The chief executive officers of Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Apple Inc. will testify on July 27 before a congressional panel investigating competition in the technology industry, according to an announcement from the House Judiciary Committee.Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook are likely to face a torrent of critical questions from lawmakers on the panel s antitrust subcommittee as the investigation builds a case for revamping antitrust enforcement.
DHARAMSHALA, July 5: Indian Americans, Tibetans and members of the Taiwanese community held a protest against China at Times Square, New York on Friday. Their statement sought diplomatic isolation and economic boycott of the CCP and urged PM Modi, President Trump, and PM Shinzo Abe to lead a global coalition against China.Jagdish Sewhani, President of the American Indian Public Affairs Committee, said that as the international community battled with COVID 19, China chose to show its true intentions by displaying aggression against its neighbours including India. I say it rogue, because the way China is treating people in Hong Kong, repression against the peace loving people of Tibet. And now it is doing the same against the Muslims Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China. Its entire population is under constant surveillance, and now it wants to convert the entire world into a surveillance state, remarked the president.
Despite the ongoing rift within his party, Oli on Saturday evening warned his cabinet members to embrace themselves for the worst, asking them to decide on ”whose side they would perform ” hinting at the possible split of the party.Oli also deferred the Central Standing Committee meeting, which was scheduled to take place on Saturday morning, till July 6 (.i.e. Monday), raising suspicion amid the party factions. Despite the heaving political drama in the country, the parliamentary session has been prorogued on Thursday without any clue as to when it will resume.
Progressive activist Mitchell Stollberg died at the age of 66, following a struggle with cancer and other health issues. Born in the Bronx in 1954, Stollberg became an activist, like so many gay men, in response to the AIDS epidemic of the 80s and 90s. His involvement in LGBT activism and progressive politics only intensified after he moved to South Florida. In his last decade Stollberg served in many political committees and activist groups and was an unsuccessful candidate for Oakland Park City Commissioner in 2016.
PARIS: France on Tuesday accused Iran of holding French Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah only for political aims, after the judiciary upheld a five year jail sentence against her. Adelkhah, a prominent anthropologist specializing in Shia Islam, was arrested in Tehran on June 5, 2019, and has been held behind bars ever since. We condemn this decision by the Iranian authorities who persist in holding Mrs.Fariba Adelkhah only for political aims, in the absence of any serious evidence or fact, the foreign ministry said in a statement. We remain determined to secure the release of our compatriot, it added. In May Adelkhah had been ordered to serve five years in prison after being convicted on national security charges. Iran s judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili confirmed Tuesday that the sentence had been upheld. She will serve five years including time served since her arrest, Esmaili told journalists. The French foreign ministry said this could only have a negative impact on relations and substantially reduces the confidence between our two countries. A France based support committee for Adelkhah denounced the ruling as a parody of justice. It called for her release, especially given the spread of COVID 19 in Iran, with Adelkhah still weak after a 49 day hunger strike she waged from December to February. Relations between Tehran and Paris have deteriorated in the past year. Both were parties to the landmark 2015 nuclear deal. But last week, France was among the countries that passed a resolution at the UN s nuclear watchdog calling on Iran to clarify whether it had undertaken undeclared nuclear activities in the early 2000s a move condemned by the Islamic republic. Also Tuesday, the Iranian judiciary said that Iranian opposition activist Ruhollah Zam had been sentenced to death following his arrest last year. Zam, a refugee for several years in France, disappeared on a trip to Baghdad in October. Paris based Press rights group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has accused Iran of abducting him in Iraq to face trial back home. TOKYO: Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi stressed that the Japanese government has supported and will continue to support a two state solution for Israel and Palestine, effectively rejecting Israel''s annexation plans for the West Bank.
