Small, single-use toiletries provided by hotels will be banned in New York starting in 2025, as the state follows the lead of California and Washington in the conservationist-minded crackdown on tiny bottles. The New York ban will apply to hotels…
The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky denied Friday that it is a security threat after the U.S. Commerce Department banned the use of its software in the United States. The Moscow-based company — whose CEO Eugene Kaspersky is Russian — said in…
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year but is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products. The final…
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s government decided to ban the popular social media app TikTok on Monday, saying it was disrupting “social harmony” in the country. The announcement was made following a Cabinet meeting. Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud said the…
LANSING, Mich. — The denial of employment or educational opportunities due to discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles, such as Afros, cornrows or dreadlocks, will be prohibited in Michigan under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The new…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Saturday that journalists from countries that Russia regards as unfriendly have been banned from covering this year’s economic forum in St. Petersburg, one of the country’s showpiece events. The move underlines the intensifying animosity…
Beijing says proposals in some U.S. states to ban Chinese citizens from buying property within their borders would violate the principles of market economics. The communist government criticized proposed bans in Texas, Florida and Arkansas as the U.S. and China…
FRANKFURT, Germany — Europe imposed a ban Sunday on Russian diesel fuel and other refined oil products, slashing energy dependency on Moscow and seeking to further crimp the Kremlin’s fossil fuel earnings as punishment for invading Ukraine. The ban comes…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a ban on oil exports to the U.S. and other Western nations that recently imposed a price cap on Russian crude as punishment for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. A Kremlin statement announcing the…
A concert venue in the suburbs of St. Louis has barred children from attending an “all ages” Christmas drag show, as states have moved to restrict cross-dressing public displays. The Factory in Chesterfield announced hours before “A Drag Queen Christmas”…
