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US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy calls on Congress to pass legislation requiring tobacco-style warning on social media platforms

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has urged Congress to pass legislation requiring social media platforms to carry warning labels similar to those on tobacco products in an effort to combat rising mental health issues in the United States, especially among adolescents. Murthy, 46, condemned social networks for emerging as a “significant contributor” to the “mental […]

House Passes Resolution To Hold Attorney General Merrick Garland In Contempt

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena to release an audio tape of President Biden’s interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur. The resolution passed along party lines 216-207, according to The Associated Press (AP). Republican Ohio […]

Truckers Prepare Roadblocks, General Strike to Protest Fuel Shortages in Bolivia

Bolivian truck drivers and local transport organisations have called for an indefinite strike at large transport companies next week in protest against the government of socialist President Luis Arce and continuing shortages of diesel fuel and foreign currency. The indefinite strike, due to begin on Monday, June 17, will include country-wide road blockades and border […]

Belgium headed for new government as PM set to resign after general election | Belgium

Belgium is heading for a new government after a general election in which an expected surge by the far-right Vlaams Verand party failed to materialize and the outgoing coalition government led by liberal Prime Minister Alexander De Croo lost the ability to form a majority. Mr Vlaams-Belan’s main rival, the nationalist New Flemish Union (N-VA), […]