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Venezuela opposition removes interim President Guaido

ReutersDecember 30, 20220

By Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela’s opposition national assembly voted on Friday to remove interim President Juan Guaido, dissolve his government and appoint a commission to govern the country’s foreign assets, as lawmakers seek a united front ahead of elections slated for 2024. Guaido has been the public face of Venezuela’s fractious opposition since 2019, when he invoked the constitution to assume an interim presidency, garnering backing from the United States and other governments who reject the 2018 re-election of President Nicolas Maduro as fraudulent. But Maduro has remained in control of nearly all Venezuela’s institutions, including its security forces,

ECB sets capital requirements for Monte dei Paschi for 2023, removes dividend ban

ReutersDecember 27, 20220

MILAN (Reuters) – The European Central Bank has set the minimum capital requirements for Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) for next year and also removed a ban on the distribution of dividends, the lender said in a statement on Tuesday. The ECB told Monte dei Paschi it must maintain a Common Equity Tier 1 ratio – a measure of financial strength – of at least 8.8%, the statement added. The bank’s CET 1 ratio stood at 15.7% at the end of September, it said, adding that the figure took into account the multi-billion capital raise concluded later in

Exclusive-Twitter removes suicide prevention feature, says it’s under revamp

ReutersDecember 23, 20220

By Paresh Dave, Fanny Potkin and Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Twitter Inc removed a feature in the past few days that promoted suicide prevention hotlines and other safety resources to users looking up certain content, according to two people familiar with the matter who said it was ordered by new owner Elon Musk. After publication of this story, Twitter head of trust and safety Ella Irwin told Reuters in an email that “we have been fixing and revamping our prompts. They were just temporarily removed while we do that.” “We expect to have them back up next week,” she said. The

Major University Removes ‘Bias’ Reporting System After Legal Challenge

The Daily CallerDecember 22, 20220

Major University Removes ‘Bias’ Reporting System After Legal Challenge Alexa Schwerha on December 21, 2022 Southern Utah University (SUU) removed a tab from its campus safety website where students and officials could report alleged “bias” or “hate” incidents after the Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF), a non-profit legal group, challenged that it violates students’ right to free speech, SLF confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. SUU defined a reportable incident as a “form of expression or action that is motivated wholly or in part by prejudice or bias” which may not “rise to the level of criminal activity or illegal

U.S. Commerce removes Wuxi Biologics from unverified list

ReutersDecember 15, 20220

(Reuters) – The Biden administration said Thursday it had removed Wuxi Biologics, a company that makes ingredients for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, and about two dozen other Chinese entities from a so-called unverified list that forces U.S. suppliers to perform greater due diligence before shipping to them. The Commerce Department also removed nine Russian entities from the unverified list and addded them to the entity list because the United States has been unable to conduct site visits. Companies are added to the unverified list if the United States cannot complete on-site visits to determine if they can be trusted to receive

China removes six officials after Manchester consulate incident, UK says

ReutersDecember 14, 20220

LONDON (Reuters) – China has removed six officials from Britain who police wanted to question over the treatment of a man who said he was kicked and punched while protesting outside the Chinese consulate in Manchester, British foreign minister James Cleverly said. Cleverly said the removal of the officials, including the consul general in Manchester, came after a police request to interview them over the incident. “I am disappointed that these individuals will not be interviewed or face justice,” Cleverly said in a written statement. “Nonetheless, it is right that those responsible for the disgraceful scenes in Manchester are no

‘Keep Your Dirty Books In The Closet’: School Removes Multiple Books Following Muslim Community Complaints

The Daily CallerNovember 16, 20220

‘Keep Your Dirty Books In The Closet’: School Removes Multiple Books Following Muslim Community Complaints Reagan Reese on November 15, 2022 A Michigan school district is permanently removing some challenged books after pushback from the Muslim community, according to the Detroit News. The Dearborn School Board announced Monday the school district will be removing two challenged books and keeping another, while continuing to review several others, according to the Detroit News. The meeting comes after it was postponed in October because many members of the Muslim community came to protest the presence of the books in the school district. “Eleanor

California’s new solar energy proposal removes hefty grid connection fee

ReutersNovember 10, 20220

By Ruhi Soni and Peter Henderson (Reuters) – California regulators on Thursday revised their proposal for rooftop solar systems credits, a contentious matter as the state tries to expand renewable energy and respond to critics who want more equitable distribution of incentives. The new proposal offers hundreds of millions of dollars of new support for low-income customers, while excluding a monthly tax for solar homes to connect to the grid, a move critics say effectively favors richer Californians as they own the lion’s share of the clean energy system. In a 250-page proposed decision, regulators outlined reforms to the so-called

NBC Removes Report Claiming Paul Pelosi Walked Away From Police, ‘Did Not Immediately Declare’ Emergency

