JAN
13
2015

Supreme Court declines to rule on Louisiana same-sex marriage

The US Supreme Court decided Monday not to take on a case to review Louisiana´s ban on same-sex marriage. The ban was upheld by a federal trial judge in New Orleans in September.

JAN
13
2015

Egypt court orders retrial in Mubarak embezzlement case

Egypt´s high court overturned on Tuesday the only remaining conviction against Hosni Mubarak and ordered a retrial in his embezzlement case.

JAN
13
2015

Cuba has freed all 53 prisoners as agreed in U.S. deal: U.S. officials

Cuba has completed the release of all 53 prisoners it had promised to free, the Obama administration said on Monday, a major step toward détente with Washington.

JAN
13
2015

Obama proposes new data laws as U.S. Central Command hacked

President Barack Obama on Monday said he wants to work with Congress on new laws that would do more to protect Americans´ privacy and the trail of data they leave on smart phones, computers and other devices.

JAN
13
2015

North Korea offers to suspend nuclear tests if U.S. suspends military drills

North Korea said on Saturday it was willing to suspend nuclear tests if the United States agreed to call off annual military drills held jointly with South Korea

JAN
13
2015

White House sets delayed anti-extremism summit

In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris last week, the White House has scheduled an anti-extremism conference that was originally set for last October but was postponed without explanation.

JAN
13
2015

Obama set to propose new laws to protect consumer data, privacy

President Barack Obama wants Congress to pass legislation requiring companies to inform customers within 30 days if their data has been hacked,

JAN
13
2015

North, South Korea Offer Proposals to Reduce Tensions

North and South Korean leaders are proposing different approaches to reduce the potential for military conflict in the region.

JAN
12
2015

Brazil Stakes Claim to Massive Gem

Government intervenes in Los Angeles court battle over $400M Bahia Emerald.

JAN
12
2015

China’s Fosun buys Portuguese insurer Caixa Seguros

A €1bn offer by Fosun International, China’s largest private conglomerate, has won the bidding for control of state-owned Caixa Seguros,

JAN
12
2015

Haiti: Judge Throws Out Cholera Suit Against U.N.

A federal judge in Manhattan dealt a set back on Friday to victims of Haiti’s cholera epidemic who have been seeking to hold the United Nations responsible.

JAN
12
2015

German newspaper attacked ´over cartoons´

Daily tabloid Hamburger Morgenpost targeted in arson attack after reprinting French magazine Charlie Hebdo cartoons.

JAN
12
2015

China Wants Taxes Paid by Citizens Living Afar

As Chinese individuals and companies head overseas in greater numbers, the country’s tax authorities are starting to follow.

JAN
12
2015

Huge Show of Solidarity in Paris Against Terrorism

More than a million people joined over 40 presidents and prime ministers on the streets of Paris on Sunday in the most striking show of solidarity in the West against the threat of Islamic extremism since the Sept. 11 attacks.

JAN
12
2015

Russia passes anti-gay law, activists detained

Russia´s lower house passed a law on Tuesday banning gay "propaganda", a measure that human rights groups say has already fuelled attacks on homosexuals.

JAN
12
2015

Honda to pay $70 million for failure to report deaths, injuries

Honda Motor Co has agreed to pay $70 million to the U.S. government in penalties for failing to report hundreds of injuries.

JAN
12
2015

Ohio ends two-drug execution cocktail

Authorities in Ohio say they will no longer use a drug combination that caused an inmate to gasp and snort during a 26-minute execution.

JAN
12
2015

Volvo Group acquires 45 percent of Chinese vehicle maker Dongfeng

Swedish truck maker Volvo Group said Monday it had completed the acquisition of 45 percent of a subsidiary to Chinese motor giant Dongfeng for $893 million.

JAN
9
2015

Big banks park beat-up energy sector bonds in U.S. money funds

Big European and American banks have found a productive place to park the energy sector´s most distressed debt: the $2.7 trillion U.S. money market industry.

JAN
9
2015

Philip Morris USA Loses Appeal of Widow’s Label Warning Win

Philip Morris USA lost an appeal of a $4.93 million award to the widow of a man who said he wouldn’t have started smoking when he was 13 years old in the 1960s if he had known it caused câncer.

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