By a vote of 50-48, the deeply-divided Senate gave the lifetime job to Kavanaugh, 53.
Taiwan wiped the criminal records of 1,270 victims of the island´s "White Terror" purges on Friday (Oct 5), the first time the government has fully exonerated those who suffered political persecution under martial law.
A Seoul court on Friday jailed former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak for 15 years for corruption, making him the latest in a string of high-profile political and business leaders ensnared by graft charges.
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) denied a Bloomberg Businessweek report on Thursday that said their systems had been infiltrated by malicious computer chips inserted by Chinese intelligence agents.
Tesla shares fell as Elon Musk mocked the US financial markets watchdog on Twitter, describing it as the “Shortseller Enrichment Commission”.
The era of mystery-cloaked numbered Swiss bank accounts has officially come to a close as Switzerland, the world’s biggest center for managing offshore wealth, began automatically sharing client data with tax authorities in dozens of other countries.
President Donald Trump’s nominee Brett Kavanaugh took a step on Friday toward joining the Supreme Court when the U.S. Senate approved him in a preliminary vote, despite accusations of sexual misconduct against the judge.
A New York district court judge has asked Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to provide a joint statement by Oct. 11 before approving the recent settlement.
The United States gave the first hint on Thursday of its view of attempts to reform the World Trade Organization, rejecting some proposals put forward by the European Union to resolve a crisis at the home of world trade in Geneva.
The European Union’s top court should back the European Central Bank’s bond-buying programme against a group of German complainants seeking to block it on legal grounds, the court’s adviser on the case said on Thursday.
Denmark’s largest bank cooperating with Department of Justice over Estonian branch
Four charged with targeting chemical weapons watchdog and all seven indicted on charges linked to Olympic drug-test data leak
Democrats criticise investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct as incomplete and too limited in scope
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Twitter Tuesday that he has directed the city’s Department of Finance to “immediately investigate tax and housing violations and to work with NY State to find out if appropriate taxes were paid” hundreds of millions of dollars US President Trump inherited from his father.
The Parliament of Finland on Wednesday voted 178-13 to add an amendment to the constitution providing an exception to the right to privacy, providing the government with more ability to combat terrorism and foreign government spying.
Four industry groups representing major internet providers and cable companies filed suit on Wednesday seeking to block California´s new law to mandate net neutrality rules.
A U.S. federal judge in California barred the Trump administration on Wednesday from implementing a plan to end temporary protections for more than 300,000 immigrants in the United States from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan
The Trump administration on Wednesday pulled out of two international agreements after Iran and the Palestinians complained to the International Court of Justice about U.S. policies, the latest withdrawal by Washington from multilateral accords
Foreign visitors to Singapore will soon not have to fill up paper arrival cards, and can instead submit their information online before their trip.
The European Union is considering trade sanctions on Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis, potentially stripping the country of tariff-free access to the world’s largest trading bloc, three EU officials said
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