Morning Bird: More pictures from the Epstein case are available, showing for example a Czech passport or Lajčák. TikTok is trying to stay in the American market
Members of the Democratic Party from the House Oversight Committee continue to publish photos and documents from the estate of sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein. For example, a released series includes a Czech passport that clearly belonged to a woman, though the other details are hidden. While President Donald Trump repeatedly delayed enforcement of a law forbidding TikTok from operating in the United States, a deal was eventually reached transferring control of the popular app to US ownership.
New Epstein photos point to a Czech passport or advisor Miroslav Lajčák
Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives have released additional photos related to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The images include, among other things, a Czech passport of a certain woman, whose details are blacked out, or Slovak diplomat and current advisor to Prime Minister Robert Fico, Miroslav Lajčák. The pictures are part of more than 95,000 photos the lawmakers received from Epstein's estate. The Epstein case, who committed suicide in prison in 2019, attracts significant media attention as this financier maintained close ties with, among others, current US President Donald Trump, former head of state Bill Clinton, or British Prince Andrew, reported Ceskenoviny.cz.
TikTok is looking ahead to its next operation in the United States
TikTok has signed an agreement to spin off its American assets and create a new entity with a group of predominantly American investors, said CEO Shou Chew in a Thursday report to employees. This move brings the brand one step closer to securing its long-term future in the United States. This came after a law approved last year required the American version of the app to be spun off from parent company ByteDance, or to be banned in the United States, wrote the television server CNN.
Harrison Ford to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Actor Harrison Ford will receive a lifetime achievement award from the SAG-AFTRA union in March, as reported by AP. He will receive the award on March 1 at the 32nd annual ceremony awarding the art of acting, which is awarded by the Screen Actors Guild – American Television and Radio Artists Federation. The award ceremony will be live-streamed on Netflix. The 83-year-old artist has a number of iconic roles to his credit. He is known, for example, for the Star Wars films or the series in which he played the archaeologist Indiana Jones.
Marijuana will not be considered such a dangerous drug in the United States
US President Donald Trump has signed an order that could reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new possibilities for medical research. The change would move marijuana from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, along with heroin and LSD. Cannabis would instead be a Schedule III substance, like ketamine and some anabolic steroids. While the change in classification wouldn't allow the legalization of marijuana use, it could change the way this drug is regulated, informed the agency AP.
Sources: Ceskenoviny.cz, CNN, AP
