Major U.S. companies, including Target, Meta, and Amazon, are scaling back DEI initiatives, citing the 2023 Supreme Court affirmative action ruling and pressure from conservative activists targeting diversity programs.

The decision came a week after the justices heard a First Amendment challenge to a law aimed at the wildly popular short-form video platform used by 170 million Americans that the government fears could be influenced by China.

The Supreme Court’s remarkably speedy decision Friday to allow a controversial ban on TikTok to take hold will have a dramatic impact on the tens of millions of Americans who visit the app every day and broad political implications for President-elect Donald Trump.

The Brazilian Supreme Court is ready to rule on a request challenging a state law that ends tax breaks for grain traders banning soy purchases from deforested areas of the Amazon rainforest after a cut-off date.

Prime Video has announced Monday, January 27 as the launch date for Tribunal Justice in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria. The courtroom series is created by Judge Judith Sheindlin ( Judge Judy, Judy Justice ), and it features a panel of three judges adjudicating real cases. New episodes will be available to stream each day.

The Supreme Court has AGREED to hear a court challenge against the province's controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21. C-B-C's Vanessa Lee is in Montreal.

The companies are among the latest major corporations to alter their diversity programmes since Trump's re-election.

Chinese merchants on TikTok are taking precautionary measures to prepare for a looming ban of the short-video app in the United States, including switching to competing platforms and focusing on other overseas markets.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew thanked Donald Trump for his commitment to "finding a solution" that keeps TikTok available in the U.S. after the ruling.

The Supreme Court unanimously found the new law that could lead to a ban of TikTok does not violate the First Amendment rights of the platform or its users.

The high-profile names who could potentially buy TikTok following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the law banning the platform in the US.

Amazon.com Inc. surprised its Quebec workers on Wednesday by announcing it will shutter all seven of its facilities in the province by March, laying off about 1,950 full-time and temporary employees as it switches to third-party delivery services.