In Lafayette, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Student Action #038; Organizing Committee, Lafayette Parish NAACP Unit #6060, Lafayette Tenants; Coalition, Sunder Press, and Move the Mindset, organized a rally against police brutality. Activists and community activists of all races gathered together on the corner of University Avenue and Johnston Street to demand change. "I can ''t stop crying. This is enough. I don ''t want to feel helpless. These are some of my friends names, some of them have black sons. I don ''t want them to be killed. "
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Sen. Marco Rubio, R Fla., speaks during a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing to examine implementation of Title I of the CARES Act. Rubio is asking the Pentagon to compile data on UFOs and submit the findings in an unclassified report. (Al Drago Pool via AP)
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra on Sunday appealed for an end to infighting within the sports body which even reached the upper echelons of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). (More Sports News)It started with a turf war between Batra and IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta and reached a point where questions were raised about the validity of the former''s election to the top post.
Organized and coordinated by the Incluye T (Includes You) Committee, the event with the hashtag #ElOrgulloPermanece (#PrideEndures) took place on Saturday evening and was aired live on Youtube, Facebook and Mexican broadcaster Canal Once, reports Efe news. The event focused on four main themes: recognition of trans childhoods; recognition of rights of diverse families; standardization of rights for all people across the country; and the timely detection and care for HIV along with the struggle for cross sectional healthcare.
The reveal of both the task force s existence, as well as Rubio s data request, came in a June 17 Select Committee on Intelligence report authored by Rubio on the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.The report states that the committee supports the efforts of the task force to collect and standardize data regarding unidentified aerial phenomenon, as well as their links to foreign governments and potential threats.
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The Pentagon should release a public report on UFOs, argues the U.S. Senate intelligence committee. In addition to requiring a public report, the committee plans to impose new rules on how the Department of Defense (DOD) shares information about UFOs.
The Pentagon should release a public report on UFOs, argues the U.S. Senate intelligence committee. In addition to requiring a public report, the committee plans to impose new rules on how the Department of Defense (DOD) shares information about UFOs.
A top Democratic Senator has alleged that the Trump administration #39;s expenditure of more than $ 200 million to donate ventilators during COVID 19 pandemic is allegedly favouring countries personally selected by the US President. Among the countries that have been provided the life saving machines are Russia, India, and South Africa, said Senator Robert Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Maurer was elected at the Cematex General Assembly, on June 12. He is President of the Swiss Textile Machinery Association since 2015, serving during the same period as a member of the Cematex Board of Directors and its 1st Vice President for the past four years.Also elected at the General Assembly were 1st Vice President Mikael remann (TMAS, Sweden) and 2nd Vice President Charles Bauduin (Symatex, Belgium).
The Indian Army and the government have denied that there have been Chinese incursions on Indian territory. The Indian Army s integrity and apolitical character are beyond doubt. Political regimes change, but the armed forces largely remain unaffected by it. The army has safeguarded itself from vices such as casteism, communalism, regionalism etc, which have inflicted most of India s institutions. Then army chief, General J J Singh, showed great resilience in the face of pressure from the UPA government to provide community wise statistics of the army s composition to the Sachar Committee in 2008. He categorically stated that patriotism was the only religion of the army.Any discourse which unreasonably drags the armed forces into political controversy damages its reputation and demoralises it.
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China''s congress has begun deliberations on a bill that would constitute the main pillar of the legal framework governing Hong Kong''s national security affairs. While the legislation has not passed yet, discussing Hong Kong''s future without giving the territory''s legislature a say is a highly regrettable act that puts the "one country, two systems" arrangement at risk. Beijing should rethink the measure after contemplating the true benefits brought by Hong Kong''s high degree of autonomy.The bill being deliberated by the Standing Committee of the National People''s Congress would pave the way for criminalizing secession and subversion of state power, and for Beijing to set up a dedicated central government office managing national security affairs in the territory. The measure appears intended to crack down on the ongoing protests in Hong Kong, as well as put pressure on pro democracy candidates ahead of September''s legislative election.
'Modi''s statement of denying any Chinese intrusion has had far reaching implications'The Congress Working Committee has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why he told an all party meeting on Friday that no one has intruded into our territory , why these words were deleted from the official statement released by the Prime Minister s Office the same day, and why the PMO was forced to issue a clarification the next day.