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Woman barred from Edinburgh flight after ‘distressing’ conversation at passport desk

Woman barred from Edinburgh flight after ‘distressing’ conversation at passport desk

Published by Sam Flores

A woman was stranded in Dusseldorf after her return flight to Edinburgh was blocked over a Home Office admin error. Liza Tobay was told her settled status had been “red flagged” when she tried to connect in Munich, in Germany, on a departing flight back to the capital. Liza, a German woman, was separated from her three-year-old daughter in Edinburgh as a result. The German national had taken her eldest child, aged six, to visit relatives over Easter. While trying to connect in Germany, Liza was informed at the passport control desk her settled status had been “red flagged”, reports Birmingham Live. Speaking to the Guardian, Liza: “I started to panic and my son started to cry. “It is the first time he’s been away for five days without his dad, so he’s been homesick already and could sense something wasn’t right.” Liza said she was unable to sleep or eat due to the ordeal and worried about being away from her young daughter for the first time. She told Edinburgh Live: “I am now …

Kalshi moves to tighten rules, says politicians and athletes will be barred from trading on related markets

Kalshi moves to tighten rules, says politicians and athletes will be barred from trading on related markets

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Kalshi is tightening who can trade on its prediction markets, drawing clearer limits around insider activity as the platform grows into more sensitive areas. In a blog post published Monday (March 23), the company said it is “launching new technological guardrails that preemptively block politicians, athletes, and other relevant people from trading in certain politics and sports markets.” The changes target political candidates and people involved in college and professional sports. Kalshi said it has “launched tools that will aim to preemptively block political candidates if they try to trade on their own campaigns.”  The company added that it already blocks elected officials such as members of Congress, and said the new system is designed to extend those checks to candidates as well. Today, we’re announcing an expansion of our efforts to prevent insider trading on Kalshi – new guardrails and policies to preemptively block politicians and athletes from trading in certain politics and sports markets. These efforts, which have been in the works for months,… — robertjdenault (@robertjdenault) March 23, 2026 Kalshi also described …

With most new refugees barred, synagogues turn to serving those already here

With most new refugees barred, synagogues turn to serving those already here

Published by Sam Flores

DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — Over the past five years, members of Judea Reform Congregation have helped resettle 13 refugee families from such countries as Afghanistan, Haiti, Syria, Ukraine and Venezuela. Many of its volunteers are still caring for them. They recently sent the refugee families a spring food gift basket to celebrate Ramadan, Nowruz and Easter. Welcoming refugees is still a core mission of the synagogue, but no new refugees will be welcomed at the annual Refugee Shabbat commemoration this weekend. With President Donald Trump’s executive order, signed the day of his inauguration, all refugee admissions have been frozen, with the exception of Afrikaners, South African white farmers, of which 2,000 have been resettled across the U.S. Instead, at Friday night (March 13) services, the congregation will hear from the first Latina member of the Durham City Council about the city’s efforts to welcome immigrants. Next month, volunteers from this synagogue will join up with the Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Durham to start a sewing circle for Afghan women who have been resettled in …

East London Labour councillor barred from standing for re-election accuses party of ‘institutional racism’ as she defects to Greens

East London Labour councillor barred from standing for re-election accuses party of ‘institutional racism’ as she defects to Greens

Published by Sam Flores

First elected as a Labour councillor in 2014, Cllr Adejare was deselected by her regional party last year after failing her candidacy interview. However, she told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) she had been blocked for supporting a “procedural” opposition motion in 2023, calling for ceasefire in Gaza. “We didn’t even get to the actual motion,” she said. Source link

