2022.04.28
Buying Twitter doesn't work | Some of Musk's tweets remain under scrutiny
According to Agence France-Presse, on April 27, the judge dismissed Musk's request, ruling that his 2018 agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was valid, even though the world's richest man had just acquired Twitter and must be reviewed by a lawyer before he posted a tweet related to the electric car Tesla.
In November 2018, Musk tweeted that he had received enough funds to fully control Tesla, and given that he had 80 million followers, this move caused Tesla's stock price to fluctuate sharply, and many shareholders filed lawsuits against Musk.
The SEC found Musk's tweets "untrue and misleading" and that musk and the Securities and Exchange Commission reached an agreement to avoid resigning from Tesla. Under the agreement, Musk and Tesla were each fined $20 million, and Musk's tweets related to Tesla must be reviewed by lawyers in advance.
Musk said through his lawyer that the agreement violated his freedom of expression and said he was forced to sign it. But the judge said Musk's defense lacked evidence to support it and was an afterthought.
On January 24, 2015, in Park City, Utah, Elon Musk attended the premiere of the movie "Racing Extinction". (Source: Visual China)
Decisions before leaving office | South Korean President Moon Jae-in considers pardoning Lee Myung-bak
According to Yonhap News Agency, on April 29, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said he would consider amnesty for former President Lee Myung-bak. Moon said the government would consider justice and national unity to decide whether to grant amnesty.
Considering that Moon Jae-in will preside over the last state meeting on May 3, he may make a decision the day before the meeting, and the amnesty decision will be announced as early as May 8, The Buddha's Birthday.
Lee Myung-bak, who is part of the same party as his successor, Park Geun-hye, was president of Hyundai Group before entering politics and was president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013. In 2018, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fined 13 billion won for accepting bribes and abusing his power, and the sentence was changed to 17 years in the second instance.
Moon Jae-in's government has previously pardoned Park Geun-hye, and new president Yoon Seok-wook will take office on May 10.
Lee Myung-bak (Source: Network)
Attack poison with poison | Peru plans to buy all illegal coca leaves to combat drug trafficking
According to Agence France-Presse, the South American country of Peru announced that it would buy all of the country's illegal coca leaf for at least a year as a blow to the country's rampant drug trafficking industry.
Coca leaf is the main ingredient in cocaine, and Peru is one of the world's top three cocaine producers. The country currently has 62,000 hectares of land for coca leaf cultivation, producing 160,000 tonnes of coca leaf per month, the vast majority of which are illegally produced and sold to drug dealers, who convert it into about 400 tonnes of cocaine per year.
Government opponents have criticized the new plan, saying it would instead increase drug trafficking.
"What the government has expressed is that it is legalizing coca leaves and buying illegal coca leaves, which is very dangerous and has the potential to promote the cultivation of coca leaves, which is, after all, the main material used for drug trafficking," said Former Interior Minister Ruben Vargas.
Coca leaves can also be used to make candy, herbal dips, flour, and gum.
Peru created the Coca Leaf Producers Register in 1978 as part of its anti-drug policy.
Earlier this month, authorities began a week-long burning operation that burned 16.3 tons of illegal drugs seized this year.
| Omikeron had spread to France by air
According to Reuters news on April 28, the aircraft wastewater test showed that checking the new crown vaccination certificate and negative test results before boarding an international flight does not necessarily prevent the spread of the new variant.
Researchers found the Opichron variant in the wastewater of two commercial aircraft flying from Ethiopia to France in December 2021, although passengers were required to show vaccination certificates and nucleic acid test results before boarding.
A French researcher said: "It is possible that the virus has not yet multiplied to a point where it can be monitored on the day of detection." "Second, some passengers told him that negative test results were readily available.
| in space Canada amended its criminal code to govern lunar crimes
According to Agence France-Presse, on April 28, the Canadian Parliament voted 181:144 to pass the amendment to the Penal Code to extend jurisdiction to criminal acts on the International Space Station and the lunar surface.
Under the amendments, any Canadian's conduct on the International Space Station or on the Moon is considered a crime in Canada is also subject to Canadian criminal law.
As a backdrop to the amendments, the space travel industry is in the ascendant, and the International Space Station, led by NASA, will operate as early as 2026 as a transit point for humans to land on the moon and travel to Mars.
The Canadian Space Agency will build robots for the Moongate and develop artificial intelligence equipment for the space station. (Source: NASA)
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