Crackdown
MLB hit with wave of pitcher injuries amid push for velocity, sticky stuff crackdown
The 2023 American League Cy Young Award winner, Gerrit Cole, is on the injured list with elbow trouble. The 2022 AL Cy Young winner, Justin Verlander, is out with shoulder inflammation. The 2021 AL Cy Young winner, Robbie Ray, will miss the first half of the season as he makes his way back from Tommy …
US seizes its first oligarch mega-yacht in Putin crackdown
A massive yacht owned by a Russian oligarch with close ties to President Vladimir Putin was seized Monday in Spain as part of the government’s sanctions initiative to “seize and freeze” large assets linked to Russian elites, according to reports. The mega yacht is among the assets linked to Viktor Vekselberg, a billionaire who heads …
China’s crackdown on technology is widespread
[TAIPEI]One thing was revealed in a recent campaign against Chinese tech companies. Jack Ma’s business isn’t the only thing regulated. What began as a government crackdown on anti-competitive behavior against Chinese Internet giants is a broader effort to wipe out how the rapidly growing and until recently bohemian tech sector operates. Has grown into. It’s …
Major China bitcoin mining hub lays out harsher crackdown measures
A bitcoin mine near Kongyuxiang, Sichuan, China on August 12, 2016. Paul Ratje | The Washington Post | Getty Images GUANGZHOU, China — China’s Inner Mongolia region has proposed punishments for companies and individuals involved in digital currency mining as it looks to further crack down on the practice. The move comes after Chinese Vice …
Crackdown at Echo Park homeless encampment begins as LAPD moves in, clashes with protesters
Authorities on Wednesday night moved to close down a homeless encampment in Echo Park that has become a highly charged test of city leaders’ struggle to balance constituents’ demands for clean streets and public spaces with the ever-growing tragedy of people who have no homes. Scores of police moved into the area, where they were …
Myanmar’s UN ambassador fired after anti-coup speech as military intensifies crackdown on protesters
Police opened fire in the southern town of Dawei, local politician Kyaw Min Htike. the Dawei Watch media outlet reported that one person was killed and more than a dozen were wounded. Police and the spokesman for the ruling military council did not respond to phone calls seeking comment. Videos posted to social media also …
Myanmar security forces intensify crackdown on protesters
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Security forces in Myanmar pointed guns toward anti-coup protesters and attacked them with sticks on Monday, seeking to quell the large-scale demonstrations calling for the military junta that seized power earlier this month to reinstate the elected government. More than 1,000 protesters rallied in front of the Myanmar Economic Bank in …
Wuhan citizen journalist jailed for four years in China’s Christmas crackdown | World news
Zhang Zhan, a 37-year-old former lawyer and citizen journalist who was arrested in May while reporting from Wuhan, has been sentenced to four years in jail. Zhang was arrested for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” – an accusation commonly used against dissidents, activists and journalists – with her video and blog reports from the Wuhan …
Google announces crackdown on in-app billing, aimed at Netflix and Spotify
With a lot of focus lately on how smartphone app developers are treated on Apple’s and Google’s app stores, Google has decided right now is a great time to announce more stringent app store billing rules. A new post from the official Android Developer Blog promises a crackdown on in-app billing that sounds like it’s targeted at …
TikTok to launch court action over Donald Trump’s crackdown | Technology
TikTok has said it will mount a court challenge to the Trump administration’s crackdown on the popular Chinese-owned service, which Washington accuses of being a national security threat. Amid tensions between the world’s two biggest economies, Donald Trump signed an executive order on 6 August giving Americans 45 days to stop doing business with TikTok’s …
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