raymondpert, 10 months ago to Florida

#Florida is 26th state to allow permitless carry despite risks to public safety, growing opposition

>No permit, safety training, or background check: That's what's needed to carry a loaded #gun in over half the country. Nothing! #Florida is the 26th state to let adults carry #handguns without a permit or license. Meanwhile, states that allow permitless carry, which is also called "constitutional carry," continually see increased violence and death.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/20/2182214/-Florida-is-26th-state-to-allow-permitless-carry-despite-risks-to-public-safety-growing-opposition #constitutional #US

raymondpert, 10 months ago to Uruguay

#Uruguay water shortage points to a wider issue – and to solutions | The Guardian

>Climatic factors are only one part of this problem. Researchers and campaigners have been warning for years that the growing impact of export-led agriculture and forestry was unsustainable. Only a small proportion of Uruguay’s water is used for human consumption.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/16/the-guardian-view-on-a-water-crisis-uruguay-points-to-a-wider-issue-and-to-solutions

raymondpert, 9 months ago to Canada

Why the Bank of Canada Is Facing Intense Scrutiny

> By June 2022, inflation was up to 8.1 percent. After raising the interest rate by half a percent that month, the bank raised it again, in July, this time by a full percentage point, to 2.5 percent. Meanwhile, #inflation lingered in the range of about 6 to more than 7 percent for many months, through the end of 2022, and finally started to drop only in early 2023
https://thewalrus.ca/bank-of-canada-interest-rate/
#Canada #cdnpoli #canpoli #economy #BankOfCanada

raymondpert, 9 months ago to China

#China - Domestic tech powers latest Huawei phone (5G)

> Facing the heat of the curbs on the supply of chips for years, #Huawei has become like a symbol for Chinese companies fighting injustice in the international sector.
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202309/01/WS64f1113ba310d2dce4bb33b3.html #semiconductors

raymondpert, 9 months ago to Amazon

Amazon Expands Its in-House Shipping Service to Rival FedEx, UPS

>Earlier this week, Amazon invited some sellers to use Amazon Shipping, its own in-house delivery service, according to an email invite seen by Insider. The service delivers products sold on Amazon's own marketplace and other sites, including the seller's own or other channels, according to the invite and its official website.
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-expands-inhouse-shipping-service-rival-fedex-ups-2023-8 #Amazon #UPS #Fedex

raymondpert, 9 months ago to random

Just when we thought it was safe to come outside.

>Vivek Ramaswamy suggests Elon Musk as presidential advisor pick - POLITICO

>Vivek Ramaswamy has previously praised Elon Musk’s takeover of X, which involved laying off a substantial number of employees, as emblematic of his approach to slimming the federal bureaucracy.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/26/vivek-ramaswamy-elon-musk-presidential-advisor-00113111 #ElonMusk #VivekRamaswamy #Ramaswamy #GOP #MAGA #Republican

raymondpert, 10 months ago to Unions

Industry-wide shutdown: Hollywood set for first shutdown strike since 1960

>#Hollywood #actors were poised to go on #strike Thursday, joining writers in the first industry-wide shutdown in 63 years after last-ditch talks failed, with nearly all film and television production likely to grind to a halt.
#unions #union #labor #solidarity #workersrights #labour

raymondpert, 10 months ago to latvia

‘They are silent’: Latvia to order 6,000 Russians to leave country in 90 days

>According to news agency Elta, the Latvian Interior Minister has confirmed that the notices are currently being drafted and will be sent out by September to “around 6,000” recipients.
https://www.firstpost.com/world/they-are-silent-latvia-to-order-6000-russians-to-leave-country-in-90-days-12962202.html #Latvia #Russia #Ukraine #UkraineWarNews #UkraineWar #RussiaUkraineWar

raymondpert, 9 months ago to Russia

Investigators trawl site of plane crash believed to have killed Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin

