Amazon Turns to Chinese Firm on US Blacklist to Meet Thermal Camera Needs
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO—Amazon.com has bought cameras to take the temperature of workers during the CCP virus pandemic from a firm the United States blacklisted over allegations it helped China detain and monitor Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. China’s Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd shipped 1,500 cameras to Amazon this month in a deal valued close to $10 million, one of the people said. At least 500 systems from Dahua—the blacklisted firm—are for Amazon’s use in the United States, another person said. The Amazon procurement, which has not been previously reported, is legal because the rules control U.S. government contract awards and exports to blacklisted firms, but they do not stop sales to the private sector. However, the United States “considers that transactions…
ATHENS, Greece鈥擜 military helicopter operating off a Canadian frigate taking part in a NATO operation in the Mediterranean has gone missing in the sea between Greece and Italy, Greek state TV reported Wednesday.
ERT said an Italian and a Turkish frigate that were also part of the operation were searching for the helicopter, which was believed to be carrying three people.
Greek authorities said they have not been asked to help as the area is far off the Greek mainland and outside the area where the country has responsibility for search and rescue operations.
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Illinois Governor Under Scrutiny for Releasing Convicted MurderersTaurean Giles
Kwayera Jackson Kwayera Jackson, 40, was released by Pritzker on parole April 10 after serving half of his 40-year sentence for the murder of his 5-month-old son. Advocates for Jackson have argued that he could have accepted a plea deal for 20 years, but did not do so, and thus received a 40-year sentence. Kwayera Jackson (Illinois Department of Corrections)Jackson was an 18-year-old star athlete who had given up a sports scholarship to help raise his son when his girlfriend became pregnant in 1998, according to a website set up in his name. He had allegedly tried strength-training his baby, leading to the baby’s death by internal bleeding. A Change.org petition calling for his release states, “His youthful incompetency at parenting was what led to the death of his child,…
