Noncompete agreements bar millions of workers from quitting jobs to work for rival companies or start their businesses, a practice that the FTC wants to ban.
Pass-through fees could disincentivize carriers from decarbonizing: shippers
Shippers are generally willing to share in the cost of reducing carbon emissions, but they worry a lack of transparency in pass-through charges could allow shipping lines to continue burning fossil fuels.
Coronavirus kills 1 more patient in Iran
The number of deaths from the Covid pandemic in Iran increased to 144,828 with one more killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran’s Health Ministry announced on Tuesday.
Climate activists stage more protests against German coal mine expansion
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was among those campaigning in western Germany.
Femicide in South Africa: Women Are Waging War on Gender-Based Violence in Cape Town
In few other places in the world are as many women killed as in South Africa. The country’s president has even described it as “war.” And it is one that a handful of courageous women are intent on winning.
F1 not replacing canceled Chinese GP; 23 races in 2023
Formula One has confirmed that it will not replace the canceled Chinese Grand Prix.
The Fight to Raise Australia’s Age of Criminal Responsibility
At 12, an Australian child “cannot lawfully sign onto Facebook but can be questioned, arrested, detained, and imprisoned.”
Fidelity pledges $250 million to support minority students
Fidelity Investments will commit $250 million to a new education initiative to support up to 50,000 underserved minority students with scholarships and mentorship programs in the next five years.
Andrey Medvedev: How Russian mercenary made an icy escape to Norway
Andrey Medvedev’s escape makes him the first Wagner Group mercenary to defect to the West.
Azure Services SSRF Vulnerabilities Exposed Internal Endpoints, Sensitive Data
Cloud security company Orca has published details on four server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerabilities impacting different Azure services, including two bugs that could have been exploited without authentication.
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