Behind Oklahoma Cannabis Farms, New Yorkers With Ties to Beijing

The police found him in his bedroom in Edmond, Okla., facedown, dead from a gunshot wound and still gripping the bloody kitchen knife he had used to try to defend …

Kazakhstan Now Bans “LGBT Propaganda

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed on December 30 a number of amendments aimed at banning so-called “LGBT propaganda.” The legislative changes were harshly criticized by both international and local rights groups. …

TikTok faces legal action over moderator cuts

TikTok is being threatened with legal action over cuts to its UK online safety teams. In August, the social media company announced more than 400 workers would lose their jobs, with …

UN Disability Resolution Passes After LGBTQ Language Cut

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The resolution passed with near-unanimous support and contains important …

Labour’s employment rights bill set to become law after Lords battle

Labour’s employment rights bill will finally become law after a battle in the House of Lords, paving the way for significant new rights for workers on sick pay, parental leave …

PSG ordered to pay Mbappe 60m euros

Paris St-Germain have been ordered to pay former striker Kylian Mbappe 60m euros (£52.5m) in unpaid salary and bonuses by a French court. Mbappe had been seeking 263m euros (£231.5m) …

Weak enforcement, no wage floor push textile unions to the brink

Ethiopia’s trade unions, especially in labour‑intensive sectors such as textiles and garments, are facing an acute risk of dissolution as legal loopholes and weak enforcement leave the constitutional right to …

Justice Dept. kills long-time tool used to prove racial discrimination

After years of conservative complaints, the Justice Department moved Tuesday to kill a decades-old provision of civil rights law that allows statistical disparities to be used as proof of racial …

EU strikes deal to weaken corporate sustainability laws

The European Union reached a deal on Tuesday to scale back its corporate sustainability laws, after months of pressure from companies and governments including the United States and Qatar. The …

Amazon pays out over alleged Seattle ordinance violations

Amazon has agreed to pay $3.7m (£2.7m) to close an investigation into alleged breaches of a Seattle gig worker ordinance, continuing a recent trend of national employers falling afoul of …