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- Brazil judge blocks Starlink accounts as X suspension deadline looms https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/8/29/brazil-judge-blocks-starlink-accounts-as-x-suspension-deadline-looms 13 comments
- What is blocking in Loom? https://softwaremill.com/what-is-blocking-in-loom/ 16 comments java
- Capitol Hill showdown looms as Republicans vow to block voting rights bill https://www.msnbc.com/american-voices/watch/capitol-hill-showdown-looms-as-republicans-vow-to-block-voting-rights-bill-115156037901 20 comments politics
- With Hurricane Season Looming, Trump Is Blocking Relief Funds and Mocking Puerto Rico https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/05/with-hurricane-season-looming-trump-is-blocking-relief-funds-and-mocking-puerto-rico/ 8 comments politics
- Group of Republicans blocks FISA bill with spy powers deadline looming https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4585718-fisa-702-spy-powers-rule-vote/ 18 comments politics
- Porn Groups Sue to Block Texas’ Looming Online Age-Checks Law https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/porn-groups-sue-to-block-texas-looming-age-verification-law 29 comments law
- GOP blocks $2,000 stimulus aid House session lasts just minutes as shutdown looms https://www.journalgazette.net/news/politics/20201225/gop-blocks-2000-stimulus-aid 62 comments politics
- Apple blocks downgrades to iOS 13.3 as jailbreak release looms https://9to5mac.com/2020/02/12/apple-blocks-ios-13-3-downgrade-jailbreak/ 398 comments apple
- U.S. blocks WTO judge reappointment as dispute settlement crisis looms http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/worldnews/~3/hxuq3lxfafw/u-s-blocks-wto-judge-reappointment-as-dispute-settlement-crisis-looms-iduskcn1lc19o 11 comments worldnews
- Senate recess on chopping block as debt ceiling deadline looms https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4000715-senate-recess-on-chopping-block-as-debt-ceiling-deadline-looms/ 27 comments politics
- As Strike Looms, Sanders Blocks GOP Bill to Force Rail Workers Into Deal With No Sick Days https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/09/14/strike-looms-sanders-blocks-gop-bill-force-rail-workers-deal-no-sick-days 21 comments politics
- Xi Jinping faces stumbling blocks, as crucial Communist party meeting looms. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/13/xi-jinping-faces-stumbling-blocks-as-crucial-communist-party-meeting-looms 24 comments worldnews
- With Hurricane Season Looming, Trump Is Blocking Relief Funds & Mocking Puerto Rico - On Monday, he tweeted that the island’s residents “should be very happy.” https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/05/with-hurricane-season-looming-trump-is-blocking-relief-funds-and-mocking-puerto-rico/ 23 comments worldnews
- Eastern Ukraine: Humanitarian disaster looms as food aid blocked http://amnesty.org/en/news/eastern-ukraine-humanitarian-disaster-looms-food-aid-blocked-2014-12-23 20 comments europe
- Chinese President Xi Jinping faces stumbling blocks, as crucial Communist party meeting looms https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/13/xi-jinping-faces-stumbling-blocks-as-crucial-communist-party-meeting-looms 8 comments worldnews
- Potential war with Iran looming in the near future. Threats to block the Straight of Hormuz may lead to escalation. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/23/what-the-us-can-do-if-iran-closes-the-strait-of-hormuz.html 6 comments politics
- US Govt blocked minimum wage rise of Haitians on behalf of Levis, Heinz and fruit of the loom. http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/47890 4 comments worldnews
- UN humanitarian chief delivers ‘apocalyptic’ warning over Gaza aid • Emergency relief coordinator says famine looming as Israel’s Rafah offensive blocks vital aid routes https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/19/un-humanitarian-chief-delivers-apocalyptic-warning-over-gaza-aid 2 comments worldevents
- A manger scene juxtaposed against concrete blocks seemingly pierced by a mortar shell: with Christmas looming, the latest Bethlehem offering by secretive artist Banksy appeared Saturday in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Dubbed the "Scar of Bethlehem" https://www.france24.com/en/20191221-mysterious-artist-banksy-unveils-dark-nativity-in-bethlehem 37 comments worldnews
- [Stein] The Nuggets continue to make Wilson Chandler, Darrell Arthur and Kenneth Faried all available via trade to deal with their looming luxury-tax crunch, but one source close to the situation said Denver might have to expand its trading-block list to include Mason Plumlee https://twitter.com/thesteinline/status/1013196199699140608 34 comments nba
- VPN and TOR Ban Looming on the Horizon for Russia | Russia blocks websites on a very large-scale but citizens often circumvent those blocks using VPNs, TOR and other anonymizing tools. The country is now looking at ways of bringing this to an end http://torrentfreak.com/vpn-and-tor-ban-looming-on-the-horizon-for-russia-150212/ 26 comments worldnews
- Visa obstacle looms as Harper heralds end of Canada EU free-trade talks. Romania and Bulgaria might block it. http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/visa-obstacle-looms-as-harper-heralds-end-of-canada-eu-free-trade-talks/ 69 comments europe
- Haiti: Leaked cables expose new details on how Fruit of the Loom, Hanes and Levi’s worked with US to block increase in minimum wage and how the country's elite used police force as own private army http://www.democracynow.org/2011/6/24/haiti_leaked_cables_expose_us_suppression 684 comments worldnews