>Even though a criminal investigation was launched, there was no official word on what may have caused the crash on Wednesday night, and the aviation authority’s assertion that #Prigozhin was on board was the only official confirmation of his death.
https://www.firstpost.com/world/investigators-trawl-site-of-plane-crash-believed-to-have-killed-wagner-boss-yevgeny-prigozhin-13036612.html #Russia #Wagner

raymondpert, 9 months ago to random

Vivek Ramaswamy says he'll deport children of undocumented immigrants born in the U.S.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/vivek-ramaswamy-deport-children-undocumented-immigrants-born-us-rcna104143 #VivekRamaswamy #Ramaswamy #migration #immigration #GOP #Republican

raymondpert, 9 months ago to random

#US - Kavanaugh predicts ‘concrete steps soon’ to address Supreme Court ethics concerns

> Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh told a judicial conference on Thursday he hopes there will be “concrete steps soon” to address recent ethics concerns surrounding the court, but he stopped short of addressing calls for justices to institute an official code of conduct.

> “We can increase confidence. We’re working on that,”
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/07/kavanaugh-supreme-court-ethics-00114617 #BrettKavanaugh #SCOTUS

raymondpert, 9 months ago to california

Hurricane Hilary prompts first-ever tropical storm warning for Southern California; "dangerous" flooding expected - CBS News

>Hurricane Hilary, which is expected to bring "rare and dangerous flooding" to the southwestern U.S., has prompted the National Hurricane Center to issue a tropical storm warning for Southern California for the first time in the region's history.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-hilary-2023-path-storm-california-forecast/ #Hilary #California

raymondpert, 3 months ago to Russia

National address: Putin warns West of nuclear war risk

> President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday of a "real" risk of nuclear war if the West escalates the conflict in Ukraine.

> In a defiant speech in Moscow, the Russian leader said his soldiers were advancing in Ukraine and warned the West of "tragic consequences" for any country that dared to send troops to Kyiv.
https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2173398.html #VladimirPutin #Russia #UkraineWar #Ukraine

raymondpert, 9 months ago to random

MRI scans for prostate cancer could lead to a major cut in deaths in men over 50, new study shows

>The study, published in the BMJ Oncology journal, was the first to look at the use of an MRI scan alongside a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test.
https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/08/22/mri-scans-for-prostate-cancer-could-lead-to-a-major-cut-in-deaths-in-men-over-50-new-study #prostatecancer #cancer #prostate #menshealth

raymondpert, 10 months ago to random

Republicans’ favorite summer blockbuster flirts with antisemitic QAnon blood libel – The Forward

>The film ‘Sound of Freedom’ and its lead actor Jim Caviezel had previously peddled QAnon conspiracy theories and antisemitic tropes related to Jewish billionaire George Soros
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2023-07-13/ty-article/.premium/u-s-republicans-favorite-summer-blockbuster-flirts-with-antisemitic-qanon-blood-libel/00000189-4e51-db66-afbb-4f7db86c0000 #GOP #Republican #Qanon #antisemitism

raymondpert, 8 months ago to Russia

Interviewed on the sidelines of the G20 meeting [..] by news show Firstpost, Lula said Putin would be invited to next year's event, adding that he himself planned to attend a BRICS bloc of developing nations [..] in Russia before the Rio meeting

> "I believe that Putin can go easily to Brazil," Lula said. "What I can say to you is that if I'm president of Brazil, and he comes to Brazil, there's no way he will be arrested"
https://www.reuters.com/world/lula-says-putin-would-not-be-arrested-2024-brazil-g20-meeting-2023-09-10/ #Russia #Brazil #Lula #Putin #Brasil #G20 #BRICS

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends the Independence Day parade in Brasilia, Brazil September 7, 2023. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo

raymondpert, 3 months ago to geopolitics

Tech stocks see biggest weekly outflow on record, BofA says

> LONDON : Investors dumped technology stocks and continued to pour money into investment grade bonds and cash equivalents in the week to Wednesday, Bank of America, citing data from EPFR said on Friday.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/tech-stocks-see-biggest-weekly-outflow-record-bofa-says-4181396 #US #economy #stocks

raymondpert, 8 months ago to Turkey

Sweden's NATO Accession and Turkey's Bid to Buy F-16 Jets Should Be Kept Separate, Erdogan Says

