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2021-06-15 18:23:12 IKEA Fined $1.2 mln for Spying on French Employees

A French court on Tuesday ordered IKEA to pay a 1 million euro ($1.2 million) fine for spying on its French staff, after the world’s biggest furniture retailer was found guilty of improperly gathering and storing data on its employees. The French branch of Ingka Group, which owns most IKEA stores worldwide, was accused of snooping on its workers and some clients over several years.



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2021-06-15 18:23:11 ‘Diamond Rush’ Grips South African Village

More than 1,000 fortune seekers on Monday flocked to the village of KwaHlathi in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province in search of what they believed to be diamonds after a discovery of unidentified stones in the area. The people traveled from across South Africa to join villagers who have been digging since Saturday, after a herd man who dug up the first stone on an open field, which some believe to be quartz crystals, put out the word.



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2021-06-15 18:23:09 China Denounces NATO Statement, Defends Defense Policy

The Chinese mission to the European Union on Tuesday denounced a NATO statement that declared Beijing a “security challenge,” saying China is actually a force for peace but will defend itself if threatened. The Chinese news release said the NATO statement was a “slander on China’s peaceful development, a misjudgment of the international situation and (NATO’s) own role, and a continuation of the Cold War mentality and organizational political psychology.”



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2021-06-15 18:23:07 US Lawmaker sorry for likening masks to Holocaust

A Republican lawmaker has apologized for likening coronavirus mask rules to the treatment of Jews in Nazi Germany. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia disavowed her comments after a visit to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. The conservative firebrand said it was important for her to acknowledge she had made “offensive remarks”. The Trump ally has courted controversy since assuming office in January.



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2021-06-15 18:23:05 Hungary Passes Law Banning LGBT Content in Schools

Hungary’s parliament has passed a law banning gay people from featuring in school educational materials or TV shows for under-18s, as Viktor Orbán’s ruling party intensified its campaign against LGBT rights. The national assembly passed the legislation by 157 votes to one, after MPs in the ruling Fidesz party ignored a last-minute plea by one of Europe’s leading human rights officials to abandon the plan.



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2021-06-14 17:50:14 Netanyahu Ousted as Israeli Parliament Votes in New Government

The long and divisive reign of Benjamin Netanyahu, officially ended on Sunday night, as the country’s Parliament gave its vote of confidence to a precarious coalition government stitched together by widely disparate anti-Netanyahu forces. Naftali Bennett, a 49-year-old former aide to Mr. Netanyahu who opposes a Palestinian state and is considered to the right of his old ally, replaced him as prime minister after winning by just a single vote.



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2021-06-14 17:50:12 NATO must Face up to China’s Rise, Alliance Chief Says

The head of Nato has urged members to respond to China’s rise at a summit designed to shore up US support for the Western alliance. The summit is expected to issue a statement describing China’s behavior as a “systemic challenge” after the meeting in Belgium. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the meeting was a “pivotal moment” for the alliance. It is US President Joe Biden’s first Nato meeting since taking office.



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2021-06-14 17:50:10 Novavax Covid Vaccine Highly Effective in U.S. Trials

The Maryland-based biotech company Novavax reported Monday that its experimental Covid-19 vaccine is safe and 100 percent effective against moderate to severe disease. The results are from the company’s Phase 3 clinical trials conducted in the U.S. and Mexico. The company has already completed a Phase 3 trial in the U.K., but the U.S. trial results are required to apply for emergency use authorization in the country.



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2021-06-14 17:50:08 Producer Resigns from Film They Are Us as Criticism Grows

A producer for a controversial Hollywood film depicting Jacinda Ardern’s response to the Christchurch terror attacks has resigned from the project after criticisms that it sidelined Muslim victims. The premise of the film, They Are Us, has also been criticized by its proposed subject, New Zealand prime minister Ardern. Ardern said on Sunday that she was not an appropriate focus for a film about the 2019 mosque attacks.



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2021-06-14 17:50:06 Blinken Says China “has to Cooperate” with International Probe into Coronavirus Origins

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that China must cooperate with further investigations from the United States and the World Health Organization into the origins of COVID-19, with the world now “insisting” that Beijing do so. In an interview with “Face the Nation,” Blinken said the main purpose of the examinations is to ensure proper policies and mechanisms can be put in place to prevent another pandemic from happening again or mitigate another outbreak.



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