MAY
28
2018

Ireland votes to liberalize abortion laws with 66 percent in favor

Over 64 percent of eligible voters cast their ballot, one of the highest ever for a referendum.

MAY
28
2018

Italy crisis: Call to impeach president after candidate vetoed

Italy is mired in fresh political turmoil, with the president facing impeachment calls after he vetoed a choice for finance minister.

MAY
28
2018

Ethiopia pardons abducted Briton on death row

Regime critic Andargachew Tsege was seized during stopover in Yemen in 2014.

MAY
28
2018

Indonesia parliament unanimously approves counter-terrorism bill

The updated legislation comes as a possible solution following a slew of suicide bombings recently in Surabaya by individuals tied to the Islamic State.

MAY
25
2018

Sweden says rape is rape, regardless of force or threats

The wording states that a person must consent to sexual activity with words or clear body language.

MAY
25
2018

U.S. jury awards Apple $539 million in Samsung patent retrial

Samsung previously paid Apple $399 million to compensate Apple for infringement of some of the patents at issue in the case. The jury has been deliberating the case since last week.

MAY
25
2018

EU privacy law heralds new era in online data protection

Many privacy advocates around the world have hailed the new law as a model for personal data protection in the internet era and called on other countries to follow the European model.

MAY
25
2018

Daimler threatened with recall of over 600,000 diesel models

Germany’s KBA vehicle authority is probing concrete suspicions that the affected cars were fitted with illicit defeat devices designed to manipulate emissions levels.

MAY
25
2018

US lawmakers reintroduce bill to protect minors from online data collection

The act would also prohibit advertising targeted to minors. Internet companies would also be required to explain how they would use the personal information to parents and minors.

MAY
25
2018

Scotland drafts climate change bill with 90 percent emission reduction goal by 2050.

This is currently the "limit of feasibility" set forth by the UK Committee on Climate Change.

MAY
24
2018

Uber rolls out social benefits in Europe

The company will offer medical cover, health benefits after accidents and one-off maternity payments from next month.

MAY
24
2018

Pussycat Dolls sue Daily Mail owner over ´prostitution ring´ story

Former girl group member Kaya Jones claimed members were used for sex by music executives – the group has now sued the Mail’s parent company for publishing her remarks.

MAY
24
2018

Federal judge rules Trump cannot block Twitter users over differing political views

The court held that the @realDonaldTrump twitter handle possesses components that are "interactive space" where Twitter users may directly engage with the content of the president´s tweets.

MAY
24
2018

Congress approves bill to roll back bank regulations

The legislation does not provide relief to banks like JPMorgan Chase or Goldman Sachs, but the Trump administration is will continue working with regulatory agencies to ease the regulations these firms are subjected to.

MAY
24
2018

U.S. court backs transgender student at center of bathroom dispute

U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen in Norfolk rejected a bid by the Gloucester County School Board to dismiss the civil rights lawsuit filed by student Gavin Grimm.

MAY
24
2018

Uber to launch its first taxi-hailing pilot service in Japan

Earlier this year, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told investors that Uber must change the way it does business in Japan, adding that it would focus on partnerships with taxi companies.

MAY
24
2018

Viacom´s SpongeBob keeps rights to ´Krusty Krab´ restaurant name

Owen said The Krusty Krab has appeared in 166 of 203 SpongeBob episodes since its 1999 premiere on Viacom’s Nickelodeon network, as well as in two feature films.

MAY
24
2018

German cabinet agrees compensation for utilities due to nuclear exit

A Constitutional Court ruled in 2016 that a decision in 2011 to decommission nuclear power stations by the end of 2022 violated some property rights, clearing the way to compensation but leaving the amount open.

MAY
24
2018

Deutsche Bank looks to cut 10,000 jobs to reduce costs

Separately, Bloomberg News reported the bank was planning to withdraw from a number of equities markets across the globe.

MAY
23
2018

Yelp seeks to revive EU antitrust complaint against Google

A similar complaint Yelp filed in 2014 has not led the European Union to issue a formal charge against Google, nor have letters and testimony to U.S. regulators led to charges.

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