USC scraps outside speakers at commencement after canceling Muslim student’s speech
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – The University of Southern California announced there will be no outside speakers and honorees at this year’s main commencement ceremony after canceling its valedictorian speech from a…
Exclusive-Germany scraps plans for more stringent building standards to prop up industry
By Christian Kraemer BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government will put on indefinite hold plans to require more stringent building insulation standards, environment minister Robert Habeck told Reuters, an effort to help…
Meta Finally Scraps Censorship Policies For COVID ‘Misinformation’
Meta Finally Scraps Censorship Policies For COVID ‘Misinformation’ Jason Cohen on June 16, 2023 Facebook parent company Meta is officially terminating its COVID-19 censorship policies in the U.S., the tech giant told…
Disney Scraps New $1 Billion Florida Project Amid DeSantis Feud
Disney Scraps New $1 Billion Florida Project Amid DeSantis Feud Arjun Singh on May 18, 2023 The Walt Disney Company has canceled plans to build a $1 billion installation in Florida amid…
Pentagon Scraps Plan To Build New Tanks For Ukraine In Bid To Accelerate Delivery: REPORT
Pentagon Scraps Plan To Build New Tanks For Ukraine In Bid To Accelerate Delivery: REPORT Micaela Burrow on March 21, 2023 The Pentagon is scrapping plans to send brand-new M1A2 Abrams tanks…
New York scraps planned $2 billion light-rail train to LaGuardia airport
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul said on Monday the state will scrap a planned light-rail train to connect the city’s LaGuardia Airport after a study found the…
Capital One scraps 1,100 tech positions – source
(Reuters) – Consumer lending firm Capital One Financial Corp has cut 1,100 positions in its technology segment, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday, a move that comes as…
Dubai scraps 30% tax on alcohol sales amid economic rebound
DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai has suspended a tax of 30% on alcohol and dropped a licence fee previously needed to buy alcohol in the commercial and tourism hub, two major retailers said…
Sunak scraps Energy Supply Taskforce introduced by Truss- Sky News
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is scrapping Lizz Truss’s Energy Supply Taskforce plan introduced in September, Sky News reported on Saturday. (Reporting by Jose Joseph in Bengaluru; Editing by Angus…
‘False Narrative’: Final Version Of Defense Bill Scraps Dem-Backed Provisions To Counter Extremism In Military, US
‘False Narrative’: Final Version Of Defense Bill Scraps Dem-Backed Provisions To Counter Extremism In Military, US Micaela Burrow on December 15, 2022 The final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) strips out several…
China’s BYD scraps IPO plan for semiconductor unit
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Chinese automaker BYD Co Ltd said on Tuesday it had scrapped plans to list its semiconductor unit in China, saying a move to increase investments in wafer production would…
Italy delays EU-required justice reform, scraps vaccine mandate for medics
By Angelo Amante and Emilio Parodi ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s new government on Monday delayed the application of a justice reform required to obtain European post-pandemic funds and scrapped a COVID-19 vaccine…
Shares in French TV group M6 slump after RTL scraps plan to sell stake
PARIS (Reuters) – Shares in French TV company M6 slumped on Tuesday after Bertelsmann’s RTL Group scrapped a plan to sell its controlling stake in M6. M6 shares were down 4.1 percent…
Army Scraps Plan To Boost Recruitment By Eliminating High School Grad Requirement
Army Scraps Plan To Boost Recruitment By Eliminating High School Grad Requirement Micaela Burrow on July 1, 2022 The Army scrapped an initiative allowing applicants to waive the high school diploma or…
New Jersey Democrats Want Your Table Scraps
Trenton, NJ – We recycle plastic, paper, cardboard, metal and a various host of other items here in New Jersey. We now have to carry armfuls of groceries out of grocery stores due…
Biden Scraps Green Fuel Rules In Bid To Slow Skyrocketing Gas Prices
Biden Scraps Green Fuel Rules In Bid To Slow Skyrocketing Gas Prices Thomas Catenacci on April 12, 2022 President Joe Biden is expected to announce a temporary pause on an environmental rule…
Virginia Scraps CRT Program Critics Said Would Have Destroyed Math Education
A state plan to abolish teaching advanced math in public schools that was seen as a means of implementing Critical Race Theory (CRT) was canceled Monday, according to a parents group. The…
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