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Apple says it instructed its suppliers to halt the sourcing of material from DR Congo and neighbouring Rwanda.
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Consumer Affairs Victoria ordered to pay costs after firm successfully argues it is not technically engaged in debt collection owed to another person Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Criminal charges against one of Australia’s biggest debt collection firms have been dismissed after the company successfully argued it was not technically engaged in debt collection. In a committal hearing at the Melbourne magistrates court on Tuesday, magistrate Michelle Hodgson dismissed the charges against Panthera Finance and ordered that Consumer Affairs Victoria pay costs. Continue reading……
Southern California residents shared disastrous effects of Trump’s immigration crackdown at a congressional hearing The Trump administration’s ICE raids across southern California have had disastrous effects on the region’s immigrants and swept up US citizens in the process, community leaders and residents said at a congressional hearing in Los Angeles on Monday. Andrea Velez, an American arrested by US immigration officials over the summer, described how she was accosted by masked agents while on her way to work. She said she was charged with assaulting an officer and held for two days in a federal detention center, where detainees…
Robert James Purkiss faces extradition for alleged septic tank killing of Agnes Wanjiru near army training base A former British soldier accused of murdering a Kenyan woman whose body was found in a septic tank in 2012 has spoken publicly about the allegations, saying: “I do not believe I ever met her.” Robert James Purkiss, 38, faces extradition to Kenya, where he is wanted for the alleged “brutal” murder of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru in Nanyuki, a town near a British army training camp. Continue reading… Source link India ‘People of Bengal will shake… Activist alleges assault by Uber… Elderly…