Berlin mayor under fire over Ukrainian flag ban

Berlin mayor under fire over Ukrainian flag ban

BERLIN (Reuters) – Critics have taken aim at Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey after Russian flags were raised in the German capital to show their support for Moscow’s war in Ukraine, while police reportedly confiscated Ukrainian flags on Sunday . Berlin police on Friday banned the display of Russian and Ukrainian flags in certain locations on … Read more

Nine major driving changes in 2022 including pavement ban

Nine major driving changes in 2022 including pavement ban

There will be some major driving changes being brought in this year on top of the recent changes to the highway code which saw the hierarchy of road users change. However, many drivers should be aware that there are some other changes being introduced including laws on mobile phones and fines for minor driving offenses. … Read more

Spouses, taxes and crypto: The unanswered questions for Congress' stock trading ban

Spouses, taxes and crypto: The unanswered questions for Congress' stock trading ban

Wait, isn’t insider trading already banned? Following a “60 Minutes” expose of trades lawmakers made during the 2008 financial crisis, Congress in 2012 passed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act. The law requires members and their spouses to disclose stock transactions and bars them from trading on nonpublic information “derived” from their official positions. … Read more

Boy, 15, shot dead parents and brother after internet ban due to bad school marks

Forensic teams at the scene

Police sources on the Costa Blanca say they believe the gruesome murders could have been sparked by the boy’s parents stopping him from going online with his mobile Forensic teams at the scene ( Image: SOLARPIX.COM) Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting dead his parents and brother after they “banned him from … Read more

Wisconsin state Supreme Court lets ban on drop boxes go into effect for spring election

Wisconsin state Supreme Court lets ban on drop boxes go into effect for spring election

Residents drop mail-in ballots in an official ballot box outside of the Tippecanoe branch library on Oct. 20, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wis. | Getty Images Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court is letting a ban on drop boxes in the state go into effect for the state’s spring local elections. The state’s highest court rejected a motion … Read more

Netflix’s first Arabic film ‘Perfect Strangers’ sparks debate, calls to ban it

Netflix’s first Arabic film ‘Perfect Strangers’ sparks debate, calls to ban it

A Lebanese father tells his teenage daughter that she is free to choose whether to have sex with her boyfriend, despite his reservations. An Egyptian woman discreetly removes her black lace underwear from under her clothes before going out to dinner, and it’s not her husband she’s trying to excite. And in a dramatic moment, … Read more