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October 11, 2021

A dangerous new law in Egypt allows for the dismissal of any public employee who opposes the regime - Equal Times

A member of Egyptian security forces stands guard before an overturned passenger carriage at the scene of a railway accident in the city of Toukh in Egypt’s central Nile Delta province of Qalyubiya. The train accident north of Cairo on 18 April 2021 left 11 people dead and 98 others injured. On 1 August, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi approved a law, previously approved by parliament...
October 11, 2021

South Korean opposition set to tackle controversial crypto tax law - Cointelegraph

Lawmakers belonging to South Korea’s opposition People Power Party have prepared a fresh challenge to the planned crypto tax law. According to The Korea Herald, opposition lawmakers are advocating for a one-year extension to the start of crypto taxation in the country. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, South Korea’s crypto tax regime that will see the imposition of a 20% levy on crypto...
October 11, 2021

Cox: Mbappe goal just doesn't feel right - the offside law needs changing - The Athletic

Sunday night’s Nations League final was an entertaining affair. It was a contrast between Spain’s cohesion and France’s disjointedness, and between Spain’s wastefulness in the final third and France’s clinical finishing. With ten minutes remaining it was 1-1, with extra time looming. And then, the game was decided by a controversial refereeing decision. Controversial refereeing decisions are ...
October 11, 2021

Texas Health-Care Providers Face Abortion-Law Whiplash - Public News Service

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Dec. 1 in a Mississippi case that could overturn the decades-old abortion protections established under Roe v. Wade. (guttmacher.org) HOUSTON - Two court rulings in one week over the controversial Texas abortion law have providers questioning how to proceed. Last Tuesday, a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of the law. But on Frid...
October 11, 2021

New Washington Program Aims to Tap Foreign-Trained Doctors - TIME

New Washington Program Aims to Tap Foreign-Trained Doctors  TIME
October 11, 2021

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans any COVID-19 vaccine mandates — including for private employers - The Texas Tribune

Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued another executive order cracking down on COVID-19 vaccine mandates — this time banning any entity in Texas, including private businesses, from requiring vaccinations for employees or customers. Abbott also called on the Legislature to pass a law ...
October 11, 2021

Police, faith leaders come together to support law enforcement - Yahoo News

Oct. 10—EFFINGHAM — Dozens of local and state police officers joined forces with area churches Saturday to send a message in support of law enforcement and public safety. The Crossroads Faith & Blue Vigil brought out citizens and police officers from Effingham, Teutopolis, Altamont, Illinois State Police and Illinois Secretary of State's Police, as well as area faith leaders from churches...
October 11, 2021

Superintendents: Charter school funding law 'seriously flawed' | News, Sports, Jobs - Williamsport Sun-Gazette

Although they stressed they were not seeking to end cyber charter schools, three Central Pennsylvania district superintendents, advocated, with a sense of urgency, a reform in the system to eliminate inequities. Citing unfair funding formulas and the quality of education charter school students receive, superintendents from Keystone Central, State College and Moshannon Valley school districts...
October 11, 2021

ACT law change possible after Canberra developer 3 Property Group rescinds more contracts for off-the-plan properties - ABC News

Brianna Eggleston bought an apartment off the plan, but her contract was later rescinded. (ABC News: David Sciasci ) When Brianna Eggleton and her partner bought a property off the plan in 2020, they were excited to start their lives together in a new home. Little did they know, their contract would be pulled out from under them. "We'd had a Christmas, so we'd received all these 'moving in' p...
October 11, 2021

Abortion Laws in Texas, Kentucky in Play as Supreme Court Mulls Roe v. Wade - Bloomberg

On Oct. 2, Women's March and more than 90 other organizations organized a national rally to protect women's reproductive rights ahead of the Supreme Court reconvening. From a new Texas law to the gauntlet outside a Kentucky clinic, abortion rights are under attack in the U.S. The Supreme Court may have the final word. A woman seeking to end a pregnancy in Kentucky after 14 weeks has one choic...