The Daily CallerNovember 5, 20220

NBC Removes Report Claiming Paul Pelosi Walked Away From Police, ‘Did Not Immediately Declare’ Emergency Trevor Schakohl on November 4, 2022 NBC pulled an aired report from its website that said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul opened the door to their house, walked away from police and “did not immediately declare an emergency” the morning he was attacked. “Sources familiar with what unfolded within the Pelosi residence now revealing, when officers responded to the high-priority call, they were seemingly unaware they’d been called to the home of the Speaker of the House,” NBC News reporter Miguel Almageur said in

Australia regulator removes Westpac’s add-on liquidity requirement

ReutersAugust 31, 20220

(Reuters) – Australia’s bank regulator said on Thursday Westpac Banking Corp no longer needs to keep an additional amount of cash reserve after the company took steps to rectify issues related to the regulator’s liquidity requirements. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) in 2020 ordered Westpac to add 10% to the amount of cash it keeps on hand after it fell short of the regulator’s standards. A review of Westpac’s risk management by APRA had found it incorrectly calculated several key capital ratios through 2019 and 2020. (https://reut.rs/3Q6r79N) The bank has since completed a program to remediate findings from an

Twitter removes rape video posted by Italy’s Meloni

ReutersAugust 23, 20220

ROME (Reuters) – Twitter removed on Tuesday a video of a Ukrainian woman being raped by a migrant in an Italian city that was posted by far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, who is leading the race to become Italy’s next prime minister. Meloni tweeted the blurred video, which was originally published on a newspaper website, late on Sunday, saying she could not remain silent in the face of “this atrocious episode of sexual violence”. The post was widely condemned by Meloni’s political rivals and human rights activists, who accused her of adding to the victim’s misery by putting out the video

Ukraine parliament removes security chief, Zelenskiy fires another top official

ReutersJuly 19, 20220

KYIV -Ukraine’s parliament dismissed the domestic security chief and prosecutor general on Tuesday, two days after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suspended them for failing to root out Russian spies. Ivan Bakanov was fired from his position at the helm of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) by a comfortable majority, several lawmakers said on the Telegram messaging app. The head of Zelenskiy’s political faction said Iryna Venediktova had also been voted out as prosecutor general. Zelenskiy later announced he had fired one of the SBU’s deputy heads but gave no details. In a late night video address, he also said he

Global dirty money watchdog removes Malta from its grey list

ReutersJune 17, 20220

VALLETTA – The world’s money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog (FATF) said on Friday that Malta was no longer subject to its increased monitoring process, a decision welcomed by the Mediterranean island’s prime minister. The Paris-based inter-governmental Financial Action Task Force had put Malta on its grey list of untrustworthy jurisdictions in June 2021. It had told the EU’s smallest state to beef up the way it combats tax evasion, bolster information gathering on ultimate beneficial ownership, and improve the way it shares data with local and international authorities. FATF said in a statement that Malta had strengthened its oversight

U.S. CDC removes mask recommendation from monkeypox travel notice to avoid confusion

ReutersJune 7, 20220

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday it had removed a mask recommendation from its monkeypox travel notice to avoid “confusion” over the disease, which primarily spreads through direct contact. “Late yesterday, CDC removed the mask recommendation from the monkeypox Travel Health Notice because it caused confusion,” a CDC spokesperson said on Tuesday. The agency had earlier suggested that travellers wear masks as it can help protect against “many diseases, including monkeypox”. As per the CDC’s website, while the disease spreads primarily through direct contact with infectious sores, scabs, or body fluids, “it

Judge Removes Republican From Ballot In Key Gubernatorial Race

The Daily CallerJune 1, 20220

Judge Removes Republican From Ballot In Key Gubernatorial Race Sebastian Hughes on June 1, 2022 A top Republican contender in Michigan’s gubernatorial race lost a key court case Wednesday, meaning his name is unlikely to appear on the state’s GOP primary ballot in August, the Associated Press reported. Businessman Perry Johnson was one of five Republican candidates looking to take on incumbent Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer but whose petition sheets were found to have thousands of fraudulent or invalid signatures. The candidates were deemed ineligible to appear on the primary ballot after the Board of State Canvassers deadlocked on

Ukraine removes fuel price restrictions to increase supply – economy minister

ReutersMay 17, 20220

KYIV – Ukraine’s government has lifted restrictions on fuel prices to enable traders to import more and make up the shortage Ukraine is experiencing after Russian forces destroyed many storage facilities and logistics chains, the economy minister said on Tuesday. “We … suspended price regulation in order to enable market operators to saturate the market … so that they will be able to deliver all the resources available on the European market, and not only from the European market,” Yulia Svyrydenko said in an online interview with Ukrainian television. (Reporting by Natalia Zinets; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

DEA Quietly Removes Narco-Busting Aircraft From Mexico As Drug Overdoses Skyrocket

The Daily CallerMay 11, 20220

DEA Quietly Removes Narco-Busting Aircraft From Mexico As Drug Overdoses Skyrocket Kendall Tietz on May 11, 2022 As overdose-induced deaths skyrocket to record highs in the U.S, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has quietly relocated a plane fundamental to anti-narcotics operations in Mexico, according to Reuters. The DEA plane was moved to Texas after Mexican officials revoked its parking spot, according to an anonymous U.S. government official and two security sources, Reuters reported. The move coincides with new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that shows over 100,000 Americans have died of drug overdoses in

