Facing manpower shortages, officials have scrapped a measure to pull servicemen from the front lines after extended periods.
Environment
San Francisco Chronicle – Court upholds $25.2 million in damages in Bayer Roundup herbicide cancer case
A federal appeals court upheld $25.2 million in damages Friday for a Bay Area man who contracted cancer after spraying Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide on his property for more than 26 years, the first federal court […]
Geopolitics
Al Jazeera – Meta profits as ads promote illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank
‘Facebook has platformed more than 100 paid advertisements promoting illegal settlements and far-right settler activity in the occupied West Bank, an Al Jazeera investigation has found, raising concerns that the social media giant is profiting from content […]
Corruption
The Guardian: EU relaxation of diesel emission limits was illegal, court rules
Once again the undemocratic European Commission had set the interests of coporations above those of its citizens. Neo-liberalism and regulatory capture march on in Europe. Read here
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