DEC
1
2014

Ferguson Protests: Obama To Meet With Civil Rights Leaders, Cabinet Over Unrest

Ferguson Protests: Obama To Meet With Civil Rights Leaders, Cabinet Over Unrest.

DEC
1
2014

Egyptian court drops case against ex-president Hosni Mubarak over 2011 protester deaths

An Egyptian court has dropped its case against ousted president Hosni Mubarak on charges of ordering the killing of protesters during the 2011 revolt that removed him from power.

DEC
1
2014

Tanzania parliament votes on PM resignation amid corruption scandal

Tanzania´s parliament voted on Saturday to dismiss senior officials, including the attorney general and the minister of energy, following a report released earlier this week implicating public officials in a scandal involving fraudulent payments of public funds..

NOV
28
2014

WTO Members Approve Historic Trade Deal

The World Trade Organization has received the unanimous backing of its 160 member nations for a first-ever multilateral trade deal, an agreement that has been years in the making and that the organization claims could add $1 trillion annually to global commerce.

NOV
28
2014

Hohn’s Ex-Wife Gets Record $530 Million in Divorce Case

Jamie Cooper-Hohn, the ex-wife of Children’s Investment Fund Management UK LLP founder Chris Hohn, is to receive $530 million of the couple’s marital assets, her lawyer said in a London court yesterday.

NOV
28
2014

France, Italy to Avoid Immediate EU Action Over Budgets

France and Italy will escape immediate punishment over weaknesses in their 2015 budget proposals as the European Union tries to balance the need for continued austerity with a desire for greater investment.

NOV
28
2014

Social media told to simplify terms and conditions

Social networking firms including Facebook and Twitter are being told to make it clearer to members how they collect and use their data.

NOV
28
2014

Malaysia proposes new anti-terror law

The Malaysian government is ratcheting up efforts to counter a domestic threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, including proposing a new anti-terrorism law.

NOV
28
2014

China Drafts Domestic Violence Law That Doesn’t Protect the Unmarried

The Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, or cabinet, this week released a draft of the country’s first Anti-Domestic Violence Law.

NOV
27
2014

Germany agrees law on quotas for women on company boards

Women often find themselves crowded out of senior boardroom positions in Germany

NOV
27
2014

Facebook Threats Go to High Court in Hip-Hop Free-Speech Case

Anthony Elonis went to prison after writing Facebook messages suggesting he might kill his wife.

NOV
27
2014

Thai court sentences five to death in war-torn south

A Thai court sentenced to death five suspected Muslim separatists convicted of killing four soldiers.

NOV
27
2014

European Parliament to vote on Google break-up

Breaking up Google is the latest attempt to solve long-running dispute

NOV
26
2014

Justice Department investigating alleged HSBC leak to hedge fund

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating allegations that an employee of HSBC Holdings Plc leaked confidential client information to a major hedge fund.

NOV
26
2014

Twitter Inc. Plans To Acquire Shots, A Selfie-Only Social Network App

Twitter Inc. is reportedly eyeing Shots, a selfie-only social network backed by singer Justin Bieber

NOV
26
2014

Ferguson: Protests Seen Across US Cities

Furious protesters of the Ferguson grand jury verdict took over several parts of major cities across the United States.

NOV
26
2014

U.S. judges overturn gay marriage bans in Arkansas, Mississippi

The back-to-back decisions were the latest in a flurry of federal court rulings striking down measures across the United States defining marriage as exclusively between a man and a woman.

NOV
26
2014

Georgia top court rules use of private probation companies constitutional

The court also upheld the authority of judges to impose electronic monitoring on probationers.

NOV
26
2014

China media: Public smoking ban

Papers welcome a proposed nation-wide ban on public smoking, while urging officials to tackle pollution problems.

NOV
25
2014

US seeks documents from Brazil’s Petrobras

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a subpoena to Brazil’s Petrobras for documents relating to an investigation into the state-controlled oil company.

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