JUN
11
2018

Canada Senate passes Cannabis Act to legalize marijuana

The Canadian Senate passed a bill Friday to legalize the recreational use of marijuana with a vote of 56 to 30.

JUN
5
2018

Same-sex spouses have EU residence rights, top court rules

The European Union´s top court has ruled in favour of a Romanian gay man´s right to have his US husband live with him in Romania.

JUN
5
2018

With deal to close this week, Bayer to retire Monsanto name

The deal is the first of a trio of major U.S.-German merger deals to cross the finish line at a time of harsh criticism by U.S. President Donald Trump of Germany’s trade surplus with the United States.

JUN
5
2018

´Confusing´ search warrant rules need overhaul, finds review

Law Commission says system leaves people unsure of their rights and leads to frequent erros.

JUN
5
2018

Australia charges former local heads of Citi, Deutsche, ANZ in cartel case

The tally of names disclosed on Tuesday showed the ambition of newly empowered antitrust regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

JUN
5
2018

Microsoft to take on Amazon with $7.5 billion GitHub deal

The deal is a big bet on Azure, the company’s fast-growing cloud business, as it will be able to lure more code developers who use GitHub and drive more business to Microsoft.

JUN
5
2018

Supreme Court rules narrowly for baker who refused to make same-sex wedding cake

Jack Phillips, who owns the Masterpiece Cakeshop, refused to create a cake for same-sex couple Charlie Craig and David Mullins.

JUN
4
2018

U.S. Senate approves bill to address Capitol Hill sexual harassment

Klobuchar said the bill would “help bring accountability and transparency to a broken process, ensure victims can immediately seek justice, and hold members of Congress accountable.”

JUN
4
2018

Federal judge blocks HHS from cutting off county´s sex education grant

King County sued the US Department of Health & Human Services when it ended funding the $5 million grant through the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for sexual education.

JUN
4
2018

Commonwealth Bank offers to pay record fine in laundering case

Australia´s Commonwealth Bank has said it will pay a $700m (£400m; $530m) fine for breaching anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing laws.

JUN
4
2018

Denmark passes law banning burqa and niqab

Campaigners say ban violates rights to freedom of expression and religion.

MAY
30
2018

Amazon, Cox Media Group and T-Mobile used Facebook to block older job seekers, union alleges

"When Facebook´s own algorithm disproportionately directs ads to younger workers at the exclusion of older workers, Facebook and the advertisers who are using Facebook as an agent to send their advertisements are engaging in disparate treatment."

MAY
30
2018

US returns $41,000 seized from Texas nurse who planned to open clinic

Anthonia Nwaorie will still sue after US customs seized money she was carrying en route to Nigeria to open a medical facility.

MAY
30
2018

USA Supreme Court: police cannot enter driveway to search vehicle without warrant

In Collins v. Virginia, the defendant was convicted of receiving a stolen motorcycle after a police officer entered the defendant´s driveway without a warrant to lift a tarp and check the motorcycle´s license plate.

MAY
30
2018

Philippine Congress passes autonomy bill for volatile Muslim region

The bill is the result of a 2014 peace deal between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the government to end nearly 50 years of conflict that has killed more than 120,000 people and displaced 2 million.

MAY
29
2018

Immigrant granted French citizenship after rescuing child from Paris balcony

Video of the rescue showed 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama climbing up four floors of the apartment building in just seconds to rescue the child, to cheers from onlookers.

MAY
29
2018

Trump eases firing of federal workers, cracks down on unions

“These executive orders will make it easier for agencies to remove poor-performing employees and ensure that taxpayer dollars are more efficiently used.”

MAY
29
2018

Starbucks around the US are closing for anti-bias training: What you need to know

Starbucks will close about 8,000 company-owned locations on Tuesday afternoon to offer 175,000 employees a mandatory anti-bias training.

MAY
28
2018

California appeals court refuses to block ruling overturning aid in dying law

Compassion and Choices, which filed an amicus brief in the case two years ago, led the campaign to pass the law before it was signed by Governor Jerry Brown in 2015. In the first year after the law went into effect, more than 500 California residents received the end-of-life drugs.

MAY
28
2018

EU Commission plans ban on plastic waste

EU officials noted that the single-use plastic objects and fishing gear accounts for 70 percent of trash in the ocean and that the move towards "innovative alternatives" could create some 30,000 jobs.

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