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Barred From Returning Home Over Minor Cannabis Conviction, UK Home Secretary Excoriated As Racist
Monday, July 24, 2023 - 6:43am | 504Home Secretary Suella Braverman personally intervened to bar a British resident from returning home to the UK after having been out of the country on vacation. What Happened Siyabonga Twala was on his way home from a vacation with his parents, two siblings and his nine-year-old son from a...
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Illinois Considers Weed Delivery, Missouri Marijuana Legalization Takes Effect, Philippines Senator Push For MM, & More
Thursday, December 8, 2022 - 12:35pm | 1193Illinois Gov. Pritzker Considers Cannabis Delivery Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker is considering allowing marijuana deliveries in the state, reported Crain’s Chicago Business. “At first blush, as long as it’s regulated — and as long as we make sure the...
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CBD Oil Without THC Shows No Effect In Relieving Pain Among Cancer Patients, Researchers Say
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - 1:13pm | 499CBD oil without THC does not help advanced cancer patients with their pain, depression, anxiety and overall quality of life, a new study found. The study, however, looked at the effect of CBD alone, said lead author Prof Janet Hardy. "The cannabis plant is very complex...
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Seth Rogen's Cannabis Brand That Sells Itself: From Lego-Like Packaging To Social Justice
Monday, April 18, 2022 - 11:23am | 981Seth Rogen's cannabis brand Houseplant recently redesigned its product packaging to resemble Lego bricks. The collaboration between MA-MA, a multidisciplinary design studio based in New York City, and international architecture and design firm Pràctica resulted in stackable...
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BBC Pulls Crypto Documentary About 20-Year-Old Who Says He Turned $50 Into $8M In 9 Months
Friday, February 11, 2022 - 10:46am | 384The BBC quickly removed a documentary titled “The Crypto Millionaire” after The Guardian questioned the veracity of the claims made by the millionaire in focus. What Happened: According to a report from The Guardian on Thursday, the BBC documentary about “self-made crypto...
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'Squid Game' Season 2 Talks Confirmed By Director, But Here's Why He's Not In A Rush
Friday, October 29, 2021 - 4:53pm | 673The most successful series ever on Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) sparked a pop culture phenomenon that is continuing and could be a big topic over the Halloween weekend. “Squid Game,” released in September, could be one of the most popular Halloween costumes of the year and shows the...
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Luxembourg To Lead Europe Into Cannabis Era: First EU Country To Legalize Growing Weed For Personal Use
Friday, October 22, 2021 - 10:32am | 531Adult Luxembourgers will soon be allowed to cultivate cannabis for private consumption, The Guardian reports. Friday’s announcement by Luxembourg’s government addresses fundamental changes in the country’s approach to recreational cannabis use. The new bill will allow people...
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600 Adolescents Inoculated With Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 Shot In Israel Witness No Serious Side-Effects: Guardian
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 2:35pm | 502Around 600 children between the ages of 12 and 16 who have been given the Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) / BioNtech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) COVID-19 vaccination in Israel did not experience any severe side-effects, the Guardian reports. Israel’s health ministry has...
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What We Know About Star, Disney's Adult-Oriented Streaming Channel
Friday, February 19, 2021 - 9:00am | 604Disney+ has been one of the top streaming services in terms of subscriber growth. The platform may have another trick up its sleeve to gain more subscribers with adult-oriented content coming to the platform soon. What To Know: Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) is planning to launch Star, a...
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European Union Shapes COVID-19 Stabilization Plan: 'Details Have To Be Worked Out'
Friday, April 24, 2020 - 4:20pm | 515European Union leaders debated hard to reach an agreement on the structure of an economic recovery program. On Thursday, 27 EU leaders met in a virtual video conference to discuss proposals to stabilize Europe’s economy, which is struggling due to the coronavirus pandemic. The...
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Saudi Prince Reportedly Involved In Hacking Of Jeff Bezos Phone
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 - 6:21am | 400Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the hacking of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos’ phone in 2018, reported The Guardian, citing results of a new digital forensic analysis. What Happened A seemingly innocent WhatsApp message sent to Bezos from Mohammed bin Salman’s...
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'Error' Temporarily Allowed Ads To Target Sensitive Terms On Twitter
Friday, January 17, 2020 - 12:47pm | 338Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) has admitted that it temporarily allowed ad targeting with sensitive terms such as "neo-Nazi," “white supremacist” and “anti-gay,” according The Verge. BBC Tests Keywords On Twitter In the BBC’s latest...
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Boris Johnson And Cabinet To Skip Davos And Focus On Delivering Timely Brexit
Wednesday, December 18, 2019 - 6:13am | 367The newly-elected U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson will not attend the 2020 World Economic Forum summit in Davos, Switzerland, in January, The Guardian reported on Tuesday. Johnson has also barred his cabinet ministers from attending the event, according to The Guardian, as he wants to "get...
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Exercise Labels: The Next Frontier In Food Packaging?
Thursday, December 12, 2019 - 4:19pm | 366U.K. researchers are debating if food packaging should expand to include how much exercise is needed to burn off the calories included in a food item, according to The Guardian. What Is Exercise Labeling? Food packages must display nutritional information, including calorie and salt content. But...
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WeWork Could Leave Thousands Without Jobs
Monday, November 18, 2019 - 6:38am | 294Co-working space startup WeWork could lay off more than one-third of its total workforce as soon as next week, the New York Times reported on Sunday. What To Know From The NYT Report More than 2,000 people employed in WeWork’s core business of subletting working space will lose their jobs,...