Zurich Insurance removes Z symbol after letter used to show support for Ukraine war

ReutersMarch 26, 20220

ZURICH – Zurich Insurance has removed its Z logo from social media after the letter became a symbol of support in Russia for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The company said it was removing the logo – a white Z on a blue background – because it did not want to be misinterpreted as supporting Russia in the conflict. “We are temporarily removing the use of the letter ‘Z’ from social channels where it appears in isolation and could be misinterpreted,” the company told Reuters in a statement. “We’re monitoring the situation closely and will take further actions if and when

Prosus removes military job adverts on Russian online marketplace

ReutersMarch 22, 20220

AMSTERDAM – Amsterdam-based Prosus NV, the owner of Russian online marketplace Avito, said on Tuesday it has taken steps to remove “a small number” of advertisements for jobs in the Russian military that had made it onto Avito’s listings. Prosus runs Avito as part of its OLX business, which is one of the world’s biggest online marketplaces. “Our Avito classifieds site in Russia hosts around 90 million active adverts and moderates around 5 million new listings every day,” Prosus said in a statement. “We were made aware of a small number of job adverts for military vacancies that had been

ICE removes 2 noncitizen Salvadoran fugitives wanted for aggravated homicide

DOJ PressFebruary 1, 20220

HOUSTON — Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston Field Office, ERO El Salvador and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) taskforce removed two noncitizen foreign fugitives Friday wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide. On Jan. 28, noncitizen Salvadoran nationals Oscar Melkin Moreno Romero, 28, and Hernan Quintanilla Herrera, 44, were flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, to the Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in San Salvador, El Salvador, on a charter flight coordinated by ICE’s Air Operations Unit. Upon arrival, both fugitives were turned over to officials from El Salvador’s Civilian

ICE removes Uzbek man convicted of supporting foreign terrorist group

DOJ PressJanuary 10, 20220

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers removed a citizen and national of Uzbekistan on Friday who was convicted of providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Jamshid Muhtorov, 45, was removed by ERO’s Philadelphia Field Office via a commercial flight without incident. Once in Uzbekistan, ICE officers transferred him to the custody of local authorities. Muhtorov was found guilty in federal court June 21, 2018, of providing material support to the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), a designated foreign terrorist organization, following an investigation by the FBI. According to the U.S.

Amazon Removes Matt Walsh’s Children’s Book ‘Johnny The Walrus’ From LGBT Book List

The Daily CallerDecember 10, 20210

Amazon removed Daily Wire host Matt Walsh’s children’s book, “Johnny the Walrus,” from its LGBTQ+ bestseller list on Friday. Walsh’s book reached the top spot on Amazon’s LGBTQ+ bestseller list last weekend, according to the Daily Wire. However, as of Friday, the book can no longer be seen on the list at all, apparently having been removed. “Amazon has removed my bestselling LGBT children’s book from their LGBT book list. This is an unconscionable attack on gay rights and a horrific example of homophobia and gay erasure,” Walsh posted on Twitter on Friday morning. Target removed the book from its website

National School Boards Association Removes Letter Comparing Parents To Domestic Terrorists From Its Website

The Daily CallerNovember 17, 20210

The National School Boards Association scrubbed its letter, which compared the actions of concerned parents at school board meetings to those of domestic terrorists, from its website. The deleted National School Boards Association (NSBA) letter, addressed to President Joe Biden’s administration, sparked outrage and backlash from parents across the country for requesting federal government intervention. The letter suggested the use of statutes, such as the USA PATRIOT Act, to stop threats or violence directed toward school board members over actions that it said could be “the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes,” according to the Sept.

ICE removes Rwandan citizen wanted for genocide, war crimes

DOJ PressOctober 7, 20210

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers on Wednesday removed a Rwandan national wanted for genocide in his home country. Oswald Rukemuye, 58, was removed via ICE Air Operations and turned over to law enforcement authorities in Rwanda to face justice for his crimes. On Nov. 3, 2007, Rukemuye was convicted of genocide in absentia in a local Rwandan gacaca court. On Sept. 18, 2008, the Government of Rwanda issued an indictment and arrest warrant for him, charging him with genocide, murder, extermination, leadership, and participation in a criminal gang. Rukemuye is a

Russia Threatens Facebook With Massive Fine Unless It Removes Banned Content

The Daily CallerSeptember 30, 20210

Russian authorities Thursday threatened to fine Facebook unless the tech giant removes content deemed illegal by the Russian government, signaling Moscow’s commitment to further crack down on social media. Roskomnadzor, Russia’s technology and telecommunications regulator, told Reuters it would send representatives to Facebook threatening the tech giant with a fine of up to 10% of its Russian annual revenue due to the company’s repeated failures to remove banned content. The regulator told Russian newspaper Vedomosti that Facebook had failed to remove traditionally illegal content such as child [censored]ography, as well as politically extremist content. Russia declared groups linked to dissident