The UK risks being shut out of a historic oceans summit because parliament has failed to ratify the UN’s high seas treaty, environmental charities and campaigners have warned. The high seas treaty, formally known as the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, comes into force […]
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Apple, Google tell workers on visas to avoid leaving the U.S. : NPR
With reported months-long consulate and embassy delays, Google and Apple say employees on H-1B visas should stay put in the U.S. right now to avoid the risk of getting stranded abroad. The latter tech company’s headquarters campus is seen in Mountain View, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Apple and […]
Australian influencer family move to UK to avoid social media ban
An Australian family with millions of online fans are relocating to the UK to avoid their home country’s social media ban for under-16s which starts in December. Known as the “Empire Family”, the four-member unit is made of mums Beck and Bec Lea, 17-year-old son Prezley and daughter Charlotte, 14, who all post videos of […]