The United States is pursuing tariffs “of up to 100 percent on certain French products” after finding that France’s Digital Services Tax (DST) discriminates against U.S. companies. The U.S. Trade Representative reports “that the law deliberately targets U.S. companies” including “Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon.” In response, the U.S. is…
Leaked Chinese Government Documents Reveal Systematic Detention of Muslim Uighurs
November 27, 2019
Newly leaked classified documents from the Chinese government reveal their plans of systematic detention of Muslim Uighurs in China. Five Chinese government documents labeled with confidential secrecy were obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists “via a chain of exiled Uighurs”, and detail the government’s detention and indoctrination of…
Pennsylvania Governor Vetoes Down Syndrome Abortion Ban Bill
November 24, 2019
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has vetoed a new abortion bill which would have banned abortions where the “abortion is sought because the unborn child receives a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.” The bill, which had passed in the Pennsylvania House and Senate, would have banned abortions of this situation, but…
New Research Refutes Claim That Recent Amazon Fires Were ‘Normal’
November 22, 2019
New research out of the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Lancaster “refutes suggestions that August 2019 was a ‘normal’ fire month in the Amazon”. “[M]arked upturn in both active fire counts and deforestation” plus the fact the Amazon fires “occurred in the absence of a strong drought” disproves “the Brazilian…