JUL
18
2018

Walmart, Microsoft in partnership to use cloud tech

Through the partnership, Walmart plans to defend itself from Amazon’s retail ambitions and expertise in data, and boost its online presence.

JUL
18
2018

ICC crime of aggression comes into effect without key signatories

The new offence cannot, however, be enforced retrospectively over conflicts such as the 2003 Iraq invasion.

JUL
17
2018

Cuba starts rolling out internet on mobile phones

Journalists at state-run news outlets were among the first this year to get mobile internet.

JUL
17
2018

U.S. judge suspends deportations of reunited immigrant families

Many immigrants separated from their children were seeking asylum after fleeing violence and crime in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

JUL
17
2018

Egypt approves law to protect senior military officers from prosecution

Al-Sisi was reelected for his second term in office this year.

JUL
16
2018

Facebook, Twitter, Alphabet to Testify at U.S. House Hearing

The committee held a hearing in April on the same topic after representatives of the companies skipped it.

JUL
16
2018

Airbnb breaches EU consumer rules, must fall into line

The issue came to light after national consumer agencies in June examined Airbnb’s business practices published in different languages.

JUL
16
2018

Iowa, Illinois investigating infections linked to McDonald´s salad

The Illinois Department of Public Health said it had seen about 90 cases, and the Iowa Department of Public Health said it had recorded 15 cases.

JUL
16
2018

Pakistan´s ex-PM Nawaz Sharif challenges jail sentence

Lawyers for Pakistan´s jailed former premier say he is appealing his 10-year jail term on corruption charges.

JUL
16
2018

Trump meets Putin against backdrop of tense U.S. - Russia relations

In tweets right before the summit in Finland, the president blames the U.S., not Moscow, for the state of affairs.

JUL
16
2018

Government complains and WhatsApp will pay up to $ 50,000 to study its fake epidemic news

The problem has gotten so bad that a government-dispatched "rumor-busting announcer," assigned to warn locals about the dangers of fake News.

JUL
16
2018

India Says Rumors About Child Snatching on WhatsApp Led to Mob Killings

Violence blamed on posts carried by the messaging service has claimed up to 24 lives since May.

JUL
16
2018

India WhatsApp rumors: Mob kills man in latest attack, 30 arrested

Thirty people have been arrested in connection with the case, 28 for being involved in the violence, and two for spreading false rumors.

JUL
16
2018

US Federal judge allows Monsanto pesticide lawsuit to move forward

Monsanto is facing several hundred lawsuits at the federal and state level, and Chhabria is the judge presiding over nearly 400 of them.

JUL
16
2018

Cambridge Analytica staff set up new firm

Auspex International will be "ethically based" and offer "boutique geopolitical consultancy" services, according to its website.

JUL
13
2018

Will India stop treating gays like criminals?

After two days of arguments, the chief justice of India, Dipak Misra, appeared to indicate that the 157-year-old ban may soon be gone.

JUL
13
2018

Portugal´s parliament approves new gender identity bill

Until now, people who wished to change their gender had to be 18 years old.

JUL
13
2018

Hong Kong restricts 10 children´s books with LGBT themes

The books, for which visitors will have to place a request in order to access them, were declared by the Home Affairs Bureau as "neutral" on Jun. 15.

JUL
13
2018

Justice Department to appeal approval of AT&T acquisition of Time Warner

The tie-up between AT&T’s wireless and satellite businesses with Time Warner’s movies and television shows was legal under antitrust law.

JUL
13
2018

Trump signs executive order to exempt administrative law judges from examination

Previously ALJs were hired from a general list of qualified candidates.

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