby erupted into a debate Tuesday about policing, race and knife crime. The killing of Henry Nowak, 18, happened in December, but the story got renewed attention after the killer was sentenced to life with a …