#theguardian.com. #Feb.27.2025 × Mexico releases 29 high-level organized crime operatives into US custody. Prisoners, including Rafael Caro Quintero, extradited as Mexico faces pressure to show it’s tackling fentanyl trafficking
#North America #Mexico
#theguardian.com. #Feb.27.2025 × ‘Cruel and thoughtless’: Trump fires hundreds at US climate agency Noaa. Employees received emails saying their jobs would be cut off at end of day in move called ‘wrong all around’
#Politics #Weather #government agency
#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Feb.27.2025 × Friday's No-Shopping 'Economic Blackout' Is Everywhere Online — And Experts Have Thoughts. A Feb. 28 grassroots campaign is calling for a no-shopping boycott on all major retailers. Here's why (and if it will actually work).
#Politics
#wired.com. #Feb.27.2025 × Behind DOGE’s Many Conflicts of Interest and Elon Musk’s Weekend Email Chaos. On this special episode of “Uncanny Valley,” we dig into the many DOGE staffers keeping two jobs at once, plus what happened when US federal workers received an email from Elon Musk over the weekend.
#Tech #cls__sex_gdb_Male #USA #Elon Musk #North America
#theguardian.com. #Feb.27.2025 × The São Paulo connection: a Brazilian gang is spreading its cocaine business into Australia. The PCC – First Capital Command – formed in a Sāo Paulo prison but is now spreading its tentacles around the world
#Brazil #South America #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Feb.27.2025 × Trump Reups Old Lie To Rewrite History Of Getting Russian Help To Win 2016 Election. Defending dictator Vladimir Putin, again, Trump renews his false claim that Russia did not help him become president. It did.
#Politics #Russia #Europe #Vladimir Putin
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.27.2025 × Andrew Tate is back in the U.S. What’s next for his trafficking charges?. Self-described misogynist influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate still face charges of human trafficking and rape in Romania and the U.K.
#United Kingdom #Romania #USA #Europe #North America
#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Feb.27.2025 × Andrew Tate’s Return Is A Huge Win For The Internet’s Most Influential Misogynists. The Trump administration reportedly pressed Romania to free Tate — signaling that the sexual abuse of women won’t just be brushed under the rug, but rewarded.
#Politics #Romania #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.27.2025 × Trump administration quietly shutters online form for student debt repayment. Removal comes after court decision pausing Joe Biden’s Save program, leaving millions of Americans in the lurch
#Education #Politics #USA #North America #Joe Biden
#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Feb.27.2025 × Republicans Plan To Hide Cost Of Tax Cuts With 1 Weird Trick. The plan involves "hocus-pocus" math and potentially changing the rules of the Senate.
#Business #Politics #USA #North America
#techcrunch.com. #Feb.27.2025 × Snowflake grows startup accelerator with $200M in new capital | TechCrunch. Tech giant Snowflake on Thursday said that it'll expand its startup accelerator program with an additional $200 million commitment.
#Business #Tech
#theguardian.com. #Feb.27.2025 × Colorado woman charged with vandalizing Tesla dealership. Lucy Grace Nelson is accused of throwing molotov cocktails and spray-painting ‘Nazi cars’ on the EV maker’s building
#Automotive #USA #North America
#wired.com. #Feb.27.2025 × USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola and AIDS. They’re Not Working. Elon Musk claims he mistakenly fired Ebola prevention workers, then quickly fixed the error. But Ebola programs are still in tatters, along with other livesaving efforts like AIDS treatments for childr
#Health #Science #Tech #cls__sex_gdb_Male #Elon Musk #Ebola hemorrhagic fever
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.27.2025 × Hungary’s Orban to ban public Pride march, escalating anti-LGBTQ push. “The country does not have to tolerate Pride marching through downtown Budapest,” Orban’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, said at a Thursday news briefing.
#Business #Politics #director #Hungary #Europe
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.27.2025 × How is Israel violating the Gaza ceasefire deal?. Israel’s refusal to withdraw from Gaza-Egypt border threatens crucial negotiations on the second phase of the ceasefire.
#Africa #Asia #Egypt #Israel
#voanews.com. #Feb.27.2025 × X influencer misleads on DRC offer of rare minerals to US, EU. Tshisekedi's government invited the U.S. and EU to purchase minerals directly from the DRC, bypassing Rwanda-backed M23 fighters. There was no request for U.S. troops to intervene in the conflict.
#Politics #Rwanda #Africa #USA #North America #Americas
#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Feb.27.2025 × Trump Walks Back Calling Zelenskyy A 'Dictator,' Questions If He Ever Said It. Russian propagandists last week seized on Trump’s quote, which was itself a regurgitation of Russian propaganda.
#Politics #Russia #Ukraine #Europe
#theguardian.com. #Feb.27.2025 × Western Sydney support officer returns to school after student protests about response to posts. Exclusive: Education department allows Sheikh Wesam Charkawi to return to Granville Boys high school, lawyer says, adding case highlights ‘ambiguity in what is required of public servants’
#Education #Australian continent #Australia #Insular Oceania
#washingtonpost.com. #Feb.27.2025 × Donald Trump accepts ‘unprecedented’ second state visit invite from King Charles. The royal family may be one of the most effective cards the British government can play with Trump, who is a known royal enthusiast.
#Politics #United Kingdom #USA #Europe #North America
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.27.2025 × Putin ‘hopeful’ as Russia and US press on with diplomatic reset. Bilateral talks on embassy issues in Istanbul come as Trump positions himself as main broker in Ukraine peace deal.
#Russia #Ukraine #Europe
#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Feb.27.2025 × FEMA Worker Warns: Disaster Aid Could Be ‘Severed’ Thanks To Mass Firings. “It's almost like a vendetta: ‘I don't like this place, so I'm going to gut it,’" the whistleblower told HuffPost. "It's just so infuriating."
#Politics #USA #North America
#theguardian.com. #Feb.27.2025 × Ice contractor plans for surveillance boom under Trump migrant crackdown. Geo Group, an Ice partner, is moving at ‘unprecedented speed’ to build out its monitoring, executive chair says
#Politics #Tech #building contractor
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