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Von Zwangsarbeit in China verseuchte Lieferketten, Panel Told

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WASHINGTON – Menschenrechtsaktivisten, Gewerkschaftsführer und andere forderten die Biden-Regierung am Freitag auf, sich für ein bevorstehendes Verbot von Produkten einzusetzen, die mit Zwangsarbeit in der chinesischen Region Xinjiang hergestellt wurden, und sagten, dass Sklaverei und Zwang die Lieferketten von Unternehmen beeinträchtigen, die durch die führen Region und China im weiteren Sinne.

Das Gesetz, das Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act, wurde im Dezember von Präsident Biden unterzeichnet und soll im Juni in Kraft treten. Es verbietet alle Waren, die in Xinjiang

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Millions of patients are told ‘don’t go to A&E’ unless you’re dying

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Millions of patients were today urged not to go to A&E unless they are dying after six trusts warned of waits of up to 12 hours in emergency departments as the Covid-fuelled NHS crisis continues to bite.

Trusts across Yorkshire claimed the pressures have left them with no choice but to prioritise patients in ‘genuine, life-threatening situations’.

West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts, which covers 2.5million people, said its casualty units were ‘extremely busy’. Figures show there has been a

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Dog attack victim who woke from coma to be told both her arms had been amputated had to be sedated

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A South Carolina mom-of-three who was mauled by three pit bulls woke up from a coma recently only to discover that both her arms had been amputated – and got so upset that doctors were forced to sedate the victim and put her back on a ventilator.   

Kyleen Waltman, 38, was attacked by the trio of dogs when she was walking home along a gravel path lined with trees near her home in rural Honea Path, about 80 miles northwest

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Biden to ‘tone down’ his messaging about invasion

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the global media in Kiev Friday and pushed back on world leaders who have publicly stressed the prospect of Russian invasion – following a call with President Biden where the president raised the ‘distinct possibility’ Russian troops would soon overrun his country.

‘There are signals even from respected leaders of states, they just say that tomorrow there will be war. This is panic – how much does it cost for our state?’ said Zelensky.

He

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Covid-19 UK: Wuhan lab leak ‘now the most likely origin of Covid’, MPs told

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Harvard scientist Dr Alina Chan told the Science and Technology Select Committee that it is ‘reasonable’ to believe that Covid was genetically engineered by China

The Wuhan lab leak is now the most likely origin of the coronavirus pandemic because Beijing tried to cover it up, MPs were told today.

Harvard scientist Dr Alina Chan told the Science and Technology Select Committee that it is ‘reasonable’ to believe that Covid was genetically engineered in China.

She also said that the

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The Judge Who Told the Truth About the Mississippi Abortion Ban

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Of all the arguments that animate the anti-abortion cause, two stand out as particularly far-fetched: that banning abortion protects women’s health and shields African Americans from genocide. Yet for years, these arguments have driven debates over state laws, served as justifications for court decisions upholding those laws, and even appeared on billboards warning women in predominantly Black communities not to kill their babies. Three years ago, Mississippi lawmakers prohibited almost all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy to save

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