Labor Secretary’s husband barred from HQ after sexual assault claims

Labor Secretary’s husband barred from HQ after sexual assault claims

Published by Sam Flores

Shawn DeRemer, husband of Lori Chavez-DeRemer, U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of labor, sits, on the day Chavez-DeRemer testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 19, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters At least two female staffers have alleged that they were sexually assaulted at the Labor Department building by the husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, MS Now confirmed on Thursday night. Chavez-DeRemer’s husband, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, has not been criminally charged, but has been barred from the Labor Department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., after the women detailed their claims to investigators, MS Now confirmed. The New York Times first reported the situation on Thursday, citing people familiar with the situation and a police report. “This is an active investigation by MPD’s Sexual Assault Unit,” a Washington Metropolitan Police Department spokesperson told CNBC when contacted about the Times’ account of one accuser filing a police report in late January. “We cannot confirm the names of potential suspects or witnesses. …

Prince William ‘barred’ from riding e-scooter on grounds of forever home with Kate Middleton

Prince William ‘barred’ from riding e-scooter on grounds of forever home with Kate Middleton

Published by Daniella Wilson

The Prince of Wales has been “barred” from riding his e-scooter on the grounds of the Windsor Home Park estate, according to new reports. According to The Standard, the 4,800-acre Windsor Great Park, where the Waleses’ Forest Lodge home is situated, does not allow motorised transport for safety reasons and traffic management. Prince William, 43, has previously been spotted riding an e-scooter on the grounds of Windsor Castle and even rode it while appearing in an episode of Eugene Levy’s Apple+ TV series The Reluctant Traveler last October.  © Getty ImagesWilliam will no longer be allowed to ride his e-scooter around the Windsor Home Park estate E-scooter ban at Windsor Home Park However, he will no longer be permitted to ride his scooter on the estate as strict park rules now state: “Aside from cyclists, the roads are reserved for residents and Estate workers. “All other forms of motorised transport are not permitted within Windsor Great Park. Examples include: E-scooters, Hoverboards, One-wheels.” Recommended videoYou may also likeWATCH: The royal residences: A look inside E-scooters have become …

Australian writers’ festival boss resigns after Palestinian author barred

Australian writers’ festival boss resigns after Palestinian author barred

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SYDNEY: The director of a leading Australian writers’ festival resigned in protest on Tuesday (Jan 13) after the board cancelled an appearance by a Palestinian-Australian author. Scores of participants, including former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, have boycotted the Adelaide Festival over a decision to exclude Randa Abdel-Fattah. Writers’ Week director Louise Adler joined the exodus, blaming the “extreme and repressive efforts of pro-Israel lobbyists”. “The arts have allegedly become ‘unsafe’ and artists are a danger to the community’s psycho-social wellbeing,” she wrote in an open letter published by The Guardian newspaper. “But let’s be clear, the routine invocation of ‘safety’ is code for ‘I don’t want to hear your opinion’. “In this instance, it appears to apply only to a Palestinian invitee.” Australia’s premier annual cultural event, which lures artists from around the world, unleashed the storm last week when it told Abdel-Fattah it did not “wish to proceed” with her appearance. Adler said the board had made this decision despite her “strongest opposition”. Abdel-Fattah has faced criticism over some statements, including a …

Aid to Gaza under threat: Dozens of NGOs to be barred under new Israeli rules

Aid to Gaza under threat: Dozens of NGOs to be barred under new Israeli rules

Published by Sam Flores

Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (Médecins ⁠Sans Frontières or MSF) urged Israel to allow it to operate in Gaza and the occupied West Bank in 2026 amid fears that it – and dozens of other NGOS – could be barred from operating in the Palestinian territories because of new Israeli rules set to come into force on January 1.  The organisation has provided care to nearly half a million people in more than two years of war in Gaza, where it currently supports around 20 percent of the hospital beds and a third of births. “If MSF is prevented from working in Gaza, it will deprive hundreds of thousands of people from accessing medical care,” the group said, highlighting the life and death stakes for civilians already struggling to access health services. Read moreSituation in Gaza is ‘catastrophic’, foreign ministers from 10 countries warn Israel’s said that 37 aid organisations – about 15 percent of the organisations operating in Gaza – have failed to comply with its new framework by a deadline that expires at midnight on Wednesday. The new rules, announced in …