FEB
2
2015
FEB
2
2015

Australian Al Jazeera reporter freed after year in Egypt prison

An Australian journalist for Al Jazeera television imprisoned for more than a year in Egypt on terrorism-related charges was released from prison and will be deported.

JAN
30
2015

Republicans push through Keystone bill to set up showdown with Obama

Bill in favour of pipeline’s construction glides to 62-36 passage in the Senate, but the president has repeatedly said he will veto the proposal.

JAN
30
2015

U.S. lawmakers seek to end restrictions on travel to Cuba

Eight Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Thursday to repeal all restrictions on U.S. citizens´ travel to Cuba, the first step in Congress toward ending the U.S. embargo since President Barack Obama moved toward normal relations last month.

JAN
30
2015

Harvest pulls arbitration request vs Venezuela over stake sale

Texas-based oil company Harvest Natural Resources Inc said on Thursday its affiliates have withdrawn a request for arbitration against Venezuela for blocking the sale of the company´s stake in an oil project in the country.

JAN
30
2015

Senator John McCain Calls Out Protesters Who Swarmed Henry Kissinger

Sen. John McCain earned some applause inside a Senate Armed Services hearing this morning after he erupted at protesters of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, calling them “low-life scum.”

JAN
30
2015

Senators Introduce Legislation to Lift Cuba Travel Ban

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation today that would end the travel ban between the U.S. and Cuba -– the first legislation to be introduced this year following President Obama’s executive action to start opening diplomatic relations with Cuba.

JAN
30
2015

Illinois pension ruling may not impact Chicago case, attorney says

If the Illinois Supreme Court voids Illinois´ pension reform law, that ruling will not derail another law aimed at shoring up two of Chicago´s public pension funds.

JAN
30
2015

U.S. funding impasse blocks Secret Service hires: Homeland Security chief

The U.S. Secret Service cannot hire new agents for the next presidential election or make improvements at the agency until Congress settles a dispute over funding.

JAN
30
2015

Venezuelan financier gets 13 years prison in Connecticut fraud

A Venezuelan financier was sentenced on Thursday to 13 years in prison for running what U.S. prosecutors called a Ponzi scheme in Connecticut that caused $382.2 million of losses.

JAN
30
2015

California lawmaker aims to raise smoking age to 21

A California lawmaker introduced legislation on Thursday that aims to raise the legal smoking age to 21 from 18, his office said in a statement, just over a week after a similar move by Washington state´s top lawyer.

JAN
30
2015

Shell says ´optimistic´ on U.S. refinery contract talks

Lead industry negotiator Royal Dutch Shell Plc said on Thursday it was "optimistic" a new three-year agreement could be reached with a union representing hourly workers at 63 U.S.

JAN
30
2015

Meet Ross, the IBM Watson-Powered Lawyer

University of Toronto team launches a cognitive computing application that helps lawyers conduct world-class case research

JAN
29
2015

U.S. government says Obamacare could affect up to 29 percent of taxpayers

he Obama administration estimates that up to 29 percent of U.S. taxpayers could have to take the law known as Obamacare into account as they complete their 2014 income tax returns, officials said on Wednesday.

JAN
29
2015

Montana bride has no grounds to appeal murder conviction: prosecutors

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday said a Montana bride who admitted pushing her new husband off a cliff at Glacier National Park has no grounds to appeal her murder conviction after lying to officials and using trickery in a bid to conceal her crime.

JAN
29
2015

Top Nevada lawyer joins suit against Obama´s immigration relief plan

Nevada´s newly minted Republican attorney general has joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking to block President Barack Obama´s order easing the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants

JAN
29
2015

Two states join Texas immigration lawsuit

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Monday that both Nevada and Tennessee have joined the state-led coalition in its suit against the Obama administration over November´s executive action on immigration.

JAN
29
2015

Amazon launches WorkMail email service for companies

As if Amazon doesn’t do everything already, The Wall Street Journal reports today that it’s also getting into providing corporate email service.

JAN
29
2015

Europe calls for swift passage of law to collect flight passengers’ data

European commissioner for migration, home affairs and citizenship ordered to redraft PNR legislation after terror attacks as counter-terror discussions loom

JAN
29
2015

Chinese couples urged to have more children

For decades, most urban Chinese families could have only one child. Now officials in China’s biggest city are telling young couples: please have more children.

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