In 2003, when plumbing fixtures industry veteran Rob Buete first encountered the “walk-in tub” made by a startup called Safety Tub, he burst out laughing. A bathtub with a door? It seemed like a joke, or at best a clunky contraption for frail seniors who couldn’t step over a regular tub. #Designing #Disability #Mind #Sparks #Innovation
The Trump administration is trying to make it more difficult for fired federal employees to contest their dismissal, according to a government plan released on Monday, by limiting their right to appeal their dismissal to an independent board. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the federal government’s human resources office, proposed ending the right of fired federal employees to dispute dismissals before the independent Merit Systems Protection Board, according to the plan. Instead, fired workers would need to appeal to OPM, an office whose director reports to US President Donald Trump. If the proposal is implemented, it would build on Trump’s earlier efforts to shrink the size of the federal […]
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Summary: A new United Nations treaty establishes an international framework for investigating and prosecuting online crimes, such as ransomware attacks and financial fraud, which often involve multiple countries. While it explicitly defines cybercrime and spells out what law enforcement and companies are responsible for in such cases, concerns related to privacy and civil liberties have yet to be addressed. Companies with a global presence should start preparing for enforcement now. In crimes such as robberies or kidnappings, both the criminals and victims must directly interact in person, so it is obvious that they must both be in the same country for the crime to […]
Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), puts pins marking the names of candidates who won lower house elections at the LDP headquarters Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026 in Tokyo. Keisuke Hosojima/Kyodo News/AP hide caption toggle caption Keisuke Hosojima/Kyodo News/AP SEOUL — Japan’s first female Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, brought the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) its biggest electoral victory in its 71-year history, fueling her ambitions to pursue to a political agenda which she herself says could “split public opinion.” The snap elections for the lower house of parliament were held despite the shortest campaign period in post-war history, and massive snowstorms across […]
Two editors and an opinion writer from Jimmy Lai’s now-shuttered newspaper were each sentenced to 10 years in prison, a significant escalation in media prosecution in the once freewheeling city. #Apple #Daily #Sentences #Show #Era #Media #Peril #Hong #Kong
Tracking The Cost Of Trump’s Tariff War – OpEd Eurasia Review(Feed generated with FetchRSS) #Tracking #Cost #Trumps #Tariff #War #OpEd #Eurasia #Review
The academic institutions that join the WTO Chairs Programme receive financial support for a four-year period to develop their expertise and undertake activities under the three pillars of the programme: research, curriculum development, and outreach. After the four-year period, they remain part of the Chairs network, which now comprises 39 institutions across the globe. The Director-General highlighted the importance of the contribution, stating: “Austria’s contribution to the WTO Chairs Programme is an important investment in knowledge and capacity-building. Supporting academic institutions over the long term helps create a strong global network of trade expertise that benefits policymakers, students and stakeholders across developing economies and least-developed countries.” Austria expressed its support […]
Norway’s ambassador to Jordan and Iraq has resigned after an investigation was launched into her ties to late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. Mona Juul, who played a key role in the secret Israeli-Palestinian negotiations which led to the Oslo Accords of the early 1990s, is among several high-profile Norwegian figures swept up in the latest Epstein file release. “This is a correct and necessary decision. Juul’s contact with the convicted abuser Epstein has shown a serious lapse in judgment,” Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said in a statement. The senior diplomat was temporarily suspended on Monday pending an investigation into her alleged links […]
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. is planning to do business with Russia just as President Trump is pushing the two countries to reach a peace deal. #Zelenskyy #U.S #gearing #business #Russia #strikes #continue
The group, which has prompted skepticism from some U.S. allies, is scheduled to meet on Feb. 19, according to the officials. #Trumps #Board #Peace #Sets #Date #Meet #Washington #Officials
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