The flags of China and Hong Kong displayed in rows. Bloomberg Creative | Bloomberg Creative Photos | Getty Images China’s embassy hit back against U.S. criticism of Hong Kong’s new national security law on Thursday, saying the U.S. should “respect China’s sovereignty.” Hong Kong lawmakers passed a new national security law on Tuesday which critics … Read more
Workers assemble cars on the line at Tesla’s factory in Fremont. David Butow (Photo by David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images) David Butow | Corbis News | Getty Images Electric vehicle maker Tesla has settled a racist discrimination lawsuit in which a federal jury previously awarded $3.2 million in damages to Owen Diaz, a Black man … Read more
Female members of the Ukrainian Army’s 128th Carpathian Mountain Assault Brigade train in different combat scenarios as they prepare to join the frontline in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on July 15, 2023. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images War, the military, combat, the frontline — all traditionally seen as a “man’s world” despite the many official and … Read more
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon Fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, on Nov. 28, 2022. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon will pay more than 700 migrant workers roughly $1.9 million to settle claims they suffered human rights abuses as a result of exploitative labor contracts … Read more
The Times Square NASDAQ MarketSite is seen on March 2, 2015 in New York City. Bryan Thomas | Getty Images A federal appeals court agreed to rehear a challenge by two conservative groups to Nasdaq’s board diversity rule related to the disclosure of women and minority membership on boards of companies listed on the stock … Read more
The hearing of Israel’s defense at the International Court of Justice on Jan. 12, 2024, in the Hague, Netherlands. Dursun Aydemir | Anadolu | Getty Images Last month, the International Court of Justice ruled on South Africa’s legal case accusing Israel of genocide. Legal proceedings began after the African country submitted cause for emergency measures … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on he as meets with Colorado Governor Jared Polis and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum in the Cabinet Room of the White House on May 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. Doug Mills-Pool | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Thursday strongly questioned a ruling by Colorado’s top court that barred … Read more
Shortly after the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police in 2020, Google was among many tech companies that set up new programs aimed at supporting Black employees. The goal, CEO Sundar Pichai wrote, was “to build sustainable equity for Google’s Black+ community, and externally, to make our products and programs helpful … Read more
Young people using cellphones. Filippobacci | E+ | Getty Images Gen Z women are driving spending trends on TikTok. Women in their 20s spend more time on the short-form video app than male peers of their generation, and it’s exposing them to a financial risk. “TikTok is a Gen Z women-centric app and it is … Read more
University of Vermont Photo: rachaelvoorhees Three Palestinian students were shot and wounded near the University of Vermont Saturday night, police said. Two of the three 20-year-old men are in stable condition, while the other is facing more serious injuries, according to a report from the Burlington Police Department in Vermont. The victims were on their … Read more