In a move that will affect most American corporations, the Labor Department plans to require companies to prepare and adopt compliance plans aimed at ensuring they do not violate wage, job safety and equal employment laws.
Uganda´s Vice-President Gilbert Bukenya and several other ministers should be prosecuted over alleged corruption, a leaked MPs´ report says.
Essentially, two World Cups were awarded to South Africa for 2010. Most visible was the 32-team soccer tournament that is the world’s largest sporting event.
Goldman Sachs is under criminal investigation for the way in which it sold complex mortgage-backed products to clients, reports suggest.
The Greek government´s austerity measures required to secure eurozone monetary aid are still unpopular amongst the public. The proposed cuts triggered protests and strikes across the country, with more in the pipeline.
Google’s plan to offer Street View photo mapping in Germany, which has bumped up against the country’s strict privacy laws, has come in for renewed criticism after regulators learned that the company, a search engine giant, was also archiving the locations of household wireless networks.
The Indian government is banning the purchase of some Chinese-made telecommunications equipment, one of the largest private mobile operators in India said Friday.
Coast Guard officials were investigating reports early Friday morning that oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico had washed ashore overnight, threatening fisheries and wildlife in fragile marshes and islands along the Gulf Coast.
A new government should call a halt to the “torrent” of legislation that has made the legal system incomprehensible to judges and the public alike, a senior judge has said.
Doctors who fail to inform their pregnant patients that they have the legal right to have an abortion -- or who refuse to refer women to doctors who perform abortions -- could be thrown into jail for up to four years, if the dominant political party in Mexico City´s legislature has its way.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is the most influential person in the world, according to Time magazine, which on Thursday released a list on which also appear former U.S. President Bill Clinton and extravagant pop singer Lady Gaga.
The Belgian parliament is likely to vote Thursday afternoon on whether to ban face coverings worn by observant Muslim women, the spokesman for a Belgian lawmaker said.
About 200,000 Americans whose illnesses have kept them from getting regular health insurance will not be allowed to enroll this summer in a new lower cost federal program for people like them because they already buy pricey state-run plans.
Corporate CEOs and union chiefs would have to stand by political advertising they helped fund under legislation being introduced in Congress today.
We maintain that Latin America--LatAm--will expand in 2010 after contracting more than 2% in 2009. Better global growth prospects and solid commodity prices will support growth in the region. However, differentiation in domestic demand dynamics will play a key role.
After weeks of wrangling, member states have agreed to a proposal to set up the EU´s new diplomatic corps.
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have exempted buyers of Oklahoma-made guns from several regulatory precautions including federal criminal background checks.
A Fairfield woman claimed her employer eliminated her job after learning that genetic tests showed she was predisposed to developing breast cancer.
The Harper government´s prison-sentencing laws will cost Canadians billions of dollars, including an estimated $2-billion for one piece of legislation alone, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews acknowledged yesterday.
Angela Merkel, German chancellor, pledged on Wednesday to step up efforts to overcome the Greek fiscal crisis as Standard & Poor´s downgraded Spain and investors sold bonds in Europe´s most indebted nations.
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