Bolivia’s civil registry authorized for the first time a same sex civil union following a two-year legal battle, a decision activists in the Andean nation hope will pave the way for an overhaul of the country’s marriage laws.David Aruquipa, a 48-year-old businessman, and Guido Montaño, a 45-year-old lawyer, were initially denied the right to register…...
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Over 90 suspects are said to have cashed in on software that enabled illegal futures trading, local police said yesterday.The developer of the software, a man surnamed Fang who runs an information technology company in Shanghai, is alleged to have built up an illegal trading tunnel after defrauding a futures brokerage in Hong Kong by claiming to be an…...
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News Sean Douglas 13 Hrs AgoMinister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox. FILE PHOTO - MINISTER of Social Development Donna Cox said she is awaiting legal advice from the Office of the Attorney General on approaches to Trinidad and Tobago’s 441 street dwellers. She was speaking to reporters at a brief function at…...
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Argentina took a big stride towards making history on Friday as lawmakers in the lower house voted to legalize abortion.The move sent a jolt of euphoria through the country’s feminist movement, and hope to others in the conservative region lobbying for similar changes. After a marathon 20-hour debate, a bill that will legalize and decrminialize abortion…...
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BUENOS AIRES—Lawmakers in Argentina’s lower house on Friday passed a bill that would legalize abortion in most cases, a proposal from President Alberto Fernández in response to long-sought demands from women’s rights activists.The bill, which needs approval from the country’s Senate in a debate expected before the end of the year, allows for voluntary abortions…...
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VANCOUVER -- B.C. health officials are warning the public about a text message scam involving fake COVID-19 test results. Speaking at his coronavirus briefing on Thursday, Health Minister Adrian Dix noted that scammers around the world have been using fake coronavirus test results to trick people, including in B.C. "We understand that some fake text…...
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Check Point and KnowBe4 share details of a growing number of phishing campaigns using the prospect of a Covid-19 vaccine as a lure By Alex Scroxton, Security Editor Published: 11 Dec 2020 13:15 A surge in phishing campaigns exploiting the advent of vaccines for Covid-19 is being observed across the security community, with researchers at…...
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One of the counts read: “That you, Oladipo Opeyemi Juwon, sometime in the month of March 2019, in Ilorin, did cheat by personation. “You portrayed yourself as a white female, named Frank Tinna via your email address franktinna66@gmail.com to one Bernard Fontenot and induced him to send you the sum of $235 through gift cards…...
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KEPALA BATAS: A housewife lost RM177,500 after being deceived by a man claiming to be from Poland, who is believed to be part of the ‘African Scam’ fraud syndicate. Seberang Perai Utara District Police chief (SPU) ACP Noorzainy Mohd Noor said the 40-year-old woman claimed she got to know the man through the social networking…...
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A super PAC that claims to advocate for wounded veterans raised millions of dollars this year, but spent only $18,000 of it on political activity. The rest of the money was spun off to administrative and marketing services, including to three companies belonging to one person — a former long-shot Democratic congressional candidate, self-published author, certified nutrition-label reader and serial hustler in East…...
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