Wed 12 July 2023: A Canadian court has ruled that the “thumbs-up” emoji is just as valid as a signature, arguing that courts need to adapt to the “new reality” of how people communicate. Judge TJ Keene of the King’s Bench for Saskatchewan ordered a farmer to pay $61,442 for an unfulfilled contract. “I agree that this […]
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Wed 12 July 2023: The unemployment rate for African Americans jumped for a second straight month in June as workers left the workforce amid early signs of a cooling labor market in the United States, according to a recent Bloomberg report. “That cooling has been uneven: the number of unemployed African Americans has increased by […]
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Wed 12 July 2023: The average two-year fixed mortgage rate in the United Kingdom (UK) increased to 6.66 percent on Tuesday, reaching its highest point since August 2008, data provider Moneyfacts said. The recent rise in mortgage rates was due to volatile swap rates, Moneyfacts added. “Much of this is driven by recent inflation figures, […]
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Tue 11 July 2023: The production of ammunition in Russia doubled in 2022, and increased more than 10 times in 2023, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday. “In 2023, due to the expansion of production capacities… in 2023 we have increased the number of ammunition produced by our industry by more than 10 […]
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Tue 11 July 2023: A former CNN journalist is taking legal action against the network, alleging unfair termination and racial discrimination following an incident in Israel that resulted in what she describes as an “invisible disability.” Saima Mohsin, aged 46, was reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Jerusalem in 2014 when her cameraman accidentally ran […]
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Tue 11 July 2023: A new investigation by the Guardian and others has found that attempts by the Greek coastguard in June to tow a boat carrying roughly 750 refugees which capsized leaving only 104 survivors may have caused the vessel to sink. Most of the passengers were from Egypt, Syria, Palestine and Pakistan. Nine of the survivors have been […]
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Tue 11 July 2023: More than 700,000 households in Great Britain missed out on energy bill support, despite being eligible for it, according to a new analysis. In February, the government said more than 900,000 households in places such as park homes and houseboats could get a one-off £400 payment – even though they did […]
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Tue 11 July 2023: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has agreed to back Sweden’s bid to join NATO after a year of blocking the move, citing Turkish security concerns. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Monday that Erdogan agreed to forward Sweden’s membership bid to Turkey’s parliament. After talks in Vilnius, Lithuania, with Erdogan and […]
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(Al Jazeera) Tue 11 July 2023: Over the past year, the world population officially hit eight billion, and India surpassed China to become the world’s most populous country. People across the globe observe July 11 as World Population Day – designated by the United Nations to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population […]
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Tue 11 July 2023: Zelenskyy says it would be absurd if Ukraine is not offered a timeframe for NATO membership during the Vilnius summit. “It’s unprecedented and absurd when time frame is not set neither for the invitation nor for Ukraine’s membership. While at the same time vague wording about “conditions” is added even for […]
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