独占記事:請負業者は「強制失踪」を含む疑惑を否定しており、同伴者のいない未成年者の所在特定を支援する。
契約文書によると、米移民・関税執行局(ICE)は、単身で米国に到着した非正規滞在の移民の子供たちの追跡を支援するため、「拷問」や「強制失踪」の告発に直面している民間警備会社と契約を締結した。ICEは米国内におけるこれら未成年者の追跡活動を大幅に強化しており、任務の一部を第三者に委託して「現地に人員を動員(boots on the ground)」し、過去に米政府の保護から解放された移民の子供たちの所在を特定しようとしている。
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大学の恒例行事に参加した学生たちは、水着姿の自身の画像が本人の同意なく全国紙に掲載されていると訴えている。
金曜日の夜明けとともに、何百人もの St Andrews University の学生たちが、試験に幸運をもたらすとされる学部生の伝統行事 May Dip のために、冷え込む North Sea へと飛び込む。しかし、ビーチにいるのは学生たちだけではない。近年、この風変わりな儀式は、ビキニ姿の学生の写真で利益を得ようとするエージェンシーやフリーランスの写真家たちの標的となっており、中には Fife の海岸沿いの遊歩道近く、East Sands の砂丘で一晩中キャンプをして待ち構える者もいる。
「It ruined my night」と、Scotsman の見開きに写真が掲載された学生の一人、Anna は語った。「今、あの May Dip のことを思い出すと、その写真のことばかり考えてしまいます。それだけなのです」。続きを読む...
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Trump ally grilled by lawmakers over ‘terrible decisions’ on vaccines, public health and funding cuts to key programsUS politics – latest updatesVaccines and public health dominated a frequently contentious hearing with Robert F Kennedy Jr on Thursday before the US House ways and means committee.Kennedy, the controversial health secretary and a longtime vaccine opponent, has overseen sweeping changes to routine vaccination recommendations and has promoted misinformation even amid the biggest measles outbreak in decades. Continue reading...
Brain Cole Jr, accused of planting the devices near the RNC and DNC buildings in DC, faces two more felony countsThe individual accused of placing pipe bombs near the headquarters of both the Republican and Democratic national committees on the night before the January 6 Capitol attack is now facing two more felony counts, as detailed in a newly released indictment on Wednesday.Brian Cole Jr, 30, of Woodbridge, Virginia, had previously been arrested in December and charged with transporting and positioning two improvised explosive devices outside the DNC and RNC buildings. The updated indictment introduces charges of attempting to use weapons of mass destruction and carrying out an act of terrorism while armed. Continue reading...