The head of global ports operator DP World, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, resigned on Friday following mounting pressure over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to BBC Business. His departure as chairman and chief executive came after newly-released files revealed he exchanged hundreds of emails with Epstein over a decade. DP World announced Essa Kazim as chairman and Yuvraj Narayan as chief executive, effective immediately.
The news of Sulayem's resignation broke as Amazon's Ring announced it was ending a deal with surveillance firm Flock Safety, after facing scrutiny over its privacy practices, as reported by BBC Business. The agreement, announced in October, would have allowed agencies working with Flock to retrieve video captured on Ring devices. The decision to cancel the deal came days after a Ring advertisement aired during the Super Bowl sparked widespread backlash.
Meanwhile, a US federal judge ordered that some of the Venezuelan men sent by the Trump administration to a notorious prison in El Salvador must be allowed to return to the United States to fight their cases, according to The Guardian. Luis Muñoz Pinto, a 27-year-old deportee, expressed both hope and fear, stating, "I’m not over that nightmare yet."
In other news, Palmerston, a rescue cat who served as the chief mouser of the Foreign Office, died in Bermuda, as reported by The Guardian. The cat retired in 2020 after four years of service in Whitehall. A social media post in Palmerston's name announced his death.
Finally, over 100 prominent artists, including musicians, actors, and writers, signed an open letter in support of the United Nations special rapporteur for occupied Palestinian territory, Francesca Albanese, who faces international calls to step down, according to Al Jazeera. The letter from Artists for Palestine offered full support to Albanese, a defender of human rights.
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