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EU news: Brussels SUES Britain for breaking EU rules – European judges punish UK | Politics | News
The European Court of Justice upheld a complaint from the European Commission that the UK was not obeying air pollution rules while it was still a member. Its Luxembourg-based judges ordered Britain to pay the costs for both itself and the EU. The ECJ could have ordered Britain to pay multimillion pound fines as a …
Quarantine rules pushing oil workers and families to ‘breaking point’
An oil boss has warned that government hotel quarantine rules are pushing north-east workers and their families to “breaking point”. Erik Ronsberg, chief executive of Stena Drilling, said he was “so worried” about the mental health of colleagues and their loved ones. Stena recently launched a petition urging the UK Government to give oil workers …
Collusion and collisions – The new rules of competition in the technology industry | Business
Feb 27th 2021 TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES exhibit a curious lexical property. Google and Zoom are verbs. So, in Chinese, is Taobao, the name of Alibaba’s vast e-mall. Uber and Didi, its Chinese ride-hailing rival, are synonyms for “cab”. Facebook means, simply, the internet in Vietnam, where people mostly access the web through its social networks. Amazon, …
Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale Cracking Down With Spring Break Rules Amid Pandemic – NBC 6 South Florida
Officials in Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale say the upcoming spring break will have a very different feel this year, with rules being strictly enforced amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Miami Beach In Miami Beach, officials said they will be imposing a series of enhanced safety measures during the “high impact period” of spring break …
Judge denies B.C.’s request for injunction against churches breaking COVID-19 rules
The chief justice of British Columbia’s Supreme Court has denied an application from the province for an injunction against three Fraser Valley churches flouting COVID-19 rules that prohibit in-person services. In a brief hearing Wednesday morning, Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson said he had dismissed the application by B.C.’s attorney general and Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie …
These Louisiana bars have been punished for breaking coronavirus rules. Some are fighting it. | News
Throughout the pandemic, Gov. John Bel Edwards has used more of a soft touch than an iron fist to enforce his COVID-19 restrictions, typically directing agencies carrying out the orders to give businesses who break the rules multiple chances to get it right. But over the last 10 months, more than 70 bars across the …
England centre Joseph given two-week suspension after breaking COVID rules
England centre Jonathan Joseph has been handed a two-week suspension for breaching COVID-19 government rules. Joseph and his Bath teammate Elliott Stooke, alongside Wasps’ Gabriel Oghre were all charged by the RFU for “off-field infringements of the Government’s National Covid-19 Rules and related to mixing of multiple households, with two players travelling to visit the …
Pilot in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash pushed the limits of bad weather flying rules, NTSB says
The National Transportation Safety Board investigators described the crash as preventable, the pilot as experienced, and his employer as a generally safe charter operation. They spoke at a meeting of the NTSB to settle on an official cause of the January 26, 2020, crash that killed Bryant, his daughter, the pilot, and six others. “Even …
Madison teacher proudly remembers breaking the rules |
“It was that kind of sound that goes through your chest, that grabs your stomach and twists your heart and makes you feel sort of weak, it was very, very powerful. … And I thought, ‘Oh gosh, we’re going to break the building down,’” she said. As a legislative stalemate stretched into weeks, Cohen and …
Hong Kong introduces sweeping national security rules for schools
For years, parents and students in the semi-autonomous city have feared a shift toward China-style “patriotic education,” with a previous attempt to introduce such a curriculum defeated by mass protests in 2012. The new rules, coming in the wake of both the new security law and a crackdown on the city’s opposition movement, go far …
