OCT
24
2018

France niqab ban violates human rights: UN committee

The committee found that the 2010 law violated the human rights Mariana Hebbadj and Sonia Yaker

OCT
24
2018

California judge upholds Monsanto verdict but reduces award to $78 million: US

But reduced the amount of damages from $298 million to $78 million.

OCT
24
2018

India’s Top Court Says No Nationwide Firecracker Ban

Supreme Court decision comes ahead of annual Diwali festival.

OCT
24
2018

Philippine court rejects Duterte bid to have critic arrested

A Philippine court has rejected a petition by President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration to have his fiercest critic in the Senate arrested, in a legal setback for Duterte that the senator called a victory for democracy.

OCT
24
2018

Labour MPs in fresh bid to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland: UK

Diana Johnson to table bill aimed at forcing government into allowing proper Commons vote

OCT
24
2018

Kenya to Recoup Cash Paid to Africa´s Largest Wind Plant

Kenya will recover 46 million euros ($53 million) paid to Lake Turkana Wind Power Ltd. after a government agency missed a deadline to build a transmission line to connect the company’s plant to the national grid.

OCT
24
2018

Cable industry groups sue Vermont over net neutrality law

Five cable industry organizations sued the state of Vermont to block a new law and executive order that prevents state agencies from doing business with internet providers that favor certain content or websites over others

OCT
24
2018

Global banks curb China travel after UBS banker stopped from leaving

Global banks including Citigroup and Standard Chartered have asked their private banking staff to postpone or reconsider travel to China after authorities there prevented a UBS banker from leaving the country, sources said.

OCT
24
2018

Uber to appeal Singapore´s competition watchdog decision on Grab deal

Uber Technologies Inc has decided to appeal a decision by the Singapore competition regulator that its merger with regional rival Grab violated the city-state’s competition laws, the firm said on Monday.

OCT
23
2018

Court rules boy, six, can sue Scottish ship firm over father´s death

Lex Warner died near Cape Wrath in 2012 after dive from Scapa Flow Charters vessel

OCT
23
2018

As Canada legalizes recreational marijuana, Japanese citizens warned the law from home may apply

Canada’s legalization of the recreational use of marijuana, which went into effect last week, has prompted the Japanese government to issue warnings that Japan’s law on cannabis use may apply to its nationals even when they are abroad.

OCT
23
2018

Ex-Deutsche Bank traders found guilty in U.S. of Libor scheme

Two former Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) traders were found guilty by a New York jury on Wednesday of engaging in a scheme to manipulate the Libor benchmark interest rate between 2005 and 2011.

OCT
23
2018

Northern Irish DUP to back rebel Brexit amendment on Irish border: Telegraph

The Northern Irish party which props up British Prime Minister Theresa May will back an amendment proposed by rebel Brexiteer lawmakers that will effectively make the European Union’s backstop proposal illegal, a Telegraph newspaper reporter said

OCT
23
2018

Money-laundering watchdog to set first cryptocurrency rules by June

The global watchdog for money laundering will set up its first rules on oversight of cryptocurrencies by June, a major step towards creating international standards for an asset currently subject to patchy regulations.

OCT
23
2018

UK will not renege on Irish border backstop deal, says Bradley

Minister says government is committed to everything it agreed to last December

OCT
23
2018

Former students sue French state for ´racist´ stop and search

Students say police singled them out while on a school trip because of their skin colour

OCT
23
2018

EU top court demands Poland suspend judicial retirement age

The European Court of Justice on Friday ordered Poland to immediately suspend its lowering of the mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court judges.

OCT
23
2018

Russian national charged with meddling in US elections

The US Justice Department unsealed a criminal complaint on Friday charging Russian national Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova for her role in a conspiracy to interfere with US elections, starting in 2014 and through the upcoming November 6 midterms.

OCT
22
2018

Japanese government orders Facebook to improve data protection

The Japanese government on Monday ordered Facebook Inc. to improve the protection of users’ personal information following a series of incidents including a massive data breach earlier this year that impacted 87 million people around the world, a commission said.

OCT
22
2018

New trade pact leaves most U.S. industry at mercy of Mexico´s courts

The new North American trade agreement ends key legal protections for many U.S. businesses operating in Mexico, leaving their operations exposed to a risk they had avoided under the old trade deal: Mexico’s court system.

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