> .S. President Joe Biden's administration is linking F-16 fighter jet sales to #Turkey with Turkish ratification of Sweden's NATO membership bid, and this "seriously upsets" Ankara, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-09-10/swedens-nato-accession-and-turkeys-bid-to-buy-f-16-jets-should-be-kept-separate-erdogan #Sweden #NATO #Turkiye #F16 #Erdogan #JoeBiden

raymondpert, 5 months ago to China

China’s Yuan Is Quietly Gaining Ground

> The #yuan’s status as a global #currency still faces a huge obstacle in the form of China’s own capital controls. Even so, rising willingness to conduct trade in yuan could help insulate #China’s economy, at least to an extent, in the event sanctions were imposed in a [..] future conflict with the West. It also could become a source of structural support for the yuan itself up[..] assuming weaker-than-expected Chinese growth
https://archive.is/PjiMF

raymondpert, 3 months ago to China

Biden administration to investigate national security risks posed by Chinese-made ‘smart cars’

> Citing potential national security risks, the Biden administration says it will investigate Chinese-made “smart cars” that can gather sensitive information about Americans driving them.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/29/business/biden-administration-investigate-national-security-risks-posed-by-chinese-made-smart-cars/ #China #EV #electricvehicles #US

raymondpert, 3 months ago to Russia

Rupert Murdoch, 92, gets engaged

> Former Fox and News Corp. Chairman #RupertMurdoch, 92, got engaged to his girlfriend, #ElenaZhukova, a spokesman said on Thursday.

> The New York Times, which first reported the news, said Zhukova, who is from Moscow, is 67. She is a retired molecular biologist whom Murdoch began dating in the summer, it added.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/former-fox-chairman-rupert-murdoch-92-gets-engaged-1.6798941 #Russia

raymondpert, 3 months ago to uk

#UK - Theresa May: Conservative ex-PM to stand down at next election

> Former Prime Minister #TheresaMay has announced she will stand down as an MP at the next general election.

> Mrs May, who led the country in the wake of the Brexit referendum, has represented Maidenhead in Berkshire for 27 years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68509239 #Torries

raymondpert, 3 months ago to Houston

US: Boeing 737 rolls off runway in Houston, passengers deboarded on grass

> Early on Friday at George Bush Airport in #Houston, a #Boeing #737MAX operated by #UnitedAirlines skidded off the runway and onto the grass, according to the Federal #Aviation Administration (#FAA). https://www.firstpost.com/world/us-boeing-737-rolls-off-runway-in-houston-passengers-deboarded-on-grass-13746926.html #airlines #US

raymondpert, 2 months ago to Israel

Yitzhak Yosef, the Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, said Saturday that citizens will leave the country if they are forced to be drafted -- drawing the ire of lawmakers.

> "Will they force us to join the army? We will go abroad," Yosef said. The Haredim have long enjoyed exemptions from mandatory military service, but the issue has sparked debates between those calling for fairness in military service and those advocating religious freedom.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/03/10/rabbi-says-citizens-leave-israel-draft-yair-lapid/3931710087015/ #Haredim #Israel #GazaWar

raymondpert, 2 months ago to internet

Houthi attacks in Red Sea threaten internet infrastructure

> A new threat has emerged from the attacks by Iran-backed Houthis on shipping in the Red Sea that have caused delays to goods arriving in Europe from Asia.

> The United States said last week it believed the recent sinking of a Belize-flagged, Lebanese-operated fertilizer ship severed vital undersea cables that provide internet connectivity between the East and West. https://www.dw.com/en/houthi-attacks-in-red-sea-threaten-internet-infrastructure/a-68470988 #Houthis #RedSea #GazaWar #internet