Finally, legal action to protect religious liberty. The definition of a human being is embedded within differing relgious traditions and denominations, many with actual respect for the moral autonomy of women.

"The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday ordered Juul to stop selling e-cigarettes on the U.S. market, a profoundly damaging blow to a once-popular company whose brand was blamed for the teenage vaping crisis."

[https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/01/china/beijing-covid-labor-day-holiday-intl-hnk/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/01/china/beijing-covid-labor-day-holiday-intl-hnk/index.html) "Beijing has banned all restaurant dining, shut down Universal Studios and ordered residents to provide proof of a negative Covid test to enter _...Read More_

"Twitter announced on Tuesday that it will “require the removal of Tweets posted by government or state-affiliated media accounts” if they contain images or videos that show prisoners of war from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The company _...Read More_

CNN: World Bank freezes Afghan projects after Taliban bans girls from high school. >"The World Bank has put four projects in Afghanistan worth $600 million _...Read More_

"Western countries could face oil prices of over $300 per barrel and the possible closure of the main Russia-Germany gas pipeline if governments follow through on threats to cut energy supplies from Russia, a senior minister said on Monday"

"Excellent Read! For every "good" supportive action, they are turning around and putting a poo in the punchbowl. They must make more money from us when we remain in perpetual misery and fighting for our basic rights. What a bunch of pukes."

>"The UK government has made virginity testing and hymenoplasties a criminal offence but in the 1970s, it conducted checks on the same _...Read More_

Hong Kong officials on Wednesday implemented the city’s strictest restrictions since the coronavirus was first detected here two years ago, including banning all passenger flights from eight countries, as it holds firm to a “zero-covid” _...Read More_

President Joe Biden signed a bill Thursday that aims to crack down on human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region.

>"Google will ban political advertising on its platforms in the Philippines as the country prepares for elections in May."

>"Covid-19 vaccines helped to prevent tens of thousands of deaths among seniors in the US between January and May of this year. Despite their widespread availability and efficacy, many people are refusing a shot."

>"Omicron, the newest coronavirus variant, is also the quickest to be labeled a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization (WHO) because of its seemingly fast spread in South Africa and its many troubling mutations."

"New US travel restrictions on southern Africa have come into effect, as the Biden administration seeks to respond to concerns over the Omicron variant."

>"Ellume says far more than 400,000 of its rapid test kits may be faulty, but a smartphone app alerts users to the issues."