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Month: March 2022

Russian citizens

The digital Iron Curtain: How Russia’s internet could soon start to look a lot like China’s

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Like much else about the country, Russia’s internet has long straddled East and West. Russian citizens, unlike their Chinese counterparts, have been able to access US tech platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google, though they have been subject to censorship and restrictions — the defining feature of China’s internet

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Police hold back supporters of US President Donald Trump as they gather outside the US Capitol's Rotunda on January 6

Dozens more US Capitol Police officers were injured on January 6 than previously known, report says

By Whitney Wild Roughly 114 US Capitol Police officers reported injuries as a result of the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, a government watchdog said in a new report Monday, well above the previously widely reported estimate of around 80 injured officers. The Government Accountability Office surveyed Capitol Police officers who responded

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Texas Children's Hospital says it is halting hormone therapies for transgender children to "safeguard our healthcare professionals and impacted families from potential criminal legal ramifications."

Texas Children’s Hospital halts hormone therapies for transgender children in response to governor and AG’s recent actions

By Amir Vera and Gregory Lemos, CNN Texas Children’s Hospital has halted providing hormone therapies for transgender children, the hospital confirmed to CNN in a statement Monday. The move comes in response to the recent actions of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to the hospital. In a legal